] Bashar Assad, the young president of Syria, has got to be
] more than a little nervous right now. George W. Bush's
] press spokesman has called his country "a rogue nation."
] Unnamed senior officials are labeling him a member of the
] "junior varsity axis of evil." Even before U.S. tanks
] zoomed into Baghdad, Donald Rumsfeld was warning him to
] stop helping high-level Iraqi refugees or face the
] consequences. Now that the three-week lightning war is
] over, Colin Powell is saying that, "in light of this new
] environment," Assad should review his "actions and %u2026
] behavior" across the board.
]
] And unlike Saddam Hussein, who may well have deluded
] himself with all those video screenings of Black Hawk
] Down, Assad must know that the Syrian military is no
] match for even a lightweight U.S. assault, should Bush
] decide to launch one.

And so begins the publicity campaign by the fourth estate at the behest of One Wonders against Syria