Another dumb question:

Why do we care about whether Turkey, Syria or Saudi Arabia give us permission to fly through their airspace? Turkey looks like it's really out of our way, and what's Syria going to do, send more dozens of volunteers for martyrdom? The people at the Eastern Bastion of Liberal Hubris have already denounced the fact that Bush intends to go after all states who support terrorism (Syria? Iran?). It's a Mr. Bill moment out there. But it makes sense to me that having a little Shock and Awe in Damascus wouldn't be a bad thing.