[elhombrelibre]

No, I think we will play a role in disarming Hizbollah by destroying Assad. That's my opinion. And I think the IDF will finish Hizbollah, and they and the rest of the world will have gone past the point of proving how futile the effort to use diplomacy was. Being obstinate, Hizbollah will push even the French to see that force is the only way out of the problem Iran and Syria released.

[DoughtyOne]

I have no sympathy for Assad, but if I recall correctly Syria and Russia may have a mutual defense treaty. Russia has been Syria's bud for a long long time.

Will Putin push that. I don't honestly know. I'd sure be holding talks with him if I were Bush.

Syria seems to be acting as if it has eyes for the Golan Heights. If so, this could come to a head in upcoming months.

This is one of the very scarey outcomes of allowing Hezbollah to hold onto their training camps in the Bekaa Valley and many missiles still within reach of Israel. This could get very ugly rather quickly.