Not Smart

See, Bashar, when everybody's talking about, "What's Israel going to do?", and "holy shit, is there going to be another major Israeli-Arab war?", and Israel's hawks are saying, "Iran and Syria are really controlling Lebanon and Hezbollah anyway", you REALLY don't want to be drawing attention to yourself. You know, by saying stupid shit like this:

Syria will support Hezbollah and Lebanon against Israel's attacks on the country, the ruling Baath Party said on Friday.

"The Syrian people are ready to extend full support to the Lebanese people and their heroic resistance to remain steadfast and confront the barbaric Israeli aggression and its crimes," said a communique from the party's national command issued after a meeting.

It said Israel and the United States "are trying to wipe out Arab resistance in every land under occupation" and that President Bashar Assad was aware of the seriousness of the situation in the region.

Time to lay low? Naah. Let's rattle the sabers and piss off the Israelis some more, instead.

Bashar, you officially have the IQ of a cup of coffee. Mazel Tov.