It is nine days before the 2008 election and doesn’t it seem strange that US Special Forces happened to bomb an area five miles inside the Syrian border. The reason cited by US military personal was: Uncontrolled Gateway: meaning foreign fighters flooding into Iraq from the Syria.
In July of this year senior US intelligence told the AP (Associated Press) that foreign fighters had been cut to about 20 a month which translated into 50% drop from six months ago and a fifth of the estimated 100 fighters a year ago.
While the problem of infiltration from Syria is more acute than Jordan or Saudi Arabia these border issues have been on going without any cross border violation. Isn't it odd that this sudden flare up should be so close to a change in the American Administration?
In recent months there have been vigorous efforts on part of the Europeans and Turkish and indeed Syria to secure some peace.
It is perhaps accurate to portray the Syrian leadership as unsavory in light of past events in Lebanon and Israel. But such a provocation now would prevent any meaningful dialogue for the future.
Even in the end Yasser Arafat shook hands and sat down with the Israelis and the Americans.
This perhaps last hurrah for the Bush/Cheney junta to prolong an agenda which is hell bent on blowing everything up in its path will stir the undeciders into voting for a man who shares the same mentality, as opposed to a man who believes that sensible dialogue may pave the way to a better understanding.
It would be naive to think that one could reason with everyone, the Taliban for example, but Syria is a place ripe for change.
The world clearly wants Obama for President (in fact they are gasping for it) because we are all in this together. The days of unilateralism are over. Let the talking begin.
In July of this year senior US intelligence told the AP (Associated Press) that foreign fighters had been cut to about 20 a month which translated into 50% drop from six months ago and a fifth of the estimated 100 fighters a year ago.
While the problem of infiltration from Syria is more acute than Jordan or Saudi Arabia these border issues have been on going without any cross border violation. Isn't it odd that this sudden flare up should be so close to a change in the American Administration?
In recent months there have been vigorous efforts on part of the Europeans and Turkish and indeed Syria to secure some peace.
It is perhaps accurate to portray the Syrian leadership as unsavory in light of past events in Lebanon and Israel. But such a provocation now would prevent any meaningful dialogue for the future.
Even in the end Yasser Arafat shook hands and sat down with the Israelis and the Americans.
This perhaps last hurrah for the Bush/Cheney junta to prolong an agenda which is hell bent on blowing everything up in its path will stir the undeciders into voting for a man who shares the same mentality, as opposed to a man who believes that sensible dialogue may pave the way to a better understanding.
It would be naive to think that one could reason with everyone, the Taliban for example, but Syria is a place ripe for change.
The world clearly wants Obama for President (in fact they are gasping for it) because we are all in this together. The days of unilateralism are over. Let the talking begin.
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