# Well kiddies, looks like Syria's NEXT. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-kiddies-looks-like-syrias-next/168546 "2003-04-14T03:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-kiddies-looks-like-syrias-next/168546/61 "2003-04-15T20:03:15Z")
FTR, Sec. Powell [said today](http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/15/sprj.irq.war.main/index.html) that the US has no plans to go to war with Syria. Canada, on the other hand… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![InTheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@InTheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InTheField)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-kiddies-looks-like-syrias-next/168546/62 "2003-04-15T22:00:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Canada, on the other hand… Sadaam? Nope, haven’t seen him. Weapons? Well, we have helicopters that tend to fall out of the sky with little warning. They don’t count, do they? How about if we give you our Prime Minister as collateral, and promise to be really good? ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-kiddies-looks-like-syrias-next/168546/63 "2003-04-15T22:18:16Z")
You want to offer them our beloved leader? I thought we were trying to AVOID being next on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-kiddies-looks-like-syrias-next/168546/64 "2003-04-15T22:38:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 2trew \* > \*\*You want to offer them our beloved leader? I thought we were trying to AVOID being next on the list. \*\* In that case, we’re willing to offer Regime Change at an attractive and affordable price. No credit? Bad credit? WE DON’T CARE! Call today and reserve your invasion. Be sure to ask about our installment program. Tell 'em **Miller** sent ya. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-kiddies-looks-like-syrias-next/168546/65 "2003-04-15T23:43:36Z")
All I ask is to be dictator afterwards. I can pretend to be a puppet regime and then turncoat with the best of them. I can even go into exile first if you like. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-kiddies-looks-like-syrias-next/168546/66 "2003-04-16T01:19:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Uzi \* > \*\*I’m not entirely sure of what you are asking here. I got my opinion from talking with local people and reading and watching what I can of the local and international news. > \ > These along with the countless other impressions of day to day living in the country. Is that what you were asking? \*\* Not really. Your post that I initially responded to seemed to say that the Arabs were shooting at us, and would continue doing so until we replaced their leaders. After pointing out that these Arabs mostly weren’t a threat to us, I said, essentially, that if you were arguing that we should unseat a sequence of Arab governments, I’d like you to justify your position. (If not - and I really couldn’t tell for sure - then all you really need to do is say so, and perhaps clarify what you really meant, if you’re in the mood.) ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-kiddies-looks-like-syrias-next/168546/67 "2003-04-16T03:53:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Not really. Your post that I initially responded to seemed to say that the Arabs were shooting at us, and would continue doing so until we replaced their leaders. > > After pointing out that these Arabs mostly weren’t a threat to us, I said, essentially, that if you were arguing that we should unseat a sequence of Arab governments, I’d like you to justify your position. (If not - and I really couldn’t tell for sure - then all you really need to do is say so, and perhaps clarify what you really meant, if you’re in the mood.) \*\* After spending the amount of time trying to be informative on my last post just so I can satisfy some urge you have to get into an argument? Not really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-kiddies-looks-like-syrias-next/168546.md?page=3)