[dark_lord]

There are some big differences between Syria and Iraq:

1st, Syria doesn't have squat for oil. So if we invade them we can't get paid on the back side.
2nd, while Syria probably has chemical weapons, unlike Iraq they haven't used them on anybody. Nor do they appear to have handed any over to the Hezbollah. So they are aware of consequences.
3rd, while they did invade Lebonnon they did establish some order over complete chaos.

So all in all, they are less of a threat than N. Korea. My guess is we are just going to intimidate them into line, rather than shooting it out with them.

[konaice]

Dork_lord said:

"There are some big differences between Syria and Iraq"

I agree with your assessment, and add that Syria is NOT forbidden by UN Sanctions from having chem/bio weapons unlike Iraq.

The best thing Syria could do is fess up to having them and leave it at that. Even the US has Chem/Bio weapons. We've just promised never to use them, and have been slowly destroying old stocks.