Coulter Award Nominee....

Over at The Corner, NRO's Rich Lowry writes:

I've been wondering lately why some enterprising conservatives and college Republicans in Washington don't go picket the Syrian embassy--this is a government that is complicit in an insurgency that is killing Americans every day. Doesn't it seem a natural for the ire of some activists?

It's interesting to see how the "activist" jones manifests itself in some conservatives, isn't it? If in doubt, see #8 on this list. La plus ca change....

Rich seem to suffer from a different version of the Napoleon complex: the ability to look at a map or a globe in the comfort of one's living room, stare at those thin, clean, seemingly orderly lines that divide nations, and draw unwarranted and dangerous conclusions. But we don't need to get into a discussion of how hard it is to seal a border, particularly in that part of the world. If it was easy the Minutemen never would have happened, we'd have caught Bin Laden already, and we would be having far more difficulty infiltrating Iran with advance teams right now.

Instead of wasting time calling for a picket of the Syrian embassy, why doesn't Rich call for the organization of an Iraqi version of the Minutemen? Or is that what our military should be doing, had we enough troops?

And if Syria is the root of our problems, how does Rich explain this?

A little advice for any "enterprising conservatives" or "college Republicans" preparing picket signs: you won't find any answers on a map in your living room, or on the Wyoming Avenue pavement in front of the Syrian embassy.