Syria Offering to Make Peace With Israel

NewsMax ^ | 10/6/04 | AP

[JSteff]

"Syrian President Bashar Assad is offering to make peace with Israel"

Maybe Bashar is getting concerned that when Israel goes and takes out the Iranian nuke program they might be planning a little visit to Syria on the way.

Or when our guys talked with him they told him maybe we were going to take out some Syrian sites while Israel took out the Iranian problems.

It is was quite a change in policy for a three hour visit.

Time will tell but something is up.

[reformedliberal]

That is interesting.

I am old enough to remember when Beirut was called the Paris of the Levant. If you are hearing this w/this frequency, then maybe there is some buzz in the Lebanese expat community. They would be among the first to know.

Everybody keep on praying hard.

[reformedliberal]

I tend to agree with this. The article referenced the State Department and Colin Powell. It is common to use former FSO to act as go-betweens.

While Indyk is a POS, he is a survivor. He may actually be switching sides so he has a lifeline after Kerry loses. I have no illusions about State and CIA, but I don't think the leftist troublemakers are the majority and I think they are mostly peeved at taking blame, being reorganized and having a new, GOP-connected boss. If they really don't like the changes, they can always resign. If it looks like Kerry can't win, they may.

I have no illusions about any ME dictator, but they are mostly pragmatists and think in the long term.

Kerry can't take credit unless he wins. Bush is in power and can take credit. Indyk is just an independent contractor w/connections who may soon be looking for a gig.

Win-win for Assad and not a loser for Bush. Israel gains, as well. Terrorists lose.

[ApesForEvolution]

Marker

[dennisw]

It will be interesting to see what this is all about........

Give us the Golan Heights and we let you live in peace. That's what it's all about. Not that I have one drop of trust for Syria.

[jaykay]

Buying time and hoping for President Kerry.

[monkeyshine]

If he wants to switch sides, let him admit that he helped Saddam hide WMDs.

[SunkenCiv]

"[T]he redeployment of Syrian occupation forces in Lebanon" is not the withdrawal demanded by the UN. The intent here is to reduce the likelihood that the world community will sanction Syria for its illegal occupation. It also gives them plausible deniability for any little problems which arise from areas the Syrian army no longer occupies. If the Lebanese people wanted the Syrians there, why would they be armed forces anyway?

George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent