In Syria, they deplore the bombing in Iraq, condemn the bombing; yet, no one there sees anything, nor helps to close the border, stops the fighters entering Iraq, or stops the cash flow from Iraq. What is most irritating is that some in the State Department still expect some help from Syria to stabilize Iraq, close the border, and return Saddam's fortune, which is hidden in Syria's banks, and end the support for the terror organizations operating from Damascus. Either Foggy Bottom is blind, illiterate or doesn't understand the Middle East. Enough, with a capital E, is Enough, Mr. President.
The terrorist bombing against the Red Cross in Iraq and the daily attacks, including the recent downing of a U.S. helicopter, with 15 dead and 25 wounded, are a portion of a larger campaign organized by Syria and Iran, who are targeting the U.S. presence in Iraq. The Bush administration should understand this deadly bombing dynamic, for it is a political message to his presidency.
Along with the demonstrations of the Left in Washington, there is an international conspiracy by the international Left, supported by France, Syria, Iran, even Saudi Arabia - who are angered by this Administration's attitude - in conjunction with various Islamic states. They are all acting to bring down the Bush Administration by distributing roles in the terror process.
The same conspiracy was carried out by the International Left to throw Ariel Sharon from power in 1982. The Left took power, supported by the so called "Peace Camp" in the United States, and Israel's diplomatic process was compromised by fundamentalism. From pursuing the wrong policies in previous U.S. administrations, to striking the Serbs in the Balkan theater, to the Oslo process ending in bloodshed in the Middle East, the international Left brought nothing but global security disaster to the World. The voices in Washington criticizing President Bush for his war on terror, as well as those criticizing Prime Minister Blair in Great Britain, would be better off silent. As for the Left in Israel, I ask them to be cognizant of previous fiascoes and stop initiating useless formulas that do not work in the Middle East. They are the ones who initiated the failed policies in the past, applied them, and brought Israel to today's disaster.
Today, we have information of a plan by the International Left to weaken the US Administration politically from within, and in parallel Syria and Iran will inflict maximum damage and casualties on the ground by increasing terror attacks and helping Saddam's followers to carry them out, in order to increase political pressures in Washington. France and other nations will try to involve the United Nations and play the game politically against the U.S. presence in Iraq, vital for U.S. security in America, to inflict maximum political pressure on this Administration and reverse the U.S. challenge to stabilize Iraq and bring forth a new Middle East.
What is happening in Iraq is not by chance. This is an organized process initiated by many nations.
These rogue nations, mainly Syria, received assurances from Secretary of State Powell that Syria will not be attacked after the fall of Baghdad. This initiative was quickly supported by an oil deal with Syria , signed with the blessing of Mr. Issam Fares, Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Government, and Congressman Darrel Issa of California, to neutralize politically any U.S. stance that would move against Syria or would pressure her. Sidelining Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, a contrarian State Department is trying to take control of the situation, bringing the current chaos to the bureaucracy in Washington. Politically, Saudi Arabia tried to minimize the role, effect and importance of the Defense Department and the Pentagon in the U.S. Administration, and quietly backed the State Department efforts for a different approach than that of the hawks in the Middle East crisis.
Mr President, the Doves must understand we're still in a time of war.
After the fall of Baghdad, the DOD could have militarily changed the Baath regime in Syria with less casualties than the cost today. We all know that the Weapons of Mass Destruction were moved to the Syrian Desert, and some to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, prior to the war, of course, silently, as Syria didn't advertise the matter.
The knowledge that the Bush Administration is in an election year, that it can not politically afford another war at the moment, as well as assurances the State Department gave to the terrorist regimes - that their role in terrorism will not be addressed - are the causes behind the spilling of U.S. blood in Iraq and are provoking ever more attacks every day. The terror regimes are using the chaos wrought by the State Department's sidelining of the DOD role in securing a victory in Iraq.
The translation of these errors are all fueling the daily coordinated attacks in Iraq, which are getting their logistical support directly from the sister Baath Party of Syria, where many Iraqi Baath official have found a safe haven after the fall of Baghdad. From there, they are masterminding, coordinating and executing the planing of these attacks with the help of the Baath underground in Iraq.
The Middle East is the Middle East and strength is the only diplomacy that works there.
Mr President, knowing you're election year problems, you have many options. Winning this war against terrorism requires taking the correct course of action.
What to do
Europe: Support Serbia against an emerging fundamentalism growing in Europe on its way to strike the United States. Instead of sending Serb troops to Afghanistan to fight the al-Qaeda organization, send them next door to Bosnia to neutralize the presence of al-Qaeda affiliates that are organizing dangerous fundamentalist networks in Europe.
