[Marano NYC]

This will never work unless Israel or the US tell Damascus there is a big stick . The Assad regime is brutal but is the US or Israel willing to lend Air Power. This would give an opposition movement the only chance.
Will Jumblatt cross Hezbollah and what happens if the Palestinian camps turn into battle fields ?
Is Israel or the US prepared to stop Syrian Armored columns from entering the Bekaa valley. I doubt Sharon or Bush would stop this . It is the right thing to do but the backlash in Europe would be high.

[Straight Vermonter]

We need to do what we were unwilling to do in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslavokia in 1968. Openly support the opposition and inform the outside power (the Soviets then, the Syrians now) that we will not stand idly by while troops interfere.

Moving a division or so into the western desert in Iraq should speak eloquently enough.

[GoLightly]

This didn't happen in a vacuum. There's a UN resolution calling for Syria's withdrawl. It was co-sponsored by the US and France.