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Syria is the smaller and could be captured quickly

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Four questions:

1. Where will we get the multiple divisions needed to do this?

2. Taking Iraq was not the problem, controlling Iraq is. What would make Syria different? And, what units do we use to occupy it?

3. How do you keep Israel from being pulled in? Don't fool yourself into thinking this would be a good thing.

4. Look west and invade Syria, what do we do then when Iran opens an Eastern front?

Got any answers?

1. Where will we get the multiple divisions needed to do this?

2. Taking Iraq was not the problem, controlling Iraq is. What would make Syria different? And, what units do we use to occupy it?

3. How do you keep Israel from being pulled in? Don't fool yourself into thinking this would be a good thing.

4. Look west and invade Syria, what do we do then when Iran opens an Eastern front?

Got any answers?

An active program of supporting any democratic elements in both Syria and Iran coupled with a program of destabilizing their Islamofascist governments would be just as effective as military invasion and much, much cheaper in terms of the precious lives of our brave heroes in uniform!

If we want to get some satisfaction from doing some shooting, we announce that any government that cannot control its own border needs help from us and that we will return all fire that is directed against us or the Iraqis. Any government that can't stop foreigners from shooting into its country loses credibility with its people and thereby speeds up the destabilization process that we want to encourage.

Jordan has got kicked around the Middle East for so long, I think that a little encouragement from us about righting some of wrongs perpetrated by Syria would only be poetic justice. And again, it puts pressure on a dictatorial government that needs to be destabilized.

"1. Where will we get the multiple divisions needed to do this?

You could pull some out of Iraq. With Syria eliminated the control problem in Iraq will be greatly reduced, because you've cut off the head of the snake. Or at least one of the heads.

"2. Taking Iraq was not the problem, controlling Iraq is. What would make Syria different? And, what units do we use to occupy it?

Controlling Iraq has only been a problem because Syria and Iran are working against us. There would not be that much internal opposition without external influence.

3. How do you keep Israel from being pulled in? Don't fool yourself into thinking this would be a good thing.

How did we keep Israel out of it with Iraq? Saddam swore to bring Israel into it and tried his best. "4. Look west and invade Syria, what do we do then when Iran opens an Eastern front?"

If Iran wants to open an eastern front and provide us more targets they can. Wiping out an army that is moving across the desert is a lot easier than driving terrorists out of a city.