Remember, the Iraq War had absolutely nothing to do with Syria's apparent change of heart in Lebanon. Of course, that can be tough to keep in mind when Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is saying things like:
"Please send this message: I am not Saddam Hussein. I want to cooperate."
Actually, Assad probably wants to cooperate with us only as much as he thinks is necessary to save his hide - and not one tiny bit more. But even by chickenhawk standards like mine, that has to count as progress.
I wonder how cooperative Baby Assad would feel, given a seat at the peace conference table promised us by John Kerry?
Ah, John Kerry -- forgotten by his friends, remembered by his enemies. Let's kick the corpse a bit, shall we?
Why did change in the Middle East gather momentum only from November 2004, not from March 2003? Because our enemies hoped that Kerry would come to power, take in his hands what we had won, and give it away.
If so then get out and take your spies with you. No problems.
I'd be perfectly willing to give baby Assad a comfortable exile somewhere with an allowance of $100k/year courtesy of my taxes*, instead of a spider hole.
It'd be money well spent, IMO.
* (okay, my taxes along with those of several other people. It'd still be more cost-effective than Iraq).
