Now I'm A Little Nervous

[Michael0701]

A boss of mine was relaying a news story he heard on I believe foxnews. In it an Iraqi general admitted that the WMDs were sent across the borders into Iran and Syria. The part that makes me sweat is that it said that Israel will most likely go into Syria to find them. Can anyone add to this or correct me if I'm wrong. Thanx.

 

[Radio-Free Gnosis]

I'd be willing to wager that said "Iraqi general" was actually a CIA agent, giving the Bush Admin a plant so they could go "see...we didn't lie"

Don't trust Fox News...

 

[jayswife29]

I cant add to this, or correct it, but yes it was reported on fox news yesterday morning that Iraq hid wmd's in Iran and I believe syria. Why would Israel going to syria make you sweat though, just out of curiosity?

 

[HumbleMan]

Think about it. If you were an Iraqi just removed from a very powerful position and were looking at years of incarceration, wouldn't you say anything that you might think would help your case? No, I don't think the administration set this up, but I think the general knows what we want to hear.

Fox news is owned by conservatives. Sometimes they report unbiased material, most times it slanted. So does CNN, and MSNBC.

 

[Michael0701]

I cant add to this, or correct it, but yes it was reported on fox news yesterday morning that Iraq hid wmd's in Iran and I believe syria. Why would Israel going to syria make you sweat though, just out of curiosity?

Good question. I can't think of any rational reason, but some irrational ones come to mind. First off armageddon (sic) comes to mind. And the "outward" unification of all arab states defending Syria.

 

[Jacob4Jesus]

Well, we all know how strong that Iran/Iraq alliance is. Doesn't seem like it holds up very well to me. Just my opinion.

 

[HumbleMan]

Any move by Isreal will be seen as an agggresive action, and it will unite most Islamic countries. What scares me is that Sharon is as much a loose cannon as our own president. Used to be, we could request they restrain themselves and we would put diplomatic pressure in place. Now, they're thumbing their nose at us, too.

 

[the_malevolent_milk_man]

If this general knows that the weapons were moved then that means a few things.

1- There should be some names. If it was the millitary that did the moving then the order would have come from a high ranking officer and been relayed to the grunts, many people would know when, where, how, who's of this operation.

2- They would have some details on exactly what these wmd were, how many, etc. I remember reading in that thread by alonesoldier and the only info the Iraqi guy had was that they were "secret weapons". Vague at best.

If we had people with some actual information we'd have found something, anything by now. So far all we have are people saying "They're over there... somewhere... or maybe we buried them..."

 

[burrow_owl]

humble and michael double plus good.

any move by israel will cause some really serious bad stuff. Everyone in the middle east - strike that - world has been waiting for some elusive entaglement with Israel. Conspiracy theorists and panarabists/panislamists will rejoice, and we will have thoroughly lost any credibility we have with the Iraqi people (this is bad - we're there to set up democracy, not to help Imams consolidate their hold on the people and transmute that power into political muscle - see generally: our coup in Iran that gave the Imams the support of the people, leading to theocracy).

It's bad enough we're starting to use Israeli tactics (fencing towns off? whoever thought of that Einstein move should get the hammer - now. This isn't a military war any more: it's a rhetorical, discursive, political war, and israeli strategies constitute a big loss).

 

[the_malevolent_milk_man]

Yeah, it's sad that we're adopting the iron fist methodology of Israel. If anything should be learned from Israel, it's what NOT to do.

 

[alonesoldier]

I think the part about Israel is just your bosses commentary, I have reread the orignial telegraph article which is where the story of the General comes from and it doesn't say anything about it. I do think that people who want to beat up on Fox News though should remember that the Daily Telegraph in london is who ran the story and Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, BBC, Associated Press.. all of them relayed the story. The 'Faux' news thing is getting kind of old fast.

 

[Blemonds]

The 'Faux' news thing is getting kind of old fast.

Yeah, but it's the best they can do

 

[burrow_owl]

I'd be pefectly happy with a truce on all accusations of bias for all the major news souces. Examples of sources not covered by truce: NewsMax, WND, Counterpunch, IndyMedia.

 

[alonesoldier]

I don't accept that, Fox News has more credit than News Max and World Net Daily and MSNBC if you happen to be liberal has more credit than counterpunch and indymedia.

 

[burrow_owl]

sorry, I can't quite parse that sentence - restate?

 

[the_malevolent_milk_man]

LOL, messages you find scrawled in the boys junior high bathroom stalls have more credibility than wolrdnet daily.

Saw a very interesting documentary on Discovery tonight. It was about the Israel wall and they interviewed all kinds of Israelis and Palestenians. Was pretty graphic when they showed the remains of a suicde bomber, body parts everywhere, one even got stuck up on what looked like a bridge.

You can't help but get the feeling that neither the Israelis or Palestians are really doing anything to promote peace, they just keep p***ing each other off. Can't help but wonder if our treatment of the Iraqi's will result in the same consequences.