Monday July 24, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Here comes the United States to the rescue - or so they think.

The United States has a plan to:
handle the conflict in the Middle East
solve the problem of Hezbollah
resolve the problem of Iran

Here's the US plan: Enlist Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to influence Syria to separate from Iran and to stop Hezbollah.
Bad plan, bad idea, the only thing it will accomplish is to make a bad situation much, much worse.
Iran and Syria should not be separated - not at all, they are a couple and they need to be confronted as a unit.

By separating Syria and Iran, Syria is taken off the responsibility hook.
Suddenly, with a wink and a nod from Jordan and Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Syria helps the United States and is transformed into a "good guy."
I think not!