We would have about the number of Iraqi troops ready in order to take action against Syria about this time next year. The problem is if we collapse the Assad regime with airstrikes you end up having several Baathist generals in Syria fighting for power along with Abu Musab al-Suri (a relative of Zarqawi) and the leader of al-Qaeda in Syria vying for power. A failed state in Syria would be pretty bad, if we could free up a few divisions we could deal with the problem.
"The problem is if we collapse the Assad regime with airstrikes you end up having several Baathist generals in Syria fighting for power along with Abu Musab al-Suri (a relative of Zarqawi) and the leader of al-Qaeda in Syria vying for power. A failed state in Syria would be pretty bad, if we could free up a few divisions we could deal with the problem."
You got my vote. However. I don't think the new Iraq is going to want to be seen as a aggressor. It could undo all we have been trying to accomplish. After all we are there to stablize the region, not promote more aggression. Syria is going to remain a sticky problem. As for those terrorist training camps known to be in the Aleppo (modern Halab) city ,far NW area of Syria. It think the article does not go far enough. What does the CIA mean they are not sure. Yea right. Guess things are being held low key for the discusseed reasons. Who knows. Perhaps Asad is having those camps and others dismantled for all we know. To much news about them being broadcasted for the past few months.
Excellent points. I'm just sitting here nervously eyeing 2008. We don't have too much longer to get a handle on this, then we run the risk of having a democrat in office, which will be a disaster for the WOT and everything Dubya has accomplished thus far.