OK, we'll compromise -- what a perfect opportunity to try out the neutron bomb; supposedly leaves infrastructure intact. But seriously folks, there is definitely a need for regime change in Syria. Lebanon was a proud Christian nation until the iron-fisted Assads came to town, with a little help from their friends in Tehran. Bashar is obviously going to hold to power as long as possible and will probably send up his family memebers, implicated in Mehlis' report, to the firing squad. Then, he will attempt a PR campaign to make it look like he is "rooting out the elements involved". Bolton's job at the UN is to make sure that no one buys this BS. Don't hear much out of Syria in the way of opposition to the Ba'athists but then again those who did speak up probably would be around to continue. I really think Bush touched something off over there with planting a democratic government smack dab in the middle of the Middle East. We just need to make sure it thrives, and , personally, I think it will. It just may require some "preventative maintenance now and then.