Posted on 06/13/2011 6:57:55 AM PDT by CNSNews
(CNSNews.com) – Five months after the Obama administration sent a new envoy to Damascus, Ambassador Robert Ford’s lack of access to Syrian leaders shows the limitations of Obama’s policy of seeking to engage hostile regimes.
For the past couple of weeks, attempts by Ford to meet with government officials to discuss the deepening political crisis have been blocked, according to the State Department.
“He continues to request meetings with the Syrian government, and those continue to be denied,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Friday.
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Sounds like Syria is paying attention to what’s happening to Mubarak in Egypt.
More “better and smarter” diplomacy from the liberal, demonrat morons...
When push comes to shove, lightweights are soon sidelined.
But....but, I thought Obama was going to fix the middle east with his reaching out and bowing routine - what happened? Pretty much nothing liberal/leftists touch, in act, embrace or impose ever turns out right. Delusion is one of their nemeses.
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