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hiredgun · 04-19-2003, 03:31 PM

Linkage: http://www.etaiwannews.com/World/200...1050630460.htm

Syria has asked the UN to approve a resolution banning all WMD's in the region. The US can either approve it and turn on its ally Israel, which possesses nuclear weapons (and Bush would be absolutely screwed in the next election), or use its veto and reveal its hypocrisy to the entire world. Interesting situation.

In any case, I doubt that this resolution, approved or not, will shift the balance of power in the Middle East. Israel is already in open violation of several UN resolutions regarding territory and Geneva conventions regarding the handling of non-combatants in its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. These violations, punishable by war when other countries perpetrate them, have gone unnoticed for years, and it is likely that this new resolution would be just as ineffective.

04-19-2003, 03:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
hiredgun Addict	Syria calls for WMD-free Middle East Linkage: http://www.etaiwannews.com/World/200...1050630460.htm Syria has asked the UN to approve a resolution banning all WMD's in the region. The US can either approve it and turn on its ally Israel, which possesses nuclear weapons (and Bush would be absolutely screwed in the next election), or use its veto and reveal its hypocrisy to the entire world. Interesting situation. In any case, I doubt that this resolution, approved or not, will shift the balance of power in the Middle East. Israel is already in open violation of several UN resolutions regarding territory and Geneva conventions regarding the handling of non-combatants in its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. These violations, punishable by war when other countries perpetrate them, have gone unnoticed for years, and it is likely that this new resolution would be just as ineffective.