Any noise Assad made would point out that Iran is equally vulnerable, having bought the same Mickey Mouse air defense systems from Russia, so Ahmadinejad has also declared silence on the matter.
Another WaPo fishing expedition, designed to hurt Bush and Israel, and get North Korea and Syria off the hook.
You have to love the hints at unnamed (even by title) “officials’ wanting to go public, and the centerpiece, the two republicans who surfaced briefly, who haven’t been heard from since, but who, according to the desperate WaPo, are pressing hard for full disclosure.
I’m QUITE sure Syria fears The Wrath of El Barado even more than they fear Israeli bombs and air defense suppression systems.
This rehash piece is so obviously contrived, I have to conclude that the Post is spiralling down the tubes in close formation with the New York Times.