--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/16/06 4:56:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Also, after the invasion of Iraq, Syria started supporting fundamentalist > groups inside its > own country in order to create a radically anti-american civil defense grass > roots base. The > rank-and-file moderate citizens of Syria are not exactly thrilled with their > government's > actions around the world and in-country and hardly blinked in protest at the > invasion of > Iraq. This prompted the government to encourage fundamentalist groups within > the > country that had heretofore been persecuted. An ironic side-effect of the > invasion. > > > > Spair, Syria and Iran have had strong ties for decades now and Syria has > been a strong backer of Hezbollah since they invaded Lebanon. >
"Client state" has a special meaning. Ally is not the same as "client state." Israel is a client-state of the US, more or less. Iraq and Iran were client states of the USSR, as was Cuba. Lebanon may be someone's client state these days, but I doubt if Syira and Iran have that kind of relationship. Only Fox News commentators seem to use the term in that context. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
