[DeFault User]

The No 1 focus for regime change under Bush Two is Damascus, not Tehran.

Whichever domino falls next...

[usgator]

Can't you already hear the chants from Syrians?  "We're #1!"  "We're #1!"

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The loser-whackos still don't get it. It's one job at a time. Soon enough, the "president" of Syria will be kissing the earth at the bottom of his own personal mole hole. The Leftist media will be moaning still, until their end comes too.

[SmithL]

The Guardian seems to think it's either/or. I wouldn't want to be in Syria or Iran right now. We still have plenty of Shock & Awe to go around.

[Reactionary]

It's nice to know liberals finally have a meme they can sink their teeth into. By all appearances, "neocon" is a word that gets stupid liberals into a frenzied lather.

[Mr. Mojo]

"Welcome though these assurances on Iran are, they do not go to the heart of the matter, which remains the neocons' agenda for the Arab world........"

You mean democracy? The horror, the horror.

".......and their support for the most hardline elements in Israel."

Iow, the "elements" within Israel who'd like their nation to survive.

[austinmark]

During Pres. Bush European Tour, I'm sure he had some "ideas & suggestions" for a few select allies. A window of opportunity may have just opened !

Perhaps something like ..........

"how about joining us, the USA, in a "peace keeping" mission in Lebanon, establish another presence in the Middle East, escort the Syrians back to Syria, (have a look-see around ??? maybe look for some Iraqi WMD's ???), make the Palestinians real nervous (and less demanding), give IRAN so much to worry about, It will have to comply with the "give up the Nuclear Weapons program you have", AND ....... maybe "draw" some insurgent terrorism away from Iraq, to help it get on track faster ???"

Neo-conservative pressure IS needed for regime change, IMHO.

[Cutterjohnmhb]

Next !!!

[elhombrelibre]

This clown is full of bad advice; he must be working for Assad. A lot of these Euro-trash Lefties like to play like they're the lawyer for some despot if it seems likely to upset the spread of democracy and US principles. They need to examine their priorities.

[Vicomte13]

It's funny that people express shock at this.
I recall the specific words said by President Bush, and Secretary Powell, Secretary Rumsfeld, and Dr. Rice over and over again in the Fall and Winter of 2001.

There were two specific phrases:
(1) We are at war with all terrorist organizations of global reach, and the states that support them, and

(2) We will take them out "One stone at a time".

That was Rumsfeld's slogan "One stone at a time".

Given that we have been very consistently pursuing PRECISELY the strategy that Bush and his whole cabinet laid out in 2001 over and over again, why is ANYONE surprised that the Syrian regime is next up?

One stone at a time meant...one stone at a time, of course.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. the Syrians just went up a notch higher. One of the people involved in the London bombings is some Syrian guy - high profile terrorist type. Didn't catch the name.