Syria and Iraq

In the New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/world/middleeast/chemical-weapons-wont-be-used-in-rebellion-syria-says.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120724 - it is evident that Syria has a large cachet of WMD.  Why?  Well Saddam's stock must have gone somewhere when sabrés were rattled. Syria is all that is left of the common Ba-athist political party that fell with Saddam in Iraq.  What is Ba'athism?  It is an Islamic form of Socialism. …

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