Welcome to the Middle East, where today's enemy is yesterday's friend.

That is a trueism all over the world.

can't we ever have peace?

can't we ever have peace?

---cutepablo


Sure, after the liberal apologists and anti-American traitors have allowed them to win, the Islamists will be happy to impose their peace on the world.

their peace on the world.

Sorry, their piece on the world.

Sorry, their piece on the world

  We're already getting that.

Cacto, I just came across this.  While not a confirmation of my suspicions, it appears I am not the only one thinking that Bashar had an agenda.

Diplomats at United Nations headquarters in New York are privately expressing skepticism about the Sept. 12 attack on the U.S. embassy in Damascus, Syria. According to NewsMax’s U.N. correspondent Stewart Stogel, some diplomats are wondering whether the Syrian government had advance knowledge of the terrorist attack, but did nothing to thwart it until the last moment, hoping to gain some influence in Washington. The attack left one Syrian security guard and three attackers dead and one attacker wounded in front of the embassy in what had been considered a highly secure area of the capital city. It is common knowledge within diplomatic circles that the Syrian leadership makes it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for any "independent" terrorist cell to operate within its own borders, let alone wage an attack in downtown Damascus, Stogel reports. While Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a tempered "thank you" for the efforts of the Syrian government, NewsMax has learned that the Syrians did not agree to a Central Intelligence Agency request to interview the captured attacker. Syrian officials later said the captured attacker had died before he could be interrogated.

ccording to NewsMax’s U.N. correspondent Stewart Stogel, some diplomats are wondering whether the Syrian government had advance knowledge of the terrorist attack, but did nothing to thwart it until the last moment, hoping to gain some influence in Washington.

I'm sure NewsMax is a fine agency, but it has an appalling reputation. I wouldn't be too quick to assume it has particularly good contacts in the UN, particularly considering its reputation as a group that reports rumours as fact. Note the writer doesn't identify any of his informers and uses the phrase "common knowledge" (a celeb column standard).

I'm not inclined to believe it but you can if you like.

While Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a tempered "thank you" for the efforts of the Syrian government, NewsMax has learned that the Syrians did not agree to a Central Intelligence Agency request to interview the captured attacker.

That doesn't surprise me. CIA agents aren't given permission to interview captives in most countries. It's not about being rude, it's about not letting potentially hostile foreign agents into secure facilities. I would be more surprised if CIA agents were allowed access.

I'm sure NewsMax is a fine agency, but it has an appalling reputation

I am not touting Newsmax as a great source, or the article as gospel. Only that I am not the only one that has suspicions about Bashar. As I said, I am may be wrong, but as a betting man, I put my money on Bashar having an agenda. As for the CIA and stuff, hey! I would have been surprised if he allowed them to! I said he had an agenda, not that he was stupid.