Something doesn't make sense:
Rice offers rare praise for Syria
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered rare praise for Syria Tuesday for battling militants trying to slip over its border into Iraq but said more such action was necessary.
Syrian forces captured two "terrorists" Monday in a dawn clash with extremists who included former bodyguards of Saddam Hussein, official media in Damascus had reported.
The gunbattle on Mount Qassioun overlooking the Syrian capital was the second such firefight with extremists in recent days and comes amid intense US pressure on Syria to stop militants slipping over its border into Iraq.
OK, then we have this:
Iran, Iraq to OK Military Pact, Including Troop Training Help
From Reuters
TEHRAN — Former foes Iran and Iraq said Thursday that they would sign a military cooperation agreement that would include Iranian help in training Iraq's armed forces, despite likely U.S. opposition.
The agreement marks a breakthrough in relations between the two countries, which fought a bitter 1980-88 war. And it comes in spite of repeated U.S. accusations that Shiite Muslim Iran has undermined security in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's fall in 2003.
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Asked about possible U.S. opposition, Shamkhani said, "No one can prevent us from reaching an agreement."
OK, we have Rice praising Syria when people are saying Syria not only hosts the terrorists, but may be helping fund some of their efforts?
Then we have Iraq making a pact with Iran, who is said to be helping fund the terrorists who are using the Syrian border to come in and attack the people of Iraq?
P6 gets a hat tip.
Step 1: Express Surpise.
Step 2: Substitute Saudi Arabia for Syria.
Step 3: Feign Surprise.
Step 4: Repeat Step 1.
Something tells me that you aren't actually all that surprised. Ghu knows I'm not.
Posted by: john_m_burt at July 10, 2005 01:26 PM