Syria Is Next -- Bush Reich Plans War Without End
Top-level aides bare their teeth at Syria
"WASHINGTON -- With victory in Iraq assured, hawks outside and inside the Bush administration have begun taking an aggressive stance toward its neighbor to the west, Syria."
"Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, and their ideological ally at the State Department, Undersecretary John Bolton, have all made menacing public remarks about Syria in recent days.
"Wednesday, Rumsfeld said Syria was harboring lower-level members of Saddam Hussein's regime. He said Syria had ignored his warnings not to help Iraq militarily and, in response to a question as to whether Syria was "next," said ominously: 'It depends on people's behavior. Certainly, I have nothing to announce.'
"One intelligence source with good access to Pentagon civilian authorities said that Rumsfeld last week ordered the drawing up of contingency plans for a possible invasion of Syria and that Pentagon Undersecretary Douglas Feith is working on a policy paper highlighting how Syria's support of terrorist groups is a threat to the region." Chicago Tribune
