The Mess In The Middle East
Pat Lang of Sic Semper Tyrannis writes about Cheney being summoned to Saudi Arabia. Someone needs to explain to the Shrubbery that Sunni Arab governments can not and will not ignore a Shi’ia “ethnic cleansing” of the Sunni in Iraq. If things look bad for the Sunnis in Iraq, the war will widen.
Crooks and Liars has the video of Lieberman’s State of Denial-or-calling all arsonists…:
LIEBERMAN: I believe that America is a mighty enough nation that we should never fear to talk to anyone. But anyone who believes that Iran and Syria really want to help us to succeed in Iraq, I just is missing the reality. Asking Iran and Syria to help us succeed in Iraq is like your local fire department asking a couple of arsonists to help put out the fire. These people are flaming the fire. They are the extremists. They are supporting terrorists in Iraq, in Lebanon and of course in the Palestinian areas.
When I heard this on the radio, it crystallized for me how disconnected from reality Liebermann actually is. These are Likud talking points, not a sober assessment of the situation. Neither Iran nor Syria wants a failed state on their border, and both helped the United States after 9-11.
The worst thing that could happen to the current government in Syria would be for Israel to withdraw from the Golan. The Israeli occupation keeps the Ba’athists in power.
