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Hitting Syria, Five Years Late

[Wall Street Journal] Editorial - After five years and six months during which Syria has been an active accomplice to the insurgency in Iraq, the U.S. has finally struck back. We wonder how differently the war in Iraq might have gone had the U.S. conducted this kind of raid as often as necessary in 2003 and 2004, or if it had put Assad on notice that his survival in power was at risk if he continued to support the insurgency. Our guess is that the war would have been shorter and far less bloody for American and Iraqi troops. There's a lesson in this for the next president. The Syrians interpreted diplomatic accommodation in the face of their anti-American acts as a sign of weakness to exploit.
2008-10-28 01:00:00
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