Syria threatened

The Bush administration was in the attack mode today and the target was Syria. The new "Secretary" of State was busy proving once again that she is in way over her head.
Steve Soto at The Left Coaster has the details and a great analysis. His Condi, Cheney and Rumsfeld comments are worth repeating here.

So Condi is off to a hollow start in her Middle East diplomacy. Anyone who heard her unsteady and unconvincing comments today about the rationale behind our ambassadorial recall, and her claim that relations between the two countries were deteriorating would be convinced that the woman was in over her head. In fact the Syrians had been helping us out with backdoor intelligence for months on Al Qaeda, but Rummy and Cheney have blown up that relationship. So without knowing all the facts yet, we are making noises about imposing additional sanctions against Syria over this attack (gee, I thought this administration didn't believe in sanctions), and we are talking openly about going across the Iraqi-Syrian border to chase down "insurgents." And if you think that this terrible killing is being manipulated very quickly by the US as a precursor to action against Syria, you are not alone.

The US doesn't have enough resources to attack Monaco much less a country that actually has an army but the simian chest pounding continues non stop.