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Obama starting to see diplomatic ties with Syria
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Published: 12.07.09, 07:24
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1. The Terrorist State of Syria.
Gadi Katz ,   Shoham   (07.12.09)
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
2. mmm three weeks after the begining
ghostq   (07.12.09)
of his terms he titend the sanction, so in other words, he is an idiot who likes to play the nice guy while he stab people in the back(he did it to the jews in the usa) well he is a muslem. and that's what they do.
3. Obama has some reservations ....
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (07.12.09)
''some aspects of Syria's behavior are troubling.....'' Is this guy a fool or what? They send jihadis into Iraq to kill Americans & Iraqi civilians. The recent spike in terrorist attacks is the combined effort of Iran & Syria. Obama only likes the enemies of America, just like Jimmy Carter. Reward your enemies & screw your friends. Unbelieveable .......
4. Treat Syria the way Syria treats Israel
Zvi   (07.12.09)
It believes in using terrorists to murder Israelis. Ir refuses even to talk directly to Israelis. Syria doesn't believe in engagement with Israel. So why should anyone else treat Syria any better than it treats its neighbor?
5. LIBERATORS
DAVID ,   JUDEA   (07.12.09)
Who could have ever thought that the USA, who liberated Europe from the Nazis and defeated Japanese colonialism, would turn into a dictatorship appeasing nation. On top of that the former USSR has become more capitalistic and the USA more Socialistic. We now have a president who bows down to an Arab king, shakes hands with Chavez , Kaddafi and is going to embrace Assad. It does not take to much imagination to see that we will get pushed even further into a corner, especially with again a weak PM this time Bibi, who will not stand up for us as a nation. Meanwhile the USA is sinking down as a world power in a mountain of debt. It is high time that our politicians realize that alliances have come and gone in our history and that most of these alliances turned our badly for us. Alliances are based on self interests, it would be nice for a change if we could have people of who pursue ours.
6. Obrotha shook hands with Gaddafi Duck
two toons ,   too funny   (07.12.09)
(made ya look!)
7. WELL,U.S JEWS ELECTED THIS FOOL
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (07.12.09)
8. Only Matter Of Time Until
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (07.12.09)
Israel gets strong armed in to giving away the Golan.
9. Obama and Syria
Spencer ,   Israel   (07.12.09)
Someone should remind this fool HUSSEIN Obama that Syria is still on the USA's list of countries sponsoring terrorism. The only type of contact with Syria that Obama should consider is military contact, but I suppose that with a name like "Hussein" it's a pipe dream. He'll continue to bow to Arab kings and princes and continue to fraternise with the enemies of the USA and the rest of the free word. He's doing a marvellous job of lowering the image of the great USA.
10. to #8 from past experience it's never going to happen
ghostq   (07.12.09)
cause Syrian initiate war twice from the golan, they use to sniffer the people who lived in the Tibirious city, imagin walking in the street and bamm you gone. not going to happend.
11. Peace in our time
David ,   Rhode Island   (07.12.09)
Obama thinks all he has to do is visit everybody and throw Israel under the bus and voila! - there will be peace.
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