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| Bush Demands That Syria Leave Lebanon |
| 2005-03-02 |
| EFL and news ARNOLD, Md. - President Bush on Wednesday demanded in blunt terms that Syria get out of Lebanon, saying the free world is in agreement that Damascus' authority over the political affairs of its neighbor must end now. He applauded the strong message sent to Syria when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier held a joint news conference on London on Tuesday. Blunt? as in GTFO? "Both of them stood up and said loud and clear to Syria, `You get your troops and your secret services out of Lebanon so that good democracy has a chance to flourish," Bush said during an appearance at a community college in Maryland to tout his job training programs. well, damn, that's pretty close The world, Bush said, "is speaking with one voice when it comes to making sure that democracy has a chance to flourish in Lebanon." The president's words, taken with those from Rice and others in the Bush administration this week, amount to the strongest pressure to date on Syria from Washington. "Syria knows the concerns of the international community, and they know what they need to do to change their behavior and become a constructive member of the region and the international community," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said earlier Wednesday. Turkish ambassador Osman Faruk Logoglu urged the administration to offer trade and other economic and diplomatic incentives to Syria. "The chances of Syria withdrawing are greater than ever before," Logoglu told reporters. "But it is obviously going to take a long time." Coward and flunky to Syria - STFU |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #1 Isn't it time to punish our ally (yeah, right!) Turkey? |
| Posted by: Glereper Craviter7929 2005-03-02 9:21:15 PM |