Regarding Bush's Demand on Syria to Withdraw from Lebanon
3/04/2005
I don't pretend to know what's best for Lebanon; I have hardly followed the activities there, but I'm working on it. Nevertheless, isn't it ironic that Bush expects Syria to withdraw immediately from Lebanon, while at the same time keeping the largest assemblage of US forces since WWII established in Iraq and Afghanistan?
"Syria, Syrian troops, Syria's intelligence services, must get out of Lebanon now," the president said. "The world is beginning to speak with one voice. We want that democracy in Lebanon to succeed, and we know it cannot succeed so long as she is occupied by a foreign power and that power is Syria."
The same One Voice that has accused the US of illegally waging war on Iraq? The same One Voice that continues to evade a divided, separatist United States? The same One Voice that cries out in helpless protest each time Cowboy George steps on another oil-rich nation? The world HAS been speaking with one voice, but President Bush hasn't been listening.
If the US is going to make these demands, we need moral ground to stand on. WE need to pull our troops out of Iraq and let them get on with their 'democracy.'
posted by Edward Svengali @ Friday, March 04, 2005,
