Posted on 04/21/2010 4:40:52 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The United States said Wednesday it considered "all options" on the table if Syria is found to have supplied Scud missiles to Hezbollah, posing a major threat for Israel.
Jeffrey Feltman, the assistant secretary of state for the Middle East, said the United States would have "really, really serious concern" if Syria delivered such high-grade weapons to the Lebanese Shiite militia.
"If these reports turn out to be true, we're going to have to review the full range of tools that are available for us in order to make Syria reverse what would be an incendiary, provocative action," Feltman said.
"The United States has shown in the past that we are able to act," he told a congressional hearing. "I expect that all options are going to be on the table looking at this."
But Feltman and other State Department officials said they were still investigating the alleged Scud missile transfer. The United States on Monday summoned the most senior Syrian diplomat in Washington over the concerns.
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“All options open”? More options to bow to our enemies. Nothing will come of this.....count on it.
I agree
We have the full arsenal of our strongly-worded letters at our disposal.
Agreed. Perhaps a stern warning that the Obama administration may eventually issue a sharply worded communique with some vaguely unhappy language.
Does anyone here really think the Syrians DID give the weapons to HezBollah?
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Which will be followed by:
"really, really, really, really serious concern"
ad infinitum .
There are military options as well. If the situation turns real nasty and it looks like there might be a shooting war, Obama has plans to launch devastating strikes against Israeli command and control assets and infrastructure targets.
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Options on the table, the Obama wants to know what kind of beer Assad want's should he come to visit.
...and issue its 1075th last warning to Syria.
Whom are we kidding? It's Israel that has to do all the dirty work in taking out nuclear reactors and terrorist bases. Even Reagan, purportedly on the urging of Collin Powell, refused even to fire a shot when hundreds of our marines --- on a peace mission, no less --- were blown up. We knew who did it and where the bases were. The planes of the Sixth Fleet were ready to take off were aborted on the urging of Collin Powell.
When it comes to action, it will be Israel that will have to do it again.
Israel told Syria that it considers Hezbollah a military unit of Syria and would obliterate Syria if Hezbollah fires one scud rocket.
btw — In the Old Testament it is prophesized that Damascas will be obliterated and never rebuilt.
There are military options as well. If the situation turns real nasty and it looks like there might be a shooting war, Obama has plans to launch devastating strikes against Israeli command and control assets and infrastructure targets.
I would not doubt that for a second.
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