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Take them out? How about we settle Iraq down a bit, and maybe work on Afghanistan - remember Afghanistan? - some more, before we take on another project.

Bush already spanked Syria a little - or allowed them to be spanked. Will it produce REAL results? I doubt it. As unpleasant (or as unmacho) as it may sound, what I think we need to do right now is keep the pressure on them right now to minimize the damage they can do while we attempt to stabalize Iraq.

It is a situation that needs to be dealt with. As to whether it's up to us alone to do it, or when we need to do it - those are questions for legitimate debate. As hard as this may be for you to understand, people who hold opinions different than yours don't necessarilly have the interests of the Sryian regime in mind, nor are they naive enough to believe they are not a source of trouble. It could just be that they think we have enough on our hands.