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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| President Bush's Statement on the Government of Syria |
| 2006-12-13 |
| President's Statement on the Government of Syria The United States supports the Syrian people's desire for democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. Syrians deserve a government whose legitimacy is grounded in the consent of the people, not brute force. The Syrian regime should immediately free all political prisoners, including Aref Dalila, Michel Kilo, Anwar al-Bunni, Mahmoud Issa, and Kamal Labwani. I am deeply troubled by reports that some ailing political prisoners are denied health care while others are held in cells with violent criminals. Syria should disclose the fate and whereabouts of the many missing Lebanese citizens who "disappeared" following their arrest in Lebanon during the decades of Syrian military occupation. The Syrian regime should also cease its efforts to undermine Lebanese sovereignty by denying the Lebanese people their right to participate in the democratic process free of foreign intimidation and interference. The people of Syria hope for a prosperous future with greater opportunities for their children, and for a government that fights corruption, respects the rule of law, guarantees the rights of all Syrians, and works toward achieving peace in the region. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #7 ALLAHSWISDOM.com > anti-Israel/USA Muslim blogger[paraphrased] > Once [Radical] IRAN acquires nuke weapons, the march of Islam will never be stopped. JERUSALEM will under Muslim control or mostly Muslim control between Year 2010-2012, whereas the Israeli/Jewish State will be suborned iff not DESTROYED BY 2020. As argued before, RUSSIA-CHINA = LEBANON-SYRIA vv ISRAEL in 2006 > IFF AND WHEN AMERICA = AMERIKA, USSA = SSR/USR, GOES DOWN FOR THE ANTI-US, OWG, GLOBAL COMMIE-SOCIALIST COUNT, DOES NOT MEAN RUSSIA-CHINA WILL BE SAFE FROM IRAN = RADICAL ISLAMISM [nuclearized]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-12-13 20:48 |
| #6 So whatever happened with the Syrian Intelligence dirtbag who defected to France and was supposedly spilling the beans on Assad. |
| Posted by: danking_70 2006-12-13 16:53 |
| #5 Or second sentence in the statement. Barkeep! |
| Posted by: mrp 2006-12-13 15:19 |
| #4 Second statement in the sentence (sigh). |
| Posted by: mrp 2006-12-13 15:18 |
| #3 The second statement in the statement, I think, is the mailed fist. It reads to me as: Bashar commands an illegitimate government, and the US will believes that the Syrian people have the right, even the duty, to topple it. But that's my opinion. We've seen these kind of statements before during the autumn of 2002 and the winter of 2003. Aimed at a different regime, though. |
| Posted by: mrp 2006-12-13 15:17 |
| #2 These comments to me sound like a "Blow me Assad" answer to the "baker commision Coombyaaa sit together fix all talk talk". I am leaning more and more to the fact that Bush has some fire left. That he is not broken maybe a bit not so "bring it on" but still game for staying offensive. I think Phase 3 of the WOT is a calling. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2006-12-13 15:09 |
| #1 So? |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-12-13 15:00 |