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Thursday, December 7, 2006

Iran and Syria Are Our Enemies

Posted by ARI Media at 4:34 pm

Irvine, CA—The Iraq Study Group endorsed the increasingly popular notion that America should ask Iran and Syria to help bring peace and stability to Iraq.

“But Iran and Syria are our enemies,” said Dr. Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. “These countries are responsible for the maiming and deaths of numerous American soldiers in Iraq. For months Iran and Syria have been fomenting terrorist activity against American troops and Iraqi civilians, providing terrorists with training, weapons and explosive devices.

“The United States should be bombing, not ‘engaging,’ these terrorist regimes.

“Any U.S. appeal to Iran or Syria for help in Iraq would be suicidal and immoral. By evading the evil of these regimes and pretending that they’re peace-seekers who share our goals, the United States would be encouraging and rewarding their aggression. Dispensing with moral judgment is not a short-cut to achieving peace; it is a sure way of unleashing and goading the killers to redouble their efforts against us.”

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