North Korean nukes in Syria?

Not likely. Israel is just spoiling Palestinian statehood, an idea that resurfaced last week in Condi's briefcase. Ain't gonna happen, even if they have to paste tiny PRK decals on those Syrian surveillance photos themselves.

Bush gets high, high marks for the dead silence surrounding this one, including the freaked-out hush by everyone in Tel Aviv except Benjamin Netanyahu, who is used to sucking the oxygen out of a room but seems curiously out of the loop on this one.

You do get the impression that Bush is furious with Israel for launching a mad dog attack in northern Syria. Gee, let's free associate, shall we? Israel. Syria. North Korea. China. Whoa, China... Russia. World War III. 50 megatons...