The Bush administration named Syria and Libya yesterday as "rogue states" whose weapons of mass destruction must not just be controlled but must be eliminated by whatever means necessary. (Newsday)

So this is how we calm things down in the Middle East? Now that Syria and Libya (along with Cuba) are second tier “axis of evil” states, it was only a matter of time before they got slapped with the WMD designation as well. Apparently, our inability to find WMDs in Iraq and our total mismanagement of the post-war reconstruction hasn’t kept Bush from going ahead with his diplomatic mission of over-heated rhetoric and flat-out intimidation.

Once again, we sound like the Soviet Union in the 1980s. And we know what happened to that regime.