Time Has Run Out For Syria

(Chicago Tribune) Editorial - Syria's regime now is juggling for time. Syria is an outlaw state that has kept as many as 30,000 troops in Lebanon for nearly 30 years and has run that nation as if it were an annex of Damascus. Syria has supported practically every group in the Middle East's terrorist phone book, from Hizballah to Islamic Jihad, and most recently the insurgents in Iraq. Syria's government - as far from a democracy as one can get - has been implicated in numerous internal atrocities against dissenters. Syria's regime is a toxic force, for its own people and the other nations in the region. Its actions cannot be ignored.


2005-02-28 00:00:00

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