[JerseyHighlander]

Those smiling fist shaking yokels only do that when foreign journalists are present, and sometimes only after said journalists pay them to perform their "defiance dance".

[katz]

Pathetic.

[DHerion]

It's time to put serious pressue on Syria. Arm the Kurdish populace in Syria (like the Contras or Northern Alliance), back them with some special forces and even air power until Syria cooperates. Their military makes Saddam's look like the Waffen SS. They're a joke. We should also get Turkey, Jordan and Israel to apply pressure.

I believe the Marines have been a lot more aggressive along the Iraqi-Syrian border the last few weeks.