Syria Sanctions posted by Richard Seymour

America has decided to place sanctions on Syria . Now, if US soldiers weren't kind of busy torturing Iraqis, I might expect a war to ensue here. Instead, it looks rather like a substitute for war (indicating yet further how emasculated the neoconservative strategists are becoming as their geo-strategies collapse around their ears).

I can't see there being any serious harm to Syria as a result of this, since food and medicine will not be affected. It is hard to tell what this forebodes. However, the cheek of the Bush administration grates more than anything else. Consider:

President George W Bush ... accused Syria of continuing to occupy Lebanon and pursuing weapons of mass destruction and missiles.

Look, there's a very simple solution. Let Hezbollah kick the Syrians out like they did the Israelis, then send Mordechai Vananu in to sort out the nukes...