[FairOpinion]

I think this is Assad's "Khaddaffi-moment". They probably showed him a picture of Saddam, when they captured him in his spider hole and a picture of Khaddaffi, and asked him to pick which fate he prefers, and better pick very soon, or we'll pick for him, in which case he better start digging his own spider hole.

[Gibtx]

something big is going to happen soon out of this.......

[af_vet_1981]

I think this is Assad's "Khaddaffi-moment".

Let us hope so. There should not be another warning, only consequences.

[Semper Paratus]

Will little Assad choose well or choose poorly.

He is not going to have time to 'wait out' the Novmeber election results.

[NeonKnight]

Assad was reminded that Saudi Arabia is now fighting an armed insurgency of its own, after years of allowing such groups to operate openly while raising cash to support their efforts outside Saudi Arabia's borders, the high-level U.S. official told CNN. And Syria could face the same consequences.

Makes you wanna go hmmmmm........Do I remember my recent history well? Did Bush say in his SOTU address a couple years back, that we would turn our enemies against each other.?

[WOSG]

I hope we left a horse's head on his bed to drive the point home!

[agincourt1415]

Assad needs to wake up and smell the coffee!

[hinckley buzzard]

Syria is a nonentity, militarily, and is in a tough spot with Hamas and Hezbollah operating as a sort of shadow government. It is isolated from its patron Iran, surrounded by Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, occupied Lebanon and Israel.

Syria's time of reckoning is imminent.

[pangaea6]

What would be the odds of a double attack from Syria and Iran on our troops in Iraq? Syria just removed troops from Lebanon and Iran has been blustering here lately. Could Iran want a preemptive strike on us before we/Israel hits them. Iran & Syria have got to know their time is coming. Sounds crazy but hey, so did moving an entire naval fleet across the Pacific undetected to attack Hawaii or 19 terrorists using airliners to attack us.

[Fedora]

"U.S. asks Syria to stop militants"

It sounds like we did more than "ask". . .

[pennyfarmer]

We have to put Syria in time out and then murder, maim, and kill their sons.

[Steel Wolf]

This is a picture taken from the Iraqi side of the Syrian border, west of Sinjar and Tell Afar. I had the opportunity to travel that way once or twice. The Syrians are up to no good, and as you can see, their land is flat and wide open. The Sinjar mountain range is the only real terrain obstacle, and it's on the Iraqi side. Its like a smaller version of the Mexican border with no river.

We've been keeping an eye on them for a while, and I'm hoping our diplomats are dropping manhole cover sized dimes on them. If they want to keep causing trouble, they should remember that it's a short drive from here to Damascus.

[Poohbah]

"Do it for the Dubyafather, Bashar."

[shield]

Go get'em boys....time to recover Saddam's WMD's hidden in B Valley in Syria

[danmar]

U.S. presented to Assad at the September 11 meeting in Damascus attended by an influential delegation of representatives from the Department of State, Department of Defense, U.S. Central Command and intelligence community.

...to cut it short and to the point Prez. Bush forwarded the following message to the little dictator..."don't f--ck with me you little twerp and fork over everything Saddam gave you, or else.(remember what else meant to Saddam, little Assad?)

You have got 72 Hours to comply or your ancient city of Damascus is going to look stone age for real! Smile!

[ApesForEvolution]

Bomb him, drop the really big bombs, more bombs fewer troops...

[stumpy]

I wonder if on the way out the door someone didn't mention "oh, by the way we just sold Israel a whold lot of bunker buster bombs, you know, your neighbors to the west that just recently "buzzed" your vacation home to say hello to you".....

[dennisw]

We held up some photos of the black turbaned retards who run Iran and told them you come next, right after them. We won't invade Iran. We're just gonna waste it's nuclear program or provide cover to Israel as it does.

[dennisw]

We held up some photos of the black turbaned retards who run Iran and told Bashir Assad, you come next, right after them. We won't invade Iran. We're just gonna waste it's nuclear program or provide cover to Israel as it does.

[Plutarch]

President Bush…sent a more dire message…

Having the USS Missouri patrolling the Mediterranean near Syria would have sent a more dire message like nothing else. Too bad it is in mothballs.

[wattsmag2]

Just say NO to Syria, with a cluster of Daisycutters that is.