Posted on 07/29/2009 9:53:45 AM PDT by Jbny
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the Obama administration gave Middle East envoy George Mitchell a treat to bring to Syrian dictator Bashar Assad when Mitchell stopped off in Damascus on Sunday: a presidential fiat will ease sanctions on Syria. According to the Journal, “the U.S. decision targets spare aircraft parts, information-technology products and telecommunications equipment, sales of which have been restricted by U.S. sanctions on Syria enacted in 2004.”
All of which is very nice for the Assad family and Alawite-minority business that runs that country, while it helps their ally Iran export terrorism via Hamas and Hezbollah and keep its neighbor Lebanon under its thumb.
(Excerpt) Read more at commentarymagazine.com ...
Is this the same Syrian regime that refuses to cooperate with the UN investigation into the murder of the former Lebanese Prime Minister?
“Engagement” is proclaimed a strategy by many liberal academics and policy makers but in truth, it is an ideology of appeasement long established in the halls of Western (i.e.: American and European) liberalism.
High Volume.
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...the Obama administration gave Middle East envoy George Mitchell a treat to bring to Syrian dictator Bashar Assad when Mitchell stopped off in Damascus on Sunday: a presidential fiat will ease sanctions on Syria... All of which is very nice for the Assad family and Alawite-minority business that runs that country, while it helps their ally Iran export terrorism via Hamas and Hezbollah and keep its neighbor Lebanon under its thumb.Gosh, it's almost as if Obama is trying to destroy Israel.
In contrast:
“Administration blocks helicopters for Israel due to civilian casualties in Gaza “
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/ss_israel0424_05_27.asp
that Obama. He really is full of hope and change
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