Friday, December 15, 2006 -From Fox News
CAIRO, Egypt — Sen. John Kerry, on a Mideast tour taking him to Damascus for talks with President Bashar Assad, said Friday that the Bush administration's rejection of dialogue with Syria and Iran to try to calm Iraq is a mistake. -----
- 2004 Presidential Loser Kerry also had this to say...
"Now that the Democrats are in control of Congress, we have an even larger responsibility to set a direction ... as a counterbalance to policies that have gotten us into trouble," he said. Kerry, who met Thursday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, was heading to Jordan, then to Iraq. He visits Damascus early next week, where he will hold talks with Assad. He also planned stops in Lebanon, Israel and the West Bank in the nine-day tour.
Sen. Arlen Specter Planning Trip to Syria Despite Bush Objections
Friday, December 15, 2006 - From Fox News
WASHINGTON — Longtime Republican Senator Arlen Specter said he will visit Syria despite loud objections by the Bush administration, saying the situation in Iraq is so dire that it is time Congress step up to the plate and see what it can do. Specter, has been in the Senate for 26 years, said in an interview late Friday he is planning a trip to the Middle East that will include Israel and Syria.
Sen. Bill Nelson Meets With Syria's Assad in Damascus
Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - From Fox News
WASHINGTON — In a direct affront to the Bush administration, a Democratic senator spent an hour Wednesday with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, asking him to do more to stabilize Iraq. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, met with Assad after the State Department said that it disapproved of his trip. The United States has limited diplomatic ties with Syria because of its support of Hezbollah and Hamas, which the U.S. deems terrorist organizations, and President Bush has expressed reluctance to seek help from Damascus on Iraq until the Syrians curb that support and reduce their influence in Lebanon.
Obviously after sampling some "Poppy" from Afghanistan he continued --
Assad "clearly indicated a willingness to cooperate" in controlling its border with Iraq, Nelson told reporters in a conference call following the meeting. The U.S. says foreign fighters often enter Iraq across that boundary. Nelson said he reported the information to embassy officials and will brief his congressional committees on the trip. He said he expects Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Arlen Specter, R-Pa., to also visit Syria.
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Why is that some people just don't understand? We are definetly getting too many cooks in the kitchen! Syria, Iran, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iraq all have interests in seeing the United States fail in the Middle East and the War on Terror.
Now that the Iraq Study Group Report is complete, seems the War in Iraq and the War on Terror is going to get even MORE politicized!
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