Raw, naked aggression, an act of war condoned and assisted by the US which has been handled by an apparently more civilized country with restraint.

I'm sure "civilized" Syria was building a secret reactor to secretly slip electrical power to its larger cities. Maybe you missed the recent accident where, according to Janes Defence Weekly, a bunch of Syrian and Iranian engineers in Syria got killed putting nerve gas into SCUD missile warheads.

I'll refrain from reminding you about your posts railing about Bush failing to stop nuclear proliferation. Consistency has never been your strong suit.