Condi Scolds Bashar

Dr. Condoleeza Rice let's Boy Assad know we expect him to rein in the insurgents hiding on his border with Iraq:

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday broadened U.S. accusations that Syria was contributing to violent insurgencies in Iraq.

After a meeting with Iraq's planning minister, Barham Salih, Rice again accused Syria of supporting terror. To that, she added an allegation that Syria may also be providing financial support for insurgents as well as "allowing its territory to be used to organize terrorist attacks against innocent Iraqis."

Moreover, Rice said, Syria was supporting Palestinians trying to undercut cooperation with Israel on a projected withdrawal from Gaza.

For months, the State Department has complained that Syria was not guarding its borders to prevent infiltration of fighters into Iraq. "We are concerned in particular about Syrian behavior on its own border," she said Friday.

My how the mideast has changed under the Bush doctrine. I wonder how Assad looks in the eyes of his dictator brethren being smacked around by not only an American, but a woman.

The Iraqi's also send Assad the message.