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I see it the other way. If "Viet Cong" John is elected, Assad will be eager to push this. With Bush, Assad knows pretty much what our posture will be. With Kerry, Assad knows he is dealing with a prostitute who would sell out Israel for a victory for his internationalism.

Assad can't lose with this meeting, however. If he believes Bush will win, he's made an overture at a positive time for Bush. If he deals with Kerry, he's got a better deal than Willie ever offered.

But, if true, if Assad truely means to reduce tensions, then look at what Bush has accomplished. Bush has liberated Afghanistan and Irag, neutralized Libya and Syria, leaving only Iran on the area's axis of evil. And, if the Israelis take out Iran in the next couple of weeks and Egypt, Jordan and Syria don't attack, we got enough to win a democrat (not a Republican, of course) a Nobel Peace Prize!