How To Squeeze A Regime

The world is slowly setting the noose around Syria’s neck

Right after the Syrians decided to play hard-ball with the international community, they got simultaneous bad news from three of their neighbors:

1- From the west, in Lebanon, it was reported that Mehlis refused to interview the 6 Syrian officials outside of Lebanon, effectively throwing away the Syrian proposals for a venue change.

2- From the east, the Iraqi defense minister (who once called Syrian regional policies terrorist policies), Slams Syria for letting fighters train on its soil and use its borders to go to Iraq. Mr. Dulaimi’s statement where made after visiting the king of Jordan to present his condolences.

3- speaking of Jordan. Something is fishy about this would-be fourth bomber who was “confessing” on TV. I have a feeling that she’ll “confess” that she was trained and armed in Syria.

It’s too early to call checkmate, but we’re just a few moves away from there.

Update: The Bliss Street Journal agrees that Jordan is another front against Syria.

In a statement al-Dulaimi remarked that Syria not only allows for the transit of foreign fighters into Iraq through Syria, but permits the existence of terrorist training camps on its territory. In the highly scripted world of contemporary international politics, the context of a meeting like this takes on meanings well beyond what was said. The timing, the location, the participants, and the fact that “Syria” and terrorism” were mentioned at the same time means more than just the fact that Iraq is concerned about terrorism and wants to tell Jordan all about it. More importantly, this was a discussion about the causes of terrorism in the region, and it seems that even without some kind of direct linkage between the Jordan hotel bombings and Syrian support, Iraq and Jordan seem prepared to accuse Syria already. So, look for a public revelation of Syrian involvement in the hotel bombings very soon. After all, Iraq already blames Syria for lots of things, and Jordanians want to believe more than anything that this kind of stuff does not originate in Jordan. Syria’s isolation continues to worsen…