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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
State Department response to Syrian Overture
2004-06-08
excerpted from State Department Daily Press Briefing.
QUESTION: Yesterday, the Syrian Foreign Minister, Farouk Shara, issued a statement appealing to the United States for open talks at his level to resolve what are misunderstanding. Have you received anything formally or can you tell us anything about that?

MR. ERELI: Well, this gets to the whole question about dialogue. And I think that, you know, we have an Ambassador there. We have made clear through our Ambassador what our position is on the outstanding issues between our government and the Government of Syria. Secretary Powell made those positions clear in May of last year. Assistant Secretary Burns has been to Syria a number of times.

So I guess the point here is that the issue doesn’t seem to be so much one of dialogue as so much -- as more -- as, rather, one of, "Is anybody listening?"
Posted by:Super Hose

#8  "What is this Syrian Overture?"

Something similar to the Libyan Line-O-Death Overture, except played in the key of B-2 rather than F-18? Both works end with a final movement that resolves itself into B-Flattened.
Posted by: SteveS   2004-06-08 8:15:40 PM  

#7  Where's the RantBurg Town Band Meistro? What is this Syrian Overture?

Maybe something by I. Kant Copeland
Posted by: Shipman   2004-06-08 6:28:13 PM  

#6  Had to go check the text for myself to see if you actually just forgot to highlight a RB comment. But he REALLY did say that!

heh, heh. "Candid" is much too kind. More like flipped him off in diplo-speak.
Posted by: B   2004-06-08 5:11:54 PM  

#5  Remarkably candid and unnuanced for a State Department comment. My guess is that Bashir Assad is trying to figure how to funnel some of Saddam's hidden accounts into the Kerry campaign before it's too late.
Posted by: RWV   2004-06-08 4:12:00 PM  

#4  Huh?
Posted by: Quana   2004-06-08 2:54:36 PM  

#3  Did somebody say something?
Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-06-08 2:14:03 PM  

#2  It may be an Overture, but it's only in B-flat!

Posted by: BigEd   2004-06-08 11:14:36 AM  

#1  "Is anybody listening?"

What?
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-06-08 10:35:12 AM  

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