The Basic Ingredients are coming together for a false Peace
Sung to the popular tune – “The Big Baboon, He Married Her,
And Very Soon, They Went Upon Their Aba Dabba Honeymoon!
An Obama-Syria honeymoon
will finally end in disaster for Israel!
The charming bedside manner of Obama has opened a door in Syria as he closes the door to Israel, leaving Netanyahu little choice but to give part of Israel’s God-given land grant to the Palestinians. This will eventually led to a successful Jihad attack from the north by the external forces of Islam outside Israel, joined at the same time by the internal Islamic forces inside Israel attacking out of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This will drive Israel into the Negev Wilderness from Beersheba southward.
The following paragraph is the last one in the Excerpt, “Syria warms to Obama’s charm” by Sami Moubayed in the Asia Times Online, which follows our heading.
“[Taking these signals into consideration,
the time is ripe for a Syria-US honeymoon.
After the Obama speech in Cairo and after the smooth Lebanese elections, the basic ingredients are all there.
The keys to success lie in the peace process. In this regard, there is agreement between Syria and the US on what needs to be done to call for an international conference, chaired by Obama, to discuss peace, security and the Golan Heights.
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June 16, 2009
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Begin Excerpt from Asia Times Online
Syria warms to Obama’s charm
By Sami Moubayed
June 13, 2009
Speaking to American journalist Helen Cobban, Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem explained his country’s views on upcoming Syrian-US relations. “We think President Barack Obama seems very sincere. With the speech, we hope that Obama can deliver everybody’s dreams … including his own dreams and those of the Palestinians – to see the occupied territories freed from occupation,” Mouallem said.
Although he questioned whether Obama would be able to keep his promises, given US congressional opposition to his stance on Israeli settlements, Mouallem noted: “We approve of Barack Obama a lot.
The man [put] comprehensive peace back on the agenda.”
On Mitchell’s upcoming visit, Mouallem said: “I don’t know [former] Senator Mitchell, but I have worked closely in the past with Fred Hof, who is one of his assistants.
What we’ve heard about Mitchell’s work in Northern Ireland and on the Mitchell commission on the Palestinian issue is encouraging to us. We are very ready to work with him.”
On May 31, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke to her Syrian counterpart by phone, calling for a “roadmap” to push Syrian-US relations forward.
“I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state. We agreed on a road map to normalize US-Syrian relations in all fields – political, security, and cultural,” said Mouallem. “We agreed we have a mutual, shared vision that centers around these three points: to stabilize Iraq, to work for a comprehensive peace in the Middle East, and to cooperate on combating terrorism.”
Mouallem and Clin ton agreed for a US military delegation
to come to Syria to discuss the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, border security and counter-terrorism.
The delegation will be arriving Friday, the same day as Mitchell. Mouallem noted: “I am very eager to see a real improvement in our relations with Washington.
But nothing has happened yet.”
He said that although the Obama administration had approved American airplane manufacturer Boeing selling spare parts to Syrian Airways to renovate its fleet despite US sanctions, the spare parts had not arrived.
“We have seen no movement. They haven’t informed the Europeans yet that it’s OK to ship those parts.
I think your commerce secretary could authorize this whenever he wants, as it’s a matter of aviation safety,” Mouallem said. “It seems anachronistic to us that Obama recently renewed the Syrian Accountability and Restoration of Lebanese Sovereignty Act. The issue has been resolved. We withdrew our troops from Lebanon and have exchanged ambassadors with Beirut.”
Mouallem then went on about peace talks to restore the occupied Golan Heights to Syria. He called for repeating the indirect talks with Israel, held under Turkish mediation, from April to December 2008.
“The best way would be to try to repeat this approach now.
If this should succeed, the success would belong to Barack Obama – and if we fail, the failure would be ours alone. Why do we need the US in this? Firstly, because of the unique nature of the relationship they have with Israel, and secondly because of their command of certain technical capabilities – for monitoring and verification of a peace agreement – that only the United States has,” he said.
A reading of Mouallem’s comments and all the developments since January 4, reveals some clear messages from Damascus:
* Syria believes that Obama was sincere on June 4, and is waiting to see whether he can put his words into action, despite strong objections from a pro-Israeli lobby in Washington.
* Syria is still as committed, as it has been since the Madrid peace conference, to sit down and discuss
peace with a serious Israeli government for the sake of restoring the Golan Heights.
Any talks would need the Americans, and Syria is calling on Obama to live up to his promises of peace and see to it that the issue of the Golan Heights is given a high priority on his Middle East agenda.
* Syria is willing to work with the new leaders of Lebanon, provided they are willing to work with “and protect” Hezbollah.
* Syria is willing to help the Americans bring security to Iraq prior to their departure. Syria welcomes the gradual withdrawal of US troops this summer, and to be fully gone by 2012. Last year, Mouallem said that Syria was willing to help the Americans achieve an “honorable exit from Iraq”. He hinted that he appreciated that Obama was not responsible for bringing US forces there in 2003.
Taking these signals into consideration, the time is ripe for a Syria-US honeymoon. After the Obama speech in Cairo and after the smooth Lebanese elections, the basic ingredients are all there. The keys to success lie in the peace process. In this regard, there is agreement between Syria and the US on what needs to be done to call for an international conference, chaired by Obama, to discuss peace, security and the Golan Heights.
Sami Moubayed is editor-in-chief of Forward Magazine in Syria.
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