The post war speeches of our illustrious president and that of Iran's president were full of the same bellicose hot air. It is just haki fadi for general public consumption. Bashar, fearing Israel and American wrath is not likely to do anything to displease in the short run.
What makes me much more uneasy, however, is when GW Bush starts using new big words. Given his limited mastery of the English language, you know that his acquisition of a new word is not by accident. I am referring to the labeling of the alleged British terrorists as Islamo-fascists. What's up with that? Is that going to be the new fear-mongering descriptor of any person, state or organization that gets in the way of his administration's grand scheme. Heck, Dick Cheney just about called the Democrats who defeated Leiberman Islamo-fascists. Is this an indication that the global war on terrorism will be ratcheted up a notch or two? Perhaps it is given today's statement, which made me really worry, that Lebanon has now been officially designated the third front in the war on terrorism.
I wish I could say that this is more haki fadi.
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The regime is now practically friendless. If Syria persists in destabilising the region and is attacked as a result, no one will bat an eyelid, least of all other Arab countries. The Assads will be the first to flee.
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