Middle East: Militarily reverse the nature of the subversive regimes who fuel the Iraqi chaos, before these regimes bring chaos to Washington's peace initiative.
We at the Lebanese Foundation for Peace released a memorandum, ?Open letter to Kofi Anan?, detailing how Syria is fueling the madness in Iraq from the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon and from Palestinian camps in Lebanon, which are transferring mujahideen to Iraq to fight the US forces.
There are two ways to approach this situation before it slips from US hands and Islamic terror will dominate Middle East politics: 1. Give a Green Light to Prime Minister Sharon to do the job. 2. Support a covert operation against the Baath Regime in Syria .
The Free Lebanon Forces will work for a better, stabilized, peace-oriented Middle East and for America's security. Sanctions against Syria will not address the problem, it will only prolong the long agony of suffering and US casualties.
Our candidate of preference for the leadership in Syria is Dr. Rifaat el-Assad. His past performance against fundamentalism on the ground will stabilize Syria, even Iraq, if necessary, as he is the only leader of caliber in the region left to sign a historic peace with Israel, end fundamentalist activity in the Middle East, and be a stabilizing force in the Levant that will consolidate security in the region. Rifaat is also an acceptable candidate for Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries.
Bashar el-Assad is his opposite. He is a weak candidate, manipulated by Iran, who uses him to hold hostage the positive U.S. role that Washington could have in the area. The latest bombing in Iraq was Syria's work, as is the military escalation of the Southern Lebanese front with Israel. Syria's Foreign Minister's threat to retaliate against the Golan Israeli communities, followed by Hezbollah military provocations against Israel in South Lebanon, was the choice of Iranian and Syrian policymakers, to challenge Washington in its efforts to resolve conflicts in the Middle East.
Rifaat el-Assad should be consulted, supported and returned to Syria by Washington, before it is too late.
The important conclusion to reach is that either the Bush Administration will change the course of those murderous regimes fueling terrorism in Middle East geopolitics, or it is those rogue terrorist states in the Middle East that are going to change the Bush Administration in the next election. And they will do so in collusion with their political allies in the West who have an interest in seeing President Bush fail in Iraq.
Syria and Lebanon should be addressed military. Once the regimes are changed, the new reality on the ground will consolidate the U.S. order in the Middle East and facilitate the integration of Iraq in that new order. Fundamentalist Iran, left without Syria and Lebanon, with no allies, will weaken by isolation. Then, international pressure can be applied to make Iran give up its nuclear program and end its support of terrorism in the Middle East.
The terrorist bombing against the Red Cross in Iraq and the daily attacks, including the recent downing of a U.S. helicopter, with 15 dead and 25 wounded, are a portion of a larger campaign organized by Syria and Iran, who are targeting the U.S. presence in Iraq. The Bush administration should understand this deadly bombing dynamic, for it is a political message to his presidency.
Along with the demonstrations of the Left in Washington, there is an international conspiracy by the international Left, supported by France, Syria, Iran, even Saudi Arabia - who are angered by this Administration's attitude - in conjunction with various Islamic states. They are all acting to bring down the Bush Administration by distributing roles in the terror process.
The same conspiracy was carried out by the International Left to throw Ariel Sharon from power in 1982. The Left took power, supported by the so called "Peace Camp" in the United States, and Israel's diplomatic process was compromised by fundamentalism. From pursuing the wrong policies in previous U.S. administrations, to striking the Serbs in the Balkan theater, to the Oslo process ending in bloodshed in the Middle East, the international Left brought nothing but global security disaster to the World. The voices in Washington criticizing President Bush for his war on terror, as well as those criticizing Prime Minister Blair in Great Britain, would be better off silent. As for the Left in Israel, I ask them to be cognizant of previous fiascoes and stop initiating useless formulas that do not work in the Middle East. They are the ones who initiated the failed policies in the past, applied them, and brought Israel to today's disaster.
Today, we have information of a plan by the International Left to weaken the US Administration politically from within, and in parallel Syria and Iran will inflict maximum damage and casualties on the ground by increasing terror attacks and helping Saddam's followers to carry them out, in order to increase political pressures in Washington. France and other nations will try to involve the United Nations and play the game politically against the U.S. presence in Iraq, vital for U.S. security in America, to inflict maximum political pressure on this Administration and reverse the U.S. challenge to stabilize Iraq and bring forth a new Middle East.
What is happening in Iraq is not by chance. This is an organized process initiated by many nations.
