Bush Warns Syria: GET OUT!

Can Syria see the handwriting on the wall — or does it need the wall to fall in on it?



How much more blunt can the Bush adminstration get — this time as it enlists POTUS:

President Bush on Wednesday demanded in blunt terms that Syria get out of Lebanon, saying the free world is in agreement that Damascus’ authority over the political affairs of its neighbor must end now.



He applauded the strong message sent to Syria when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (news – web sites) and French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier held a joint news conference on London on Tuesday.



“Both of them stood up and said loud and clear to Syria, `You get your troops and your secret services out of Lebanon so that good democracy has a chance to flourish,” Bush said during an appearance at a community college in Maryland to tout his job training programs.



The world, Bush said, “is speaking with one voice when it comes to making sure that democracy has a chance to flourish in Lebanon.”

Indeed, this may not be what the neocons had in mind — with locals throwing garlands of flowers at Americans.



But locals throwing corrupt, dictatorial leaders out of office is a nice start…