Posted on 10/24/2015 8:55:34 AM PDT by rktman
I HAVE known Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, since he was a college student in London, and have spent many hours negotiating with him since he has been in office. This has often been at the request of the United States government during those many times when our ambassadors have been withdrawn from Damascus because of diplomatic disputes.
Bashar and his father, Hafez, had a policy of not speaking to anyone at the American Embassy during those periods of estrangement, but they would talk to me.
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He was diagnosed with cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. But he is still the 2nd worse U.S. President, Obama being the first, but if Hillary gets in, that lineup may change.
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