Brian Foley
07-26-06, 02:04 PM
Syria, Iran lack full Hizbollah control: US officials (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060725/ts_nm/mideast_syria_usa_dc_2)
President Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair in an aside last week that the key to ending the current Middle East crisis was to "get Syria to get Hizbollah to stop doing this shit."
But Henry Crumpton, the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism, said even Iran -- which he said had more influence than Syria -- did not have full control over the Islamist guerrillas.
"Syria can stop the flow of weapons, materiel and people into Lebanon. Yes, they can take a lot of action that they haven't. In terms of them controlling Hizbollah, no," Crumpton told a press briefing. "They cannot put Hizbollah out of business."
Certain US strategic planners are hoping to entice Iran into a direct confrontation with the US by an Israeli attack on Syria . This of course will be the pretext for war as the Bush Junta has demanded of Iran and Syria what they cannot really do, which is stop Hezbollah completely.
Now recall when the US was threatening Iraq about getting rid of its 'weapons of mass destruction', which were non-existent , but the US still demanded that Iraq get rid of them ? ;)
President Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair in an aside last week that the key to ending the current Middle East crisis was to "get Syria to get Hizbollah to stop doing this shit."
But Henry Crumpton, the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism, said even Iran -- which he said had more influence than Syria -- did not have full control over the Islamist guerrillas.
"Syria can stop the flow of weapons, materiel and people into Lebanon. Yes, they can take a lot of action that they haven't. In terms of them controlling Hizbollah, no," Crumpton told a press briefing. "They cannot put Hizbollah out of business."
Certain US strategic planners are hoping to entice Iran into a direct confrontation with the US by an Israeli attack on Syria . This of course will be the pretext for war as the Bush Junta has demanded of Iran and Syria what they cannot really do, which is stop Hezbollah completely.
Now recall when the US was threatening Iraq about getting rid of its 'weapons of mass destruction', which were non-existent , but the US still demanded that Iraq get rid of them ? ;)