Syria: Obama has failed in peace efforts and lost influence in Mideast

HAARETZ.com ^ | May 24, 2010 | News Agencies

[Kaslin]

Assad's comments come as Obama set to meet with Lebanon PM to raise concerns about alleged Syria-Hezbollah Scud transfer.

Syrian President Bashar Assad said Monday that the United States has lost its influence in the Middle East due to its failure to contribute to regional peace, in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

U.S. President Barack Obama "raised hopes" in the region, said Assad, but has failed to accomplish any significant peace maneuvers.

Assad's comments came just before Obama was to meet with Lebanon Prime Minister Sa'ad al-Hariri to raise Washington's concerns about Syria arming Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon

The Syrian leader met on Sunday with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in Damascus earlier Sunday and urged the West to "break its silence" in the face of Israeli "aggression" in the Middle East.

[The Comedian]

Translation: "Your President Obama hasn't sent me any of that TARP cash yet. As soon as he does, I shall declare him the most respected man in the world."

Respect is achieved in one of two ways in the middle east:

1) The possession of and willingness to use overwhelming force.

2) Sharing wealth in a criminal enterprise in a "ring of thieves" arrangement.

Barry ain't gonna use #1 on his fellow Muslamic brothers. He will, however, be more than happy to grease the palms of the imams with our stolen alms.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[cowboyusa]

She should have been tried and executed for that.

[SunkenCiv]

Do tell!

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• Iran's, Syria-backed Arab-Islamic Terrorists: The Hezbollah
• Jihadist Cleric Al-awlaki Advocates Killing American Civilians
• Fighting a War Without Bullets?
• U.S. Reverses Stance On Treaty to Regulate Arms Trade
• John Bolton on American Sovereignty Under a Post-American Presidency
• The House Divided (How long can a people remain a People when its leaders side with its foes?)
• Global governance is here!
• Israeli PM says likes Russian-speaking people
• Swiss Court: Michael Cherney Was Never In Russia Mafia

[SJackson]

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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Finally, I agree with Assad about something.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Filing this in ...
Obama’s Outstanding Record of Dip-lunacy [and leftist dip-lunacy too]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2470815/posts

[nolongerademocrat]

“To influence people, you have to have people that have the intelegence to know they are being influenced. Leave the Middle East to their camels. If they are a problem to the world, handle them from the air. No more boots on the ground.”

I think we should nuke Mecca during Ramadan and be done with it -

[tessalu]

All of the Arabs fought Israel in the 1967 war and they LOST to Israel and they still do not like it, so all of the Arabs want “Mighty Mouse” Obama to reverse the outcome of that war.

Arabs are the greedy cry babies.