Remember when many Democrats ignored Byrd's warning about Iraq? The same Democrats are ignoring Byrd's warning about Syria.
US Syria bill could lead to invasion
Wednesday 12 November 2003, 6:35 Makka Time, 3:35 GMT Senator Robert Byrd, an outspoken critic of US Middle East policy, said on Tuesday that he feared the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act would be used to justify future military action against Damascus.
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But he highlighted one particular section of the bill that referred to "hostile actions" by Syria against US-led forces in Iraq.
Preemptive strikes"I have not seen any evidence that would lead me to believe that it is the government of Syria that is responsible for the attacks against our troops in Iraq," Byrd said.
"Such insinuations can only build the case for military action against Syria, which unfortunately is a very real possibility because of the dangerous doctrine of preemption created by the administration," he said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/590C99F5-C951-401B-B372-A389AC5FA00C.htm