Andy9o8 0 #1 September 2, 2006 QuoteSyria Promises to Enforce Arms Embargo By SAM F. GHATTAS The Associated Press Friday, September 1, 2006; 5:19 PM DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria promised Friday to increase border patrols and work with Lebanese troops to thwart the flow of arms to its ally Hezbollah, but Israel questioned whether the Damascus regime would be a "reliable force" in guarding the border. If carried out, the promises made by Syrian President Bashar Assad to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan would be a major boost to efforts to keep the peace in Lebanon. The U.N. chief said that if Syria follows through in tightening control of the border, peace efforts will be greatly helped. "I have no reason to believe it will not be done," Annan said. In other news, the Fox gave Secretary General Annan firm assurances that he would provide security for the henhouse. Mr. Annan said that he found the Fox's statements to be encouraging. The Fox's measures, if carried out, would provide the henhouse with badly-needed security against weapons being smuggled in by....the Foxes. Pessimistic as always, a spokesman for the Chickens questioned whether the Fox regime would be a "reliable force" in guarding the henhouse. But, said Annan, "I have no reason to believe it will not be done." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #2 September 2, 2006 It almost seems like a joke doesn't it?So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pirana 0 #3 September 2, 2006 It's like hiring sex offenders as school crossing guards and hall monitors." . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #4 September 2, 2006 The UN is worthless. I'm all for shipping them out of NYC. Put it in Paris. If they ever reach a point where they think they can enforce bullshit over the US, we simply put them back in their place by whatever means appropriate.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,138 #5 September 5, 2006 QuoteIt almost seems like a joke doesn't it? Yeah, it is like the US saying, we did not sell arms to Iran to fund a terrorist organization Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #6 September 6, 2006 QuoteQuoteIt almost seems like a joke doesn't it? Yeah, it is like the US saying, we did not sell arms to Iran to fund a terrorist organization Or Britain selling arms to Saudi Arabia?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,138 #7 September 6, 2006 At least Saudi is a supposed ally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #8 September 6, 2006 QuoteAt least Saudi is a supposed ally. "Enemy of my enemy" and all that.... of course, the Timorese probably feel the same way about the arms Britain is selling to Indonesia... Then of course, there's Zimbabwe, Uganda, Columbia, Nepal, the Phillipines... all banned locations for sales according to the Guardian.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
