FAR LEFT LIBERALS Obama and Kerry Seem QUITE Determined
To get the second most aggressive state sponsor of Terrorism
In the World, Namely SYRIA, to Engage as a Key Peace Player!
Only IRAN Would Have Been a WORSE Designation than SYRIA!
A choice of Assad or Ahmadinejad Would SET A TRAP For Israel
As King of the South into a Counterattack BY King of the North!
April 6, 2010
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Daniel 11:40,41 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
[41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Begin Excerpt from The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert
April 1, 2010
An Unusual Alignment of Interests in the Middle East
Michael J. Totten
(Commentary)
More than any other Arab head of state in the world, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has mastered the art of telling listeners what they want to hear.
He knows those in the West find it refreshing that he can talk like a liberal while Iran’s Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threaten apocalypse.
Syria, though, is the most aggressive state sponsor of terrorism in the world after Iran.
Meanwhile, Iraqis gave Ayad Allawi and his slate of staunchly anti-Iranian candidates a plurality of votes in the recent election.
The moderate Nouri al-Maliki came in second while the pro-Iranian Iraqi National Alliance came in dead last.
Iran tried to Lebanonize Iraq with its Sadrist militias but seems to have failed.
What we have, for the most part, is an Arab Middle East that wants to put the Israeli conflict on ice and resist the Iranian-led “resistance” instead – which is more or less what the Israelis want to see happen. It’s an unusual alignment of interests, but it is authentic.
President Barack Obama clearly wants to tilt U.S. foreign policy more toward the Arabs, but he doesn’t have to do it at the expense of our alliance with Israel.
Just start with what Washington, Jerusalem, and most of the Arab states have in common and build outward from there.
Begin Excerpt from Middle East On Line
Kerry: Obama wants to engage Syria as key peace player
US senator says Syria is essential player in bringing peace, stability to Mideast region.
April 1, 2010
DAMASCUS – President Barack Obama’s administration considers Syria a key player in Washington’s efforts to revive the stalled Middle East peace process, US Senator John Kerry said in Damascus on Thursday.
“Syria is an essential player in bringing peace and stability to the region,” Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a speech after meeting President Bashar al-Assad.
“Both the United States and Syria have a very deep interest… in having a very frank exchange on any differences (and) agreements that we have about the possibilities of peace in this region,” he said in t
he statement.
A summit of Arab leaders last weekend ruled out renewed Palestinian-Israeli peace talks unless the Jewish state halts all settlement building, particularly in annexed Arab east Jerusalem.
“There are things that the United States can do, there are things that Syria can do, there are things that Israel can do, Turkey can do, some are unilateral, some are multilateral,” Kerry said.
“But all of us have to work together in order to seize real opportunities.”
Obama’s administration has pursued a year-long campaign to engage Syria, a former US foe, and energise its thwarted push for a broad Arab-Israeli peace, particularly between Israel and the Palestinians.
Its decision in February to appoint the first US ambassador to Damascus in five years was “evidence that engagement with Syria is a priority at the highest levels of our government,” said the former US presidential candidate.
Envoy Robert Ford is still awaiting US confirmation of his new post, but “he will be an excellent representative of the president’s policies and an outstanding envoy to the Syrian government,” Kerry said.
He also called on Syria to play a role to halt the supply of weapons to Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah.
“We also remain deeply concerned about the flow of weapons in this area, through this area, to Hezbollah. That is something that must stop in order to promote regional stability and security,” Kerry said.
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