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Obama's Out-Reach to Syria is Another Foreign Policy Disaster
Counterterrorism/The Lid ^ | 11/16/09 | The Lid

Posted on 11/16/2009 4:40:47 PM PST by Shellybenoit

The day after he was elected then President-elect Barack Obama sent Anti-Israel adviser Robert Mally to reach out to Syria.

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Presidential-elect Barack Obama has promised to improve U.S. relations with Egypt and Syria. Aides said Obama had sent senior foreign policy adviser Robert Malley to Egypt and Syria over the last few weeks to outline the Democratic candidate's policy on the Middle East. The aides said Malley, who served in the administration of President Bill Clinton, relayed a pledge from Obama that the United States would seek to enhance relations with Cairo as well as reconcile with Damascus.

As President, Barack Obama has followed through on his promise. He has continued his outreach to Syria and has worked hard to demote US relations with Israel.

How has Syria reacted to the President's actions? Syria has been facilitating terrorism in Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan:

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TOPICS: Government; Reference
KEYWORDS: obama; outreach; syria; terrorism

1 posted on 11/16/2009 4:40:49 PM PST by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit

Disaster from whose perspective?


2 posted on 11/16/2009 4:41:50 PM PST by pgyanke (You have no "rights" that require an involuntary burden on another person. Period. - MrB)
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To: Shellybenoit

There was an opportunity in 2003, with fleets waiting in the Mediterranean and the Turks saying no to passage, to have landed the northern Iraq front in Lebanon and Syria and taken 3 birds with one stone. I know I sent emails.


3 posted on 11/16/2009 4:49:36 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (IN A SMALL TENT WE JUST STAND CLOSER! * IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: Shellybenoit

There are no two-bit thugs on the world stage that Obama and the quislings that surround him don’t admire.


4 posted on 11/16/2009 5:21:58 PM PST by MNSlim
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