Assad invites Obama to Damascus
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has invited American President Barack Hussein Obama to a summit meeting in Damascus (Hat Tip: NY Nana). Bashar al-Assad told Sky's Middle East correspondent Dominic Waghorn he wanted to meet the US President on Syrian soil to discuss peace in the region.Let's go to the videotape.
He asked Sky News to relay the invitation to Mr Obama.
When asked when the visit could take place, he said it was up to the Americans to decide.
Asked if it the meeting could usher in a new era in the region, he said yes, if peace could be secured.
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Mr al Assad said: "We would like to welcome him in Syria, definitely. I am very clear about this."
Asked whether this could happen soon, the president said: "That depends on him."
Smiling, he added: "I will ask you to convey the invitation to him."
He said that "any summit between any two presidents is something positive".
"That doesn't mean you have to agree about everything. But when you discuss, this is how we can close the gap.
"It's normal to have differences between different cultures, between different nations and states.
"But I think the United States has a special role as the greatest power. I think President Obama should visit as many countries as he can in order to make these dialogues.
"And of course that includes Syria."
He acknowledged that a meeting with the US president would constitute only the first step in a rapprochement.
"A big change comes when you make actions. An invitation is about dialogue, dialogue is about having common ground, a common vision. Then you have to make a plan then, later, you take action."
I'm sure Obama is jumping for joy, but Israelis ought to be very wary of this.
The photoshop is from Slublog via Ace.
UPDATE SATURDAY 11:59 PM
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posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:49 AM
3 Comments:
Carl,
Thanks for the hat tip. This is one I wish was not needed. When I saw it on Sky online, I said a few things that I would not say in front of my kids, and especially in front of the 3 little grandkids.
This cannot be good for Israel. It seems to portend trouble, at the very least.
/I guess Hussein just wants to be buddies with his arab admirers, who see in him a way to go after Israel. And a lovely group they are.
'Peace'? al-Assad and his merry gang of cult of islam dictators want the Jews in pieces.
Will Obama schedule a visit to Israel? Don't count on it.
Most Israeli Jews are not exactly enamored of him. There's not the kind of affection for him that Israelis held for President Clinton in the 90s.
So if he does visit Syria, it won't change any one's opinion of him in Israel.
What could go wrong indeed
Carl, do you think that Americans have a clue to what's really going on?
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