tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459499.post8205466257976201070..comments2024-01-29T21:39:07.526+02:00Comments on This Ongoing War: A Blog: 1-Mar-10: The Iranians, speaking pretty clearly, remind us of what is really keeping them busyOz_in_Zionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13661581252423495040noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29459499.post-52962200552772093092010-03-02T01:44:15.925+02:002010-03-02T01:44:15.925+02:00And here is another dot...
There is something pro...And here is another dot...<br /><br />There is something provocative in Syria's behavior over the last few weeks. Compared with Iran, the messages coming out of Damascus are still moderate. But the Syrians certainly seem attracted by the Iranian strategy of baiting the West.<br /><br />Precisely as the United States strives to buy good will by returning an ambassador, Robert Ford, to Damascus; and just after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turned to Syria with a request to curb arms smuggling to Hezbollah - Syria has responded by convening an 'Axis of Evil' summit at the presidential palace in Damascus.<br /> Advertisement<br /><br />Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian President, Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah, and Khaled Meshal, head of the Hamas politburo, were the star guests at the meeting last week. The message was clear. Efforts by the Americans and Europeans to cozy up to Damascus are all very well; but in Syrian eyes, the real strategic partnership remains in the east. To emphasize the solidity of ties between them, Iran and Syria announced at the summit that their citizens would no longer need visas to visit each other. <br /><br />Source: "As the West woos Syria, Assad aligns himