Syria attack-the last rites of Bush-Cheney?

What was the United States up to when it attacked Syria.The last gasp of the Bush Cheney administration perhaps?

The American's claim that they were attacking a network of al-Qa'ida-linked foreign fighters moving through Syria into Iraq.The Syrian's claim tyhat it was a farm and that amongst the dead were four children.

The US has claimed for some time that the Syrian border is a porous affair that lets insurgents into Iraq to reek havoc.

The timing seems strange as Syria was looking forward to better relations with America after Presidental elections.with Syria accusing The US of war crimes that seems well off the agenda

The Bush administration seems to be ratcheting up action against Syria during its last days in power. The cross border raid undertaken on Sunday, which killed eight people, seems to fit into a broader pattern of the Bush administration initiating cross boarder attacks into countries that it is not officially at war with. The recent attacks in Northwest Pakistan are a case in point.

according to Joshua Landis Co-director, Center for Middle East Studies
University of Oklahoma