These rogue nations, mainly Syria, received assurances from Secretary of State Powell that Syria will not be attacked after the fall of Baghdad. This initiative was quickly supported by an oil deal with Syria , signed with the blessing of Mr. Issam Fares, Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Government, and Congressman Darrel Issa of California, to neutralize politically any U.S. stance that would move against Syria or would pressure her. Sidelining Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, a contrarian State Department is trying to take control of the situation, bringing the current chaos to the bureaucracy in Washington. Politically, Saudi Arabia tried to minimize the role, effect and importance of the Defense Department and the Pentagon in the U.S. Administration, and quietly backed the State Department efforts for a different approach than that of the hawks in the Middle East crisis.
Mr President, the Doves must understand we're still in a time of war.
After the fall of Baghdad, the DOD could have militarily changed the Baath regime in Syria with less casualties than the cost today. We all know that the Weapons of Mass Destruction were moved to the Syrian Desert, and some to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, prior to the war, of course, silently, as Syria didn't advertise the matter.
The knowledge that the Bush Administration is in an election year, that it can not politically afford another war at the moment, as well as assurances the State Department gave to the terrorist regimes - that their role in terrorism will not be addressed - are the causes behind the spilling of U.S. blood in Iraq and are provoking ever more attacks every day. The terror regimes are using the chaos wrought by the State Department's sidelining of the DOD role in securing a victory in Iraq.
The translation of these errors are all fueling the daily coordinated attacks in Iraq, which are getting their logistical support directly from the sister Baath Party of Syria, where many Iraqi Baath official have found a safe haven after the fall of Baghdad. From there, they are masterminding, coordinating and executing the planing of these attacks with the help of the Baath underground in Iraq.
The Middle East is the Middle East and strength is the only diplomacy that works there.
Mr President, knowing you're election year problems, you have many options. Winning this war against terrorism requires taking the correct course of action.
What to do
Europe: Support Serbia against an emerging fundamentalism growing in Europe on its way to strike the United States. Instead of sending Serb troops to Afghanistan to fight the al-Qaeda organization, send them next door to Bosnia to neutralize the presence of al-Qaeda affiliates that are organizing dangerous fundamentalist networks in Europe.
Middle East: Militarily reverse the nature of the subversive regimes who fuel the Iraqi chaos, before these regimes bring chaos to Washington's peace initiative.
We at the Lebanese Foundation for Peace released a memorandum, ?Open letter to Kofi Anan?, detailing how Syria is fueling the madness in Iraq from the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon and from Palestinian camps in Lebanon, which are transferring mujahideen to Iraq to fight the US forces.
There are two ways to approach this situation before it slips from US hands and Islamic terror will dominate Middle East politics: 1. Give a Green Light to Prime Minister Sharon to do the job. 2. Support a covert operation against the Baath Regime in Syria .
The Free Lebanon Forces will work for a better, stabilized, peace-oriented Middle East and for America's security. Sanctions against Syria will not address the problem, it will only prolong the long agony of suffering and US casualties.
Our candidate of preference for the leadership in Syria is Dr. Rifaat el-Assad. His past performance against fundamentalism on the ground will stabilize Syria, even Iraq, if necessary, as he is the only leader of caliber in the region left to sign a historic peace with Israel, end fundamentalist activity in the Middle East, and be a stabilizing force in the Levant that will consolidate security in the region. Rifaat is also an acceptable candidate for Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries.
Bashar el-Assad is his opposite. He is a weak candidate, manipulated by Iran, who uses him to hold hostage the positive U.S. role that Washington could have in the area. The latest bombing in Iraq was Syria's work, as is the military escalation of the Southern Lebanese front with Israel. Syria's Foreign Minister's threat to retaliate against the Golan Israeli communities, followed by Hezbollah military provocations against Israel in South Lebanon, was the choice of Iranian and Syrian policymakers, to challenge Washington in its efforts to resolve conflicts in the Middle East.
Rifaat el-Assad should be consulted, supported and returned to Syria by Washington, before it is too late.
The important conclusion to reach is that either the Bush Administration will change the course of those murderous regimes fueling terrorism in Middle East geopolitics, or it is those rogue terrorist states in the Middle East that are going to change the Bush Administration in the next election. And they will do so in collusion with their political allies in the West who have an interest in seeing President Bush fail in Iraq.
Syria and Lebanon should be addressed military. Once the regimes are changed, the new reality on the ground will consolidate the U.S. order in the Middle East and facilitate the integration of Iraq in that new order. Fundamentalist Iran, left without Syria and Lebanon, with no allies, will weaken by isolation. Then, international pressure can be applied to make Iran give up its nuclear program and end its support of terrorism in the Middle East.