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Kerry meets Assad in Damascus
al Bawaba ^ | Februari 21 2009

Posted on 02/21/2009 10:50:02 AM PST by knighthawk

US Senator John Kerry on Saturday met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Syria's SANA news agency reported. Kerry, a former presidential candidate who now chairs the Senate foreign relations committee, is the latest US legislator to visit Damascus this week.

His talks with Assad were set to focus on Syria's support for Iran and regional groups, including the Shiite Hizbullah movement in Lebanon. "We want Syria to respect the political independence of Lebanon, we want Syria to help in the process of resolving issues with Hezbollah and with the Palestinians," Kerry said on Wednesday in Lebanon.

"We want Syria to help... with the disarmament of Hezbollah," added Kerry, according to AFP.

Kerry said in Lebanon that US President Barack Obama's administration plans to adopt a fresh approach in the Middle East "but without any illusion." "Unlike the Bush administration that believed you could simply tell people what to do and walk away and wait for them to do it, we believe you have to engage in a discussion," he said.

"So we are going to renew diplomacy but without any illusion, without any naivety, without any misplaced belief that, just by talking, things will automatically happen."

Another US senator, Benjamin Cardin, visited Damascus this week, urging Syria to end its alliance with Iran and make "significant decisions" to smooth ties with Washington. "Syria has isolated itself by its partnership of terrorism, by providing safe haven to terrorist organisations, its relations with Hamas and (Islamic) Jihad, and a troubled relationship with Iran," Cardin said.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 111th; assad; axisofevil; axisofweasels; axisofwieners; bho44; bhomiddleeast; burqagirl; dhimmicrats; irankerry; kerry; nancypelosi; obama; syria; traitor; wot
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1 posted on 02/21/2009 10:50:02 AM PST by knighthawk
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To: MizSterious; Nix 2; green lantern; BeOSUser; Brad's Gramma; dreadme; Turk2; keri; ...

Ping


2 posted on 02/21/2009 10:50:38 AM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: knighthawk
"We want Syria to help... with the disarmament of Hezbollah," added Kerry

That's like asking Iran to help with the disarmament of their own nuke program.

3 posted on 02/21/2009 10:54:42 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: knighthawk

ASSAD: AAALAAAAAHHHHHWALLLAAAHHHHHHH AAAAGHHHHH!!!!

KERRY: Yes, but I won 3 purple hearts.


4 posted on 02/21/2009 10:54:43 AM PST by ketelone
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To: knighthawk

Azzhat meets Azzhead and Nothing more!


5 posted on 02/21/2009 10:55:50 AM PST by Cheetahcat (Osamabama the Wright kind of Racist!)
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To: knighthawk

Isaiah 17:1-3...... :)


6 posted on 02/21/2009 11:00:15 AM PST by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: ketelone
"KERRY: Yes, but I won 3 purple hearts."

But he didn't earn them. Kerry is a bottom feeding traitor. And that is his best trait.

7 posted on 02/21/2009 11:08:14 AM PST by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: knighthawk

Did he deliver another of his infamous “Dear Commandante” letters?


8 posted on 02/21/2009 11:10:32 AM PST by csmusaret (You can't spell Democrat without R-A-T.)
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To: knighthawk
"We want Syria to help... with the disarmament of Hezbollah," added Kerry

I want Kerry to help... with the disconnection of his voicebox from his throat
9 posted on 02/21/2009 11:15:54 AM PST by Nuhna di Abuv
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To: knighthawk

He is and has been a traitor.


10 posted on 02/21/2009 11:20:29 AM PST by SERE_DOC (Today's politicians, living proof why we have and need a second amendment to the constitution.)
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To: knighthawk
the road to Damascus is a road to peace," Pelosi

Famous words from our own Queen Pelosi.

How are you knighthawk?

11 posted on 02/21/2009 11:23:15 AM PST by BARLF
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To: knighthawk

“Kerry, a former presidential candidate who now chairs the Senate foreign relations committee”

JEEEEEZUS, Can it get any worse?


12 posted on 02/21/2009 11:23:17 AM PST by mowowie
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To: knighthawk

Kerry is not doing this on its ow, he iis being sent by Obama, in his outreach efforts to the terrorists.

Syria, US explore improving ties as Kerry visits

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gIGiMHBqDAAjSPWUmyVncR7wvnHAD96FVLFO0

The United States and Syria are exploring the possibility of a new era of better relations after years of tension — but questions remain over just how much common ground exists between the two.

A key sign that President Barack Obama is seeking better ties is the flurry of U.S. congressmen who have passed through Syria in the last few days, including Sen. John Kerry, who arrived Saturday and met with President Bashar Assad.

The State Department also announced Friday it has scheduled a meeting next week with Syria’s ambassador to the U.S. to discuss outstanding differences between the two countries — the first such meeting in months.

The congressional delegations, led by Democrats, are carrying the message that America wants to engage countries it’s been at odds with if they’re willing, as Obama puts it, to unclench their fists.

On the face of it, the visits are proof of America’s willingness to do away with the former Bush administration’s policy of isolating Syria.

For example, when former President Jimmy Carter and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came to Syria in 2007 and 2008 respectively, the Bush administration chastised them, saying their visits hurt U.S. interests.


13 posted on 02/21/2009 11:29:06 AM PST by FocusNexus ("Good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise." GW Bush)
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To: knighthawk

The SecState gets stiffed.


14 posted on 02/21/2009 11:30:35 AM PST by ComputerGuy (not my real name)
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To: blackbart.223

Agree 100%. My point is, that Kerry is a senile fool, whose only response to any stimulus is a reference to his purple hearts.


15 posted on 02/21/2009 11:30:42 AM PST by ketelone
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16 posted on 02/21/2009 11:31:14 AM PST by FocusNexus ("Good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise." GW Bush)
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To: knighthawk

One Asshat meets another.

“Did you know, that I was in Vietnam President Asshat, errr I mean ASSad, oh, silly me, you don’t need to ad an ASS, I’m here, the unofficial Secretary of State!”


17 posted on 02/21/2009 12:16:17 PM PST by mkjessup (You're either with our Constitution, or you are with TKU ("The Kenyan Usurper"). CHOOSE!!!)
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To: knighthawk
"Unlike the Bush administration that believed you could simply tell people what to do and walk away and wait for them to do it, we believe you have to engage in a discussion," [Kerry] said.

"So Assad asked me to say 'pretty please,' and I said 'pretty please.' He then said, 'with sugar on top?' and I assured him, 'with sugar on top.' We'll have no more trouble with Syria. See that, George? That's how it is done."

John Kerry, failed 2004 presidential candidate, is an idiot.

18 posted on 02/21/2009 12:20:23 PM PST by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs)
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To: knighthawk

Kerry is goddamned traitor! They should tar and feather that communist bastard.


19 posted on 02/21/2009 12:44:25 PM PST by AmericanSphinx71 (Pray for America)
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To: AmericanSphinx71
Kerry is goddamned traitor! They should tar and feather that communist bastard.

I keep hoping that some of his radical muzzie buddies will turn on him and the next thing we'll see is a tape of him reading some sort of confession ,,,,,

20 posted on 02/21/2009 1:19:19 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (FUBO Kenyan Usurper - "Let his days be few, and let another take his office." Psalm 109:8)
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