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Bush faces a tough decision: roll east, or roll west.
Since Syria is more decrepit in its armaments, as Iraq was, it will be the likely target. But first we need to prepare by floating rumors that Saddam's missing "WMD" (not found by the U.N., not found by the swarming soldiers) must have been spirited out to Axis of Evil Founding Member Syria. <snip> --Tim May
Tim nailed it. This just broke on Dow Jones ... ;~/. e Rumsfeld to order Syria invasion plan NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--An intelligence source says U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld last week ordered the drawing up of contingency plans for a possible invasion of Syria, Newsday reported Thursday. According to the newspaper's Web site, Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith is working on a policy paper highlighting how Syria's support of terrorist groups is a threat to the region. But the newspaper also reported that a senior Pentagon officer said he was unaware of any new planning regarding Syria. Rumsfeld said Wednesday that Syria had allowed Iraqi regime figures to enter and had provided Iraq with military technology.