[Minus_The_Bear]

Will Bush clean out the Beka Valley? I wouldn't call his bluff.

[Piranha]

Who would stop him if he wanted to do this?

Still, I think he'll move pretty slowly.

[John Will]

Ahh, Soon to be named New Texas.

[mainepatsfan]

Shocking!! The next thing you know we'll find out that Russia tried to rig the election in the Ukraine. Or maybe Barry Bonds was on steroids!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Here we go!

[SteveMcKing]

WMD

[RWR8189]

Looks like some more Baathists are about to meet their maker.

[KC Burke]

I suppose we are going to hear there are new suspicions that Iran may be trying to exert influence as well.

Sheeeeshhh, Matt get a life.

I suppose that religious zealotry might be playing a part as well.

[swilhelm73]

I've been saying this since the "insurgency" started. It didn't take long for the Syrians and Iranians to realize the left and the MSM had hamstrung Bush and the Bush Doctrine with their "no WMDs" mantra...

Oh, and I would add that well we have something of a truce with Iran they *directly* control Sadr and his boys too...

[West Coast Conservative]

WMDs.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

The only good Ba'athist is a dead Ba'athist.

[Billthedrill]

The Bekaa valley is a particularly nasty place (although it's in Lebanon, not Syria) - if we have to clean the place out it will be a very dirty job. And I think we'd have to take out Syria first. Israel from the south, Turkey from the north, and us from the east.

Only in my dreams. But then, I said that about Iraq, too.

[yonif]

The Palestinian Authority sends terrorists there too. I read a report in the Israeli media today which said US forces arrested 10 Palestinian Arabs in Baghdad.

[Just Lori]

Sing it, Gomer! "Surprise, surprise surprise!"

[Doctor Don]

Time to label some cruise missiles " Damascus or bust"......to bust Damascus

[Finalapproach29er]

Syria and Iran are both making trouble to consolidate power and safety:

Syria (Syria Baath party=allied with Iraq Sunni)
Iran (Iran and IraqShiites)

Each is trying to create a power bloc. Just look at a map.

[HardStarboard]

Its an absolute travesty that "military intelligence" wasn't on top of this over a year ago!

Weve been in there for 21 months - heavy insurgent activity for at least 16 of those - and we're just getting a clue where its coming from?

Josef Bodansky has written a book, published in August 2003, entitled "The Secret Iraq War" that accuses both Iran and Syria of providing insurgents and weapons to destabalize Iraq.

Our intelligence services are woefully weak and inept. The shakeup is long overdue - but it will be a long time before they are operating with the required level of performance.

[ZOTnot]

See your Bible; it's called 'the burden of Damascus.' I think it is coming soon....

[sarah_f]

"U.S. military intelligence has concluded the Iraqi insurgency is being directed to a greater degree than previously thought from Syria"
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Give US 'intelligence' another two years in the ME and they might find some arabs in syria too.

[montag813]

U.S. military intelligence has concluded the Iraqi insurgency is being directed to a greater degree than previously thought from Syria

Only 12 months late to reach the conclusion we all knew already. What geniuses!

[El Gato]

Warm up the B-2s, then the B-1s and finally the B-52s. (In order of decreasing ability to penetrate defenses, as the defenses are rolled back)