The neojihadist/baathist falange (Iran and Syria and al Qaeda and Hizballah and Hamas and IslamicJihad) are attempting to rollback democracy in Iraq by using terror.
They have attempted to forestall democracy and self-rule in Lebanon by assasinating Harriri. And by bombing a disco in Tel Aviv.
They will NOT likely stand idly by and watch the Palestinians become democratic - settlement of the Israeli-Arab conflict and establishment of a democratic sate of Plaestine would be a HUGE blow to the neojihadists and baathists.
As Afghanistan, and Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, and Abu Dhabi - and Mubarak and Qadafy and Lebanon and Arab Palestine each move closer to democracy - the neojiohadist/baathist falange becomes increasingly isolated and at more at risk of collapsing -- as if being painted into a corner, as if CORNERED. And cornered beasts are more likely to lash out - STUPIDLY, as the Hariri assassination and the Tel Aviv disco bombing prove.
SO WHAT'S NEXT? Well, certainly they might try to whack Mubarak AGAIN, but I think that the ripest target they have is ABBAS: he is critical to the success of the Israeli Arab detente.
Each day the Bush Doctrine seems more true and just and right and inevitable - and that means that each day Iran and Syria have less to lose.
That's why we should WHACK Assad's regime in Syria first. As I wrote: The longer we wait to more dangerous the cornered beast becomes... and the greater the likelihood that Assad or Iran will order something stupid, and horrible.
I pray I am wrong... I fear that I am right...
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