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2008-05-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Olmert: 'The Syrians know what we want and we know what they want'

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 But we know there are things that we don't know, and they know we don't know those things. That much remains clear.

Posted by Muggsy Gling 2008-05-23 00:33|| 2008-05-23 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 FREEREPUBLIC > SYRIA, HAMAS, AND ABBAS = As per its covert talks wid ISRAEL [one year[,IS SYRIA INDIC A WILLINGNESS TO SWITCH TO AMERICA + ISRAEL FROM IRAN???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-23 01:05|| 2008-05-23 01:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Ummm, we want them to stop trying to kill us all via their proxies. They want to kill us all.

Seems like an easy negotiation to me. Compromise and let them kill half of you.

(do I need a sarc tag?)

Posted by AlanC 2008-05-23 09:01|| 2008-05-23 09:01|| Front Page Top

#4 "Olmert said that Israel intends to conduct negotiations on both the Syrian and Palestinian tracks, with neither coming at the expense of the other. "

Not at the expense of each other, from Israels POV, but with added leverage in each one from the existence of the other.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-05-23 09:03|| 2008-05-23 09:03|| Front Page Top

#5 They want to exterminate us---now, what do we want, Ehud?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-05-23 09:56|| 2008-05-23 09:56|| Front Page Top

#6 And we know the jooos want to dump Ehud.

Posted by wxjames 2008-05-23 10:55|| 2008-05-23 10:55|| Front Page Top

#7 I think Ehud wants Syria to "come to the rescue" in Leb and clamp down on Hizballah.

A policy which will probably prove too clever by half.

Posted by charger 2008-05-23 11:31|| 2008-05-23 11:31|| Front Page Top

#8 I think Ehud wants Syria to "come to the rescue" in Leb and clamp down on Hizballah.

That was the situation prior to the March 14 uprising, when Syria controlled Lebanon.

A policy which will probably prove too clever by half

I don't know. The impression I get is that it's preferable to have a known enemy, any known enemy, in charge of the country, than the present situation.

Posted by Pappy 2008-05-23 12:55|| 2008-05-23 12:55|| Front Page Top

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