Posted on 03/19/2009 12:28:16 PM PDT by pissant
ROME (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he hoped to meet U.S. President Barack Obama and expressed his willingness to help mediate between the West and Iran.
Assad, in an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica published on Wednesday, also confirmed he was ready to resume peace negotiations with Israel but expressed concern about the political climate there.
"With the pullout in Iraq, the will for peace, the closing of Guantanamo, (Obama) has shown himself to be a man of his word," he said, referring to the U.S. naval base in Cuba where hundreds of suspected Islamist militants have been held, most for years without trial.
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I’d be a lot more comfortable with a president that ASSad hated.
With friends like these...
Boy, when bad people say good things about you, I’d say it’s time to ignore the whole thing. Keep our powder dry and our knives sharp.
bush was a man of his word and assad didn’t want to meet with him!
Well spank my ass and call me charlie, Arabs like our Socialist Arab President. Who would have thunk it.
Wonder how many days are left on their ticker “Destroy America” is left? Good of Obama to give them a hand with that.
Assad will use Zero like an S&M submissive.
ROFL Ooooo Ouch thats gonna sting! Someone better let Obama’s teleprompter know so it can get out of the way of that..... http://baracksteleprompter.blogspot.com/
You forgot that Putin and Jintao are in the Obama Fan Club too... So is Kim Jon Il.
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