Should We Go To War With Iraq? - Time To Choose.

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From todays Washington Post...

Syria? Bah. It's already being touted as "Cakewalk II":

"Bashir Assad must know that the Syrian military is no match for even a lightweight U.S. assault, should Bush decide to launch one," declares Slate's Fred Kaplan.

"On paper, Assad's armed forces seem formidable. His army has 215,000 soldiers with a similar number in the reserves. It includes eight armored divisions and three mechanized divisions, equipped with 4,700 tanks, 4,500 armored personnel carriers, 850 surface-to-air missiles, and 4,000 anti-aircraft guns. His air force consists of 40,000 personnel and 611 combat planes. By these measures, the Syrian military may appear to have more firepower than Saddam's did. However, in real life, it is burdened with at least as many shortcomings. . . .

"But quite apart from the numerous political, economic, diplomatic, and humanitarian reasons for not plunging into a war on Syria, there is one military caveat as well ? Syria really does have weapons of mass destruction, probably more than Iraq ever had, and its whole military strategy is geared to using them if necessary."

Sounds like fun.