Assad: Syria will liberate Golan Heights (Haaretz)

Haaretz ^ | August 14th, 2006 | Haaretz alert

[reagandemo]

I heard the same thing that Olmert being a lawyer and leftist tried to go the route of "can't we just get along" and negotiate with these people. His commanders were ready to pounce on the Islamofacists and he held them back which got a lot of people needlessly killed.

[Alouette]

Syria will liberate Golan Heights

The Golan Heights has already been liberated.

[dubaijazz]

Well, if the UN is irrelevant, then what's relevant in this case?
You said that there would be no peace until people stop attacking Israel; I would say that there would be no peace until people stop attacking each other!
Isn't that more of an impartial statement, and less inflammatory?

[dubaijazz]

" When you start a war, get your ass kicked and lose territory as a result, that land is no longer yours. "

Golan height weren't occupied in 73, there were occupied in 67 and Syria didn't initiate the war then....
Set your record straight....

[Always A Marine]

Golan height weren't occupied in 73, there were occupied in 67 and Syria didn't initiate the war then.... Set your record straight....

You are correct, Israel did capture the Golan Heights in 1967 when it defeated the combined armies of Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq.

Your are only technically correct in stating that Syria didn't initiate the Six-Day War. Eqypt initiated the 1967 war with its full-scale movements and preparations in the Sinai -- but Egypt and Syria shared a mutual defense treaty signed just the year before (Strike One!). Prior to hostilities, the Syrian Army ordered UN observers out of the Golan frontier in preparation to honor its treaty with Egypt (Strike Two!). When Syria began massing its armor and intensified its shelling of Israeli towns, what did it expect? (Strike Three!) Syria got its ass kicked, again, and lost the Golani high ground overlooking northern Israel.

1947, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982... It's like Ground Hog Day. Arabs refuse to give up their dream of destroying Israel, get their asses kicked again and again, and then whine about losing territory in the process. When Syrians look up at the Israeli Golan, they should remember why they lost it. It is past time for Arabs to fix their own countries and leave Israel alone.

[dubaijazz]

"When Syrians look up at the Israeli Golan, they should remember why they lost it. It is past time for Arabs to fix their own countries and leave Israel alone."

You are right, Arab countries need lot of internal cleaning up, and a comprehensive paradigm of peace and prosperity should replace the current one of destruction, corruption and depression. However, that doesn't change the abstract fact that the Golan heights are Syrian territory, and it shall be given back to Syria, sooner or later.