[elhombrelibre]

I may be wrong, but I've believed for quite some time that the best way to put real pressure on Iran is to take their pawns in Syria out. That secures Israel in many ways, aids greatly Lebanon's desires to be free and independent, and puts Iran in the awkward position of having to honor its defense treaty with Syria or back down. This needs to be done before Iran is a nuclear power and the sooner the better. If Syria cannot secure its borders to stop al Qaeda from going to Iraq, how can anyone expect Iraq to secure that border to prevent freedom fighters from going to Syria? There are many ways to turn up the heat and the limitation is more with imagination, guts, and persistence.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"I've believed for quite some time that the best way to put real pressure on Iran is to take their pawns in Syria out.

Syria has always been the logical target. It is smack dab in the middle of the region and stirs more feces than any other country but Iran.

Syria is more vulnerable to conquest than Iran and it's fall would further isolate Iran while making the mad mullah's hold on power more tenuous.

Iran's feared nuclear capability is only to be feared when it actually exists and we, and Israel, will not allow that to happen.

Killing Assad and destroying Syrian Intelligence would make peace in the region possible.

We might even deal with the Saudis while we are at it.

Michael Frazier

[jveritas]

Not a bad strategy, not at all, I agree with you. Although launching a massive Air Campaign against Iran will also force Baath terrorist regime Syria to surrender on its own and stop messing around with us anywhere in the Middle East.