Posted on 07/12/2011 8:40:48 AM PDT by nuconvert
By NOUR MALAS And JAY SOLOMON
The Obama administration for the first time Monday said it supported regime change in Syria, capping a day in which mobs attacked the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and tensions between the two nations escalated.
"President [Bashar al-] Assad is not indispensable and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said following a meeting with her European Union counterpart, Catherine Ashton, in Washington. "Our goal is to see that the will of the Syrian people for a democratic transformation occurs."
Earlier Monday, Syrians sympathetic to President Assad attacked the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, throwing rocks, breaking windows and hanging a giant flag on the compound walls. They also attacked the home of U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford.
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Just you wait. After 3 (I give it at most 5) days, Obama admin will come out swinging.
And their response will be worse (much worse) than that Carter-Iran similar episode.
“Our goal..”
Sounds like the royal “our” to me.
“Democratic transformation” my butt. Just another conquest for the Mooselimb Brotherhood/Al Quaeda/WhateverYouCallThem.
Sharia: coming soon to a neighborhood near you.
The Ambassador is a Rat,Right? He should get used to that.
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