Syria: We'll get the Golan back with or without peace

haaretz ^ | 14/06/2008 | By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service

[Flavius]

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad said on Saturday that Syria has the "non-peaceful" means to retrieve the Golan Heights - which Israel captured from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War - should peace talks with Israel fail to achieve that goal.

Mekdad, a former Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, told the Jordanian newspaper Ad-Dustour that Israelis living in the Golan Heights, whom he termed "settlers," must know that Syria would "defend its land within minutes."

Mekdad also reiterated to Israelis living in the area that the Golan is Syrian territory and that they are "forbidden from raising children there, because it is not their place and they will not be able to reside there."

He then asked rhetorically, "What is preferable - liberating the Golan through peace and without bloodshed or liberating the land through war? We are not afraid of launching a peace process with Israel."

[Flavius]

... peace process with Israel."

yeah the famous ME peace , its quite between reloading

[nina0113]

It won’t be much use to you when it’s GLOWING, Feysal.

[Secret Agent Man]

When you start a war, and lose a bunch of land because you get your ass kicked, that land isn’t yours anymore.

Ummm, Syria, it ain’t your land anymore. You attacked them. You lost and were pushed OUT of that land. It’s theirs. If you would have won, it would have stayed yours. But you didn’t.

Again, not your damn land anymore. You lost it.

[rbg81]

Mekdad also reiterated to Israelis living in the area that the Golan is Syrian territory and that they are “forbidden from raising children there, because it is not their place and they will not be able to reside there.”

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If the Israeli PM had any gonads, he would tell them where to stuff their threats. Sadly, the current one is probably working overtime to appease these thugs.

[Bobalu]

Syria is so out of its league when dealing with Israeli military might.

[muir_redwoods]

These muslims are just idiots. My Labrador Retriever would know better than to try her luck again against the Israelis.

[NonValueAdded]

Oh, yeah ... talking with those mutts will be fruitful.

[the_daug]

Isn’t there an Arab blessing for Israel something like “Blessed is Israel if we did not have them to hate we would kill each other”

[Oatka]

Ummm, Syria, it ain’t your land anymore. You attacked them. You lost and were pushed OUT of that land. It’s theirs. If you would have won, it would have stayed yours. But you didn’t.

Indeed. The next time they pick a fight with the Israelis, they'll be whining to get Damascus back.

[RFEngineer]

“It won’t be much use to you when it’s GLOWING, Feysal.”

Golan won’t be glowing. Damascus? well, that’s another matter entirely.

[hosepipe]

[ Syria: We'll get the Golan back with or without peace ]

Damascus glowing like glass would be mid-east beautification..

[El Gato]

It won’t be much use to you when it’s GLOWING, Feysal.

It won't be the Golan that is glowing. But some place nearby, starting with a D, will save the region untold electricity costs.

[forkinsocket]

Take Damascus, then they’ll willingly give up all claims to the Golan.

[forkinsocket]

Tell that to the Israeli government. They’re the ones who don’t seem to understand the concept of conquering land.

[forkinsocket]

If the Israeli PM had any gonads, he would tell them where to stuff their threats.

If the Israeli government had any gonads, they wouldn't be negotiating our conquered land in the first place.

[nina0113]

If the Israeli government had any gonads, they wouldn't be negotiating our conquered land in the first place.

It's not just the current one. The government in '67 made a dreadful mistake not repatriating the Jordanian citizens of the West Bank to their own country. War isn't Monopoly - at the end of the game, you don't put the money and tokens back in the box.