Syria

It seems it's Syria's turn in the hotseat: the Israeli bombing turned them into the flavour of the month.



Of course, the Israeli's already believed they had a clear invitation to bomb Syria because of the American House International Relations Committee bill that will be passed in the next week or two by a huge majority, which will result in sanctions being put into place against them for as long as they "support terrorist groups and develop chemical and biological weapons". HAH!



If the Israeli's had any doubts of Bush's enthusiastic support, his statement on Monday was pretty clear: he said that he had told Sharon "Israel must not feel constrained defending the homeland".



No matter how much Syria has been co-operating with the US re Al Quaeda over the past two years, as long as they are not completely compliant with the wishes of the Americans and Israeli's, they are fair game.



This puts me in such a moral dilemma: I would really like to see the Middle East democratised and especially see women's rights take hold. However, this would achieve the opposite: more war and oppression. The blatant unfairness in this upsets me - it fixes nothing and polarises people even more. If I were an Arab living in that part of the world I would be foaming at the mouth by now and looking up the Osama Bin Laden volunteer group cellphone number... I really believe actions such as these make the world less safe and only promotes terrorism and violence...



All tyrants are now paying heed and quietly stocking up on those WMD's and nuclear weapons... after all, you never know when the US spotlight may shine on you and when you may need a strong deterrent!



Talk about winning hearts and minds!!!