Posted on 03/06/2009 12:00:15 PM PST by chaimke
Senator Kerry said: "Assad is looking past Iran to improved relations with Arab countries and with the West." Is Assad Jr, suddenly so weary of his protectors and financiers in Iran that he would abandon them just for an American smile? The Assad family and their cronies, control everything of value in Syria while engaged in a ruthless dictatorship, subjugating their own people. Are we Americans so naive as to believe that at the time when a UN Tribunal has convened to determine the depth of involvement Assad’s regime had in the murders of Rafik Hariri and other anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians and journalists, Jr. would leave the safety of his patrons for an American embrace… unless… the US manages to scuttle the UN’s Tribunal? If we do that it will signal a dangerous betrayal of a free Lebanon and one more proof that allies and morals are expendable when a despot has more to offer.
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