"US, Syria show signs of better relationship; Military envoy, diplomat plan Damascus visits" by Glenn Kessler, Washington Post | June 3, 2009
WASHINGTON - After fits and starts, Syria and the United States have taken steps in recent days that could lay the groundwork for a greatly improved relationship, officials from both countries said yesterday.
Syria has agreed to let a delegation of US military commanders to visit Damascus in the coming weeks, when they will discuss joint efforts to stem the insurgency in Iraq. The Obama administration's Middle East peace envoy, George Mitchell, is also planning a trip to Damascus this month. Mitchell, the highest-ranking US official to visit Syria in four years, will investigate whether Syria is ready to engage in serious peace talks with Israel....
You got that backward, George.
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A senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly: "If we can move on the Mitchell agenda and the Iraq agenda, that will have a positive effect on the bilateral relationship, but there has to be action on both sides...."
I think Iraq already was acted upon upon, hm?
Imad Moustapha, the Syrian ambassador to the United States, added that it was in Syria's interest to help bring peace to Iraq because it is currently harboring 1.5 million Iraqi refugees....
Yeah, SOMEHOW that FAVOR gets OVERLOOKED!
Instead of a THANK YOU to the Syrians, they get THREATS!
Moustapha said the administration's decision last month to renew sanctions under the Syrian Accountability Act was "very problematic" and shows that it still can be "captive to Israel's interests."
Yeah, NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO -- print the lies in their papers, shut down the internet, whatever -- the WORLD KNOWS an THAT GENIE ain't going back!
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