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Syran [Dan Collins]

I don’t suppose Michael Ledeen will mind my quoting his short post in its entirety:

I’ve been saying for some time that Syria is an Iranian colony, and that the defense pact the two signed several months ago was a serious matter. Now the Reform Party of Syria, which I trust, has just sent out the following:

New IRGC base near Homs

RPS News — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an Iranian government terrorist organization, is managing a new training base near the city of Homs located west of Syria and less than 50 km from Lebanon. The base is off-limits but intelligence delivered to RPS indicate that there is no Syrian presence at the base, which makes it a fully operational foreign base and the first of its kind in the country.

It is believed that the base is armed with the second generation of the Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBM) with a range of 2,100km able to hit major metropolises in the Middle East including Israel.

Yes, just in time for the release of my new Iran book , but I would rather not read such stories, with an administration that clearly does not want to get serious about Iran. More on that later.

What that means for Lebanon ought to be obvious. Hey, how’s that UN investigation going?

On the other hand, the Times of London reports this.

More better information from Rick Moran.

Got a sore Victrola, list’nin’ to Bob Owens.

6 Replies to “Syran [Dan Collins]”

  1. clubmedvacation says:
    September 2, 2007 at 6:06 am

    Michael Ledeen is always so grumpy. Of course the administration wants to get serious about Iran. We’ll see what the “more on that later” is though I guess. On the other hand, the Democrats are actively campaigning for a posture of aseriousness. And also, the sanctions aren’t toothless.

    For new projects they do not get western finance, and they do not get foreign companies to invest. This is a disaster for Iran’s industry. For instance in the gas fields that they share with Qatar, they do not have the technology installed yet to extract the gas and difficulties to finance new investments. So Qatar is taking much more gas out of the fields than Iran, as a result they are losing money and resources there.

  2. clubmedvacation says:
    September 2, 2007 at 6:21 am

    Here’s a link for the Democrat aseriousness thing.

    A war with Iran, combined with what’s going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, would be an horrendous disaster. Here’s what Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor, wrote recently: “An attack on Iran would be an act of political folly, setting in motion a progressive upheaval in world affairs.”

    A major military action against Iraq would almost certainly unleash a lengthy war with the Muslim world which would significantly increase the threat of attacks against the U.S. and our allies, as well as compound difficulties for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    It would also strengthen President Ahmadinejad’s position in Iran against the moderates there.

    It would further isolate us with regard to world affairs.

    It would likely dramatically increase the cost of oil, and throw the world economy into a recession.

    And, if President Bush embarks on military action against Iran without consulting with Congress, it is likely to create a constitutional crisis in the United States.

    The mythical Iranian moderate. Concern about the price of oil from the same people who have prevented any meaningful expansion of domestic supplies. Impeachment threats.

    Bush has 160,000 or so troops, and a good amount of naval and air power on Iran’s borders. I think Mr. Ledeen wants to sent Iran the message that Bush “clearly does not want to get serious about Iran” to encourage them to hazard a provocation. It’s like really grumpy Vulcan chess.

  3. Rick Ballard says:
    September 2, 2007 at 6:58 am

    The important thing to remember is that with just three days effort we can provide decades worth of potential growth in the Iranian construction sector. Careful attention to targets areas of opportunity within Iran’s infrastructure will afford Iranian’s the opportunity to totally rebuild Iran. From the rubble ground up, so to speak.

    All I ask is that no allusion to “Pottery Barn rules” be made before, during or after site clearance has begun. They have the people and the money – we just need to offer the opportunity to put them to good use.

  4. Semanticleo says:
    September 2, 2007 at 9:46 am

    Seriously. If this guy announced the Sun was going to rise in the East tomorrow, wouldn’t you be tempted to get up at dawn to do a factcheck?

  5. Major John says:
    September 2, 2007 at 9:52 am

    Not as such, but I am tempted with you saying such…

  6. Great Mencken's Ghost says:
    September 2, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    Semanticleo has never seen the sun come, seein’ as how it shines out her ass.

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