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Gulf Arabs respond with alarm to Kerry comment on Assad talks
REUTERS ^
| Mar 16, 2015
Posted on 03/16/2015 10:30:35 AM PDT by McGruff
A remark by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that President Bashar al-Assad should be included in negotiations on a Syrian political transition provoked alarm and dismay on Monday among commentators close to Gulf Arab governments opposed to his rule.
Saudi Arabia, the top oil exporter and main Arab ally of the United States, has long feared that the administration of President Barack Obama lacks the resolve to tackle Assad and that it is instead focusing on a nuclear deal with the Syrian leader's main supporter Iran
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gcc; iran; israel; kerry; saudiarabia; syria; waronterror
Marie Harf just commented on this.
Look, it might be too nuanced an argument for them.
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posted on
03/16/2015 10:30:35 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: McGruff
The whole concept of the talks is retarded. The talks according to Kerry were to negotiate a transition of power. Who in their right mind would negotiate their departure after you saw the fates of Saddam, Mubarak, and Khadaffi?
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posted on
03/16/2015 10:37:15 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: McGruff
"ISIL, ISIS, Hezbollah, Hamas, Assad, Iran,
and each of the terrorists organization will
each have an equal seat at our Table.
Israel and the Kurds will be silenced along
with the troublesome Congress."
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posted on
03/16/2015 10:39:10 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
To: McGruff
Harf must have been taking a break while the e-mail shredder was cooling off.
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posted on
03/16/2015 10:41:02 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: McGruff
Head and Shoulders should help with that.
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posted on
03/16/2015 10:47:07 AM PDT
by
themidnightskulker
(And then the thread dies... peacefully, in it's sleep....)
To: McGruff
Kerry talks and talks and talks ,but no one listens
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posted on
03/16/2015 10:50:41 AM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: Diogenesis
Lie Down With Dogs, Get Fleas!
To: Diogenesis
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posted on
03/16/2015 10:55:22 AM PDT
by
Tzfat
To: TexasCajun
“Does this dandruff make my sweater look white?”
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posted on
03/16/2015 11:02:32 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Diogenesis
"
ISIL, ISIS" ..."each" apparently getting one.
HF
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:17:16 PM PDT
by
holden
To: holden
Is this harf subhuman searching for her brain?
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posted on
03/16/2015 1:03:45 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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"Death to America!"
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03/16/2015 2:36:31 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Never occurred to Kerry or his boss.
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posted on
03/16/2015 4:10:18 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(“ISIS is now going to regret this … because King Abdullah is not Barack Obama, Rep. Duncan Hunter)
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