Wednesday April 11, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

The US Army recently reported a significant drop in the number of infiltrating terrorists, those crossing from Syria into Iraq.

The new information came from US Major General Walter Gaskin.
Gaskin asserts that the reason for the decrease is that al Qaeda is more independent, that al Qaeda no longer needs to depend on foreign weapons and fighters and support.
Gaskin is probably correct.

But he is missing the subtext.
In this case, the subtext is more important than the text.

What does this really mean?
It means that after the flurry of congressional visits and senatorial visits Assad is sending a message to the United States.
Assad is telling us that Syria is in charge and Syria can deliver in the region.

It means that from the beginning Syria was capable of controlling the flow of terrorists into Iraq.

It means that Syria can exert micro and macro power over their border and over their nation - including foreign terrorists imported to destabilize Iraq.

It means that when Syria, aka Assad, has the will he has the way.