Syria Says Has Right to Self - Defense

[Khephra]

Syria has the right to exercise self-defense if Israel strikes its territory again as its warplanes did last weekend, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday.

``In case of a repetition (of an Israeli aggression) Syria has the right to exercise self-defense,'' spokeswoman Bushra Kanafani told a press briefing in Damascus.

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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-mideast-syria.html

[ConcernedCanuk]

1. ___ If the USA can pre-empt ____ Why not Syria ???___

After all

Israel has PROVEN itself to be a Clear and Present Danger

Not to mention Israel is 8,000 miles closer than USA and Iraq

And hmmm

IF the USA suspects that Saddam actually DID transport WMD's to Syria

Would it not be wise to tread lightly?

I don't hear any aggression coming out of Syria

Just My Humble Canuck Opinion

[J B]

2. Because Israel is stronger.

And might makes right.

[morebunk]

4. And we wonder why they hate us.

They have a right and more of a justification than either Israel or the US.

[bowens43]

3. Of course they do and thanks to the idiot

they also have the right to pre-emptive strikes or wars.