May 13, 2004

PULL!:

Syrian President Rejects U.S. Sanctions, Refuses to Expel Palestinian Militants (The Associated Press, 5/13/04)

Syrian President Bashar Assad on Thursday challenged the basis of U.S. sanctions on his country and said he would not expel Palestinian militant groups as demanded by the United States.

Can you say "October Surprise"?

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 13, 2004 12:41 PM
Comments

Assad: a) is dumb, b) thinks Bush won't act before the election and thinks Kerry will win, c) believes Bush will not act due to Dem opposition, d) all of the above.

Posted by: AWW at May 13, 2004 1:14 PM

How exactly can Assad reject the U.S. sanctions?

Posted by: jd watson at May 13, 2004 2:30 PM

Assad is undoubtedly among those world leaders that have endorsed John Flipflop Kerry. Like all other autocrats, dictators, theocrats and French presidents.

Posted by: Peter at May 13, 2004 2:37 PM

Will the opthamologist see the incoming bombs?

Posted by: jim hamlen at May 13, 2004 8:27 PM

This will be the card.

Posted by: genecis at May 13, 2004 9:26 PM

Or Sultan Assad II is just being macho.

Arab culture is what Freudians call "hypermasculine", that is more-macho-than-thou with "masculinity" defined in some pretty nasty ways, then firewalled to the max.

If Sultan Assad didn't act hyper-macho, someone even more macho would pop him for the throne.

Posted by: Ken at May 14, 2004 7:27 PM

Maybe...

Jordan and Morrocco don't seem to be that way. Egypt isn't that bad.
Maybe it's not Arabs, but Syria.

Posted by: Michael Herdegen at May 15, 2004 5:34 AM
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