And what was Saddam half brother doing in Syria? In fact Syria surrendered him yesterday to the Iraqis wishing that the US will not pressure them further to leave Lebanon, of course this time they are fatally mistaken in their wishes.
Syria is not getting the point that President Bush is "very determined" in changing the whole Middle East for more freedom and democracy and the Syrian Baath terrorist regime is great problem for this change.
Ah, so they are appeasing us and threatening Israel? That is a plausible explanation. A stupid strategy, if that's what they're doing, but plausible.
Maybe not so stupid. The appeasement of us may cause us to pressure Israel not to respond to the terror attack. The goal would be to drive a wedge between us. It will NOT stop us "calling for" the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon, but it may delay our taking military action.