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Clinton aide: Israel-Syria talks a positive sign
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 25.03.09, 21:00
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1. Syrian Taqiyya
Brod ,   USA   (03.25.09)
The world should not fall for this Syrian Taqiyya. This is just a distraction to cover up its Ally Iran's nuke project which the fanatics are feverishly working on.
2. If it doesn't knock it off with its 'torch'
Ypip ,   Canada   (03.25.09)
Golan isn't the only thing its going to loose. And you want to talk about foreign ministers; fire yours.
3. It seems that this top US official....
Bandar ,   Beirut, Lebanon   (03.25.09)
Forgot to take his/her medication this morning.
4. #3 - Bandar, I wouldn't trust Assad...
Joe ,   Ramat Gan   (03.25.09)
I wouldn't trust Assad to sell me a used car- why should anybody trust him when he sells peace? Feltman is majnoon and so is Clinton...
5. repeat after me...ASSAD is WORTHLESS
real vision ,   united States   (03.26.09)
He has no real power and any words or agreements should be considered worthless. He will be murdered by his own...just like so many other arab leaders
6. The Terrorist State of Syria.
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (03.26.09)
Israel cannot be reconciled with the Mafia regime of Assad. Syria will wait till the moment that it sees chances of defeating Israel. Syria cannot efford good relations with Israel. The Assad family has established a hereditary dynasty shored up by repression within, and confrontation and terror abroad. The rule of the Assads is not aimed at improving the lot of their people or forwarding a particular ideology. They changed ideology from secular Arabism to a seemingly impossible confection of pan-Arabism and Islamist extremism because it was expedient to do so. Hafez Assad came to power following a dizzying succession of coups that had made Syria the most unstable regime in the Middle East. The Assads are seated atop a bucking bronco. They are members of the Allawi religious minority who are usually not even considered to be Muslims. They rule a country of disparate minorities with a potential for chaos almost as great as that of Iraq. The radical Muslim Brotherhood is always there, threatening to take over the country by fair means or foul, and the usual Ba’th party rivalries that have plagued all such regimes are also a threat to Assad family rule. Their rule is not about improving living standards for Syria. Syrian living standards have fallen behind the none-too-glamorous ones of Jordan or Egypt. It is not about democracy, a Western luxury Syria can’t afford, according to Bashar Assad. The Assad regime is about stability, and it is about money and power for the Assad family. The regime is comparable in every way to the fictional Corleone Mafia family. Prosperity and peace would ruin the Assad regime. Therefore, Western assumptions that Syrian leadership must want peace and prosperity are mistaken, and it is pointless to “engage” Syria in dialogue except insofar as it is possible to confront them with their violations and insist that they mend their ways as explained at : http://xrl.us/bjcsd
7. to #3 y r you scared,
ghostq   (03.26.09)
when Israel is going to have peace with syria Hizb guys going to be the thing of the past, and some of them will be send to jail or worse, you can never know what the totalitarian gov of Asad family might do to them.
8. Give Up the Golan....When it belongs to us!!!
Alastair ,   Perth, Australia   (03.26.09)
This Land is the Land of Israel - the Land that belongs to G-d - and He along can give or take - not the Muslims who follow their God, Allah, otherwise known to the Judeo-Christians as Lucifer! Sorry Assad. It aint yours, never was, and never will be! This Land is My Land!! - Thus Saith The Lord!!
9. Assad is a double headed snake
Zohan ,   Tel Aviv   (03.26.09)
Don't forget the Defense Treaty he made with Iran recently. Peace or no peace, Damascus will be destroyed as it is written in stone.
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