[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.

[Marano NYC]

I fear it will take more than that to do this job. Will we or the Israelis use our air power against reinforcing armored columns. Remember the outcry over the Highway of death in the first Persian Gulf War.
The right thing would be to destroy the reinforcements. Yet there is a real possibility of Iranian movements against us in Iraq. Hopefully Syria is getting signals from DC.