Well, well, well...

They've captured two Iranian agents in Baghdad, fomenting much of the murder and terrorism in the newly emerging nation. This, of course, is an act of war.

Allawi has been making justifiably belligerent noises toward Syria as well, saying that he wouldn't necessarily mind if coalition forces were to take offensive action there.

I wonder how far off we are from a war between Iraq, and Syria and Iran (in which we would participate on the side of Iraq)? That would be a continued draining of the swamp, and we know that a majority of the Iranians, if not the Syrians, would like to see the end of their current government. If so, it would be the next step on the path toward a saner Middle East.

The problem, of course, is that if it happens before November, the conspiracy loons will claim that Bush is going to war out of desperation, in the face of the "exciting" (oh, be still, my heart) John-John ticket, to distract the populace with another war based on "lies."

One thing that might help in the near term would be a UN resolution condemning Syria and Iran for their attempts to destabilize Iraq. Any bets on whether such a thing would pass? After all, it wouldn't be condemning the US and Israel, which is the only kind of condemnation in which the UN has shown any historical interest...

I totally agree except that I can already see how difficult it would be to justify. I mean we stopped Saddam from invading Kuwait. Then, once he was locked into the Bush's sites we never let go till we ousted him just recently. Then, Iraq turns around and invades Iran and Syria. That would piss so many people off so royal. I love it, lets roll!!!

I was musing about something Like that a few days ago.

A UN resolution would be worthless. Saddam Hussein was in violation of several UN resolutions, and Bush's "unilateral" invasion was condemned anyway.

I think Iran ought to be our next target; if Iran gets nukes, and their pet terrorists get the idea that they can strike the Great Satan with impunity, you can expect a 9/11 every few months or so - without any good response being available to us. Not good.

A new 9/11 every few months would result in a glassified Middle East in short order. We're squeamish, but only to a point.