I too hope every dialogue would be like ours, but I guess in a dialogue we should be on one side..
I think that we had pretty good examples recently that resistance can actually do something....
There is one important point to always remember, if you cant kick you enemy out of your country, you could at least let him feel unwelcome, and try to raise the cost of his occupation..Your enemy will sooner or later believe that it is useless to continue his occupation and will go away.
This principle worked in Lebanon and Gaza, and I think it is working in Iraq.
Regarding Syria, I am sorry to say that the syrians are really lazy...I have actually talked to many syrians about that. Some even declared that they do not care if they did not retrieve their land back!! They probably don't think that their land and liberty deserves sacrificing. Thats why the Baath ruled them so long and they never tried to change!!