Realpoliticians will declare it folly, a commitment to "nation-building" beyond our resources or will, a goal at cross- purposes with Secretary of State Colin Powell's monomaniacal focus on securing international "support" for our war effort even from terrorist-sponsoring states.
There were reports of a bombing Monday inside the Syrian state-run TV building in Damascus, the latest in a series of attacks to rock the nation's capital city as Syrian rebels and government forces battle for control of the country.