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Originally posted by bwf27:
RE: http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,163832,00.html

Top 10 Suggestions for what to do with Syria:
10) Offer to build a fence between Syria and Iraq.
9) Promise Syria that the U.S. has absolutely NO interest in medling in Syrian affairs... ever.
8) Promise Syria that the U.S. would never use it's Military in Iraq to aid Israel in any conflict between Israel and Syria.
7) Promise to also open U.S. Military bases in Syria so that Syria can also benefit from the economic boom and added security of having the U.S. Armed Forces embedded in their country.
6) Remind them how we have not armed the one million displaced Iraqis holding up in their country.
5) Convince Syria that they gain nothing by contributing to keeping us bogged down in Iraq.
4) Remind Syria that we are the "sole superpower" not they.
3) Offer to send them Tom DeLay to consult on ethics in government, Alberto Gonzales to help improve their justice system, and Scooter Libby to help them understand the problems with democracy, accountability and rule-of-law.
2) Promise Syria that we will do for Syria what we did for Iraq and Afghanistan.
1) Let them borrow our Constitution since nobody over here is paying all that much attention to it anyway.

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Originally posted by catahoulagill:

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Originally posted by bwf27:
RE: http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,163832,00.html

Top 10 Suggestions for what to do with Syria:
10) Offer to build a fence between Syria and Iraq.
9) Promise Syria that the U.S. has absolutely NO interest in medling in Syrian affairs... ever.
8) Promise Syria that the U.S. would never use it's Military in Iraq to aid Israel in any conflict between Israel and Syria.
7) Promise to also open U.S. Military bases in Syria so that Syria can also benefit from the economic boom and added security of having the U.S. Armed Forces embedded in their country.
6) Remind them how we have not armed the one million displaced Iraqis holding up in their country.
5) Convince Syria that they gain nothing by contributing to keeping us bogged down in Iraq.
4) Remind Syria that we are the "sole superpower" not they.
3) Offer to send them Tom DeLay to consult on ethics in government, Alberto Gonzales to help improve their justice system, and Scooter Libby to help them understand the problems with democracy, accountability and rule-of-law.
2) Promise Syria that we will do for Syria what we did for Iraq and Afghanistan.
1) Let them borrow our Constitution since nobody over here is paying all that much attention to it anyway.

We could just send them Jimmy Carter for elections, foreign policy, AND housing, Bill Clinton for ethics and morality, Nancy Pelosi to lead, and HRC for winning strategy. Then they can ignore the borrowed Constitution, too!

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Despite counterterrorism efforts by Damascus, as much as 90 percent of the foreign fighters in Iraq cross the border from Syria ...

... the government of Iraq is also hamstrung by internal corruption and persistent problems getting basic services to the people, the report said.

... militants continue to find safe havens and logistical support in Syria.

" It is not clear that Syria has made a strategic decision to deal with foreign terrorists using Syria as a transit point into Iraq, " said the report, which covers events from December through February.

In late January, Iraqi officials suggested that about 150 foreign and Iraqi fighters slipped into the country from Syria a few months earlier and were responsible for a devastating explosion in northern Iraq that killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 200.

On the other border, meanwhile, Tehran's support for Shiite militant groups remains a sizable threat to stability in Iraq. The report asserts that the Quds Force, an elite unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, still provides much of the explosives for the militants.

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Originally posted by catahoulagill:
We could just send them Jimmy Carter for elections, foreign policy, AND housing, Bill Clinton for ethics and morality, Nancy Pelosi to lead, and HRC for winning strategy. Then they can ignore the borrowed Constitution, too!

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Originally posted by WesLemmon:
catahoulagill and bwf27; in due time, you MAY RECEIVE what you write about!

Look at it this way; USA President Obama hosts "Surrender Summit 20O9" at Camp David....So, be "Forward Looking" Folks; the Future is Coming Up Next!

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Originally posted by Ol_Doc:
Nah...let's elect Sen. John McCain who will just nuke them all till they're non-glossy black and crispy.

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Originally posted by bwf27:

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Originally posted by WesLemmon:
catahoulagill and bwf27; in due time, you MAY RECEIVE what you write about!

Look at it this way; USA President Obama hosts "Surrender Summit 20O9" at Camp David....So, be "Forward Looking" Folks; the Future is Coming Up Next!

Oh Please! That whole negotiation=surrender thing might play for Vikings raiding the English Coast or for Julius Ceasar conquering Germania, but here in the Modern World it's the only sensible thing to do so long as one's homeland is relatively secure. Hypothetic or potential threats must be addressed through planning and readiness, not attack. Just IMHO. But I don't think I'm alone. In the final analysis, for no matter who wins in November, our foreign relations might be so FUBAR we'll have to gear up for WW-next (there's some debate between the neocons and every rational being as to whether it's WW-3 or WW-4).

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Originally posted by bwf27:
RE: http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,163832,00.html

Top 10 Suggestions for what to do with Syria:
10) Offer to build a fence between Syria and Iraq.
9) Promise Syria that the U.S. has absolutely NO interest in medling in Syrian affairs... ever.
8) Promise Syria that the U.S. would never use it's Military in Iraq to aid Israel in any conflict between Israel and Syria.
7) Promise to also open U.S. Military bases in Syria so that Syria can also benefit from the economic boom and added security of having the U.S. Armed Forces embedded in their country.
6) Remind them how we have not armed the one million displaced Iraqis holding up in their country.
5) Convince Syria that they gain nothing by contributing to keeping us bogged down in Iraq.
4) Remind Syria that we are the "sole superpower" not they.
3) Offer to send them Tom DeLay to consult on ethics in government, Alberto Gonzales to help improve their justice system, and Scooter Libby to help them understand the problems with democracy, accountability and rule-of-law.
2) Promise Syria that we will do for Syria what we did for Iraq and Afghanistan.
1) Let them borrow our Constitution since nobody over here is paying all that much attention to it anyway.

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Originally posted by WolfMurman:
Who's modern world are you talking about? Yours......... or Hugo Chavez? ..... or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?..... or Kim Jong-il?.......or Osama bin Laden?....... or Sheik Hassan Nasrallah?....... or Manuel Marulanda Velez......... or Mustafa Abu al-Yazid....... or....... ??? Should I go on with the list? I can......all day if you'd like. Me and the other Vikings are listening. Negotiations are fine if the people across the table wanna really move forward. BTW......we haven't had a World War for 60+ years because of who? Who's military strength? Who's Economic strength? Who's diplomatic abilities? Who's sacrifice's? The war-mongering, Imperialist United States? I don't think the people of Kuwait see it that way. What's that....?....did I hear you say Fidel Castro and his version of Cuban?