“If Syria Isn’t Next on America’s Hit List…

…It Certainly Should Be,” writes Stephen Pollard in the Daily Telegraph. Syria has been off the radar screen for a while, but is deservedly taking center stage. Pollard provides an excellent summary of the Syrian threat, and concludes:
“Mr Straw may want ‘nothing to do’ with threats to Syria, but the Bush Administration knows what it is doing. The impact of so swift a victory in Iraq will be felt well beyond. Military action against Syria may not be the answer, or even necessary.
“The clear message has now gone out that the rules of the game have changed. As one Pentagon adviser told me last week: ‘I wouldn’t be too surprised if the opportunity presented by having 250,000 troops on the ground was accompanied by a d

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