"Nothing hurts you, does it?"
"Only pain."
Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam on Sunday confirmed that the Syria Accountability Act would never affect Syria, adding that any measures taken against Syria would reflect negatively on those who take them.
| So why do they call it the Syria Accountability Act then? |
Following a meeting with a number of Iraqi intellectuals, Khaddam said in a press release, "nobody can punish Syria and no country has the right to punish another."
| That statement made even less sense than the previous statement, and the previous statement didn't make any. Countries "punish" (and "reward") each other all the time, usually through domestic acts in response to diplomatic stimuli. Sometimes the punishment involves troops and tanks and artillery, usually just tariffs and restrictions on the other country's nationals... |
Regarding the calls for Syrian forces to withdraw from Lebanon, Khaddam said, "Lebanon is a free country and member of the United Nations," adding that only the people of Lebanon have the right to decide Lebanon's affairs.
| Which actually has nothing to do with the question of Syrian forces leaving Lebanon. The demand wasn't for Lebanese forces to leave. |
Asked about President Bashar Al-Assad's meetings with Arab leaders recently, Khaddam said these meetings aimed to coordinate Arab affairs on the issues to be cast during the upcoming summit in Tunisia later this month. He said that Al-Assad had met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Qatar's Amir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani before his short visit to Riyadh where he met with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard.
| Somebody please tell me all that mess makes more sense in Arabic than it does in English... |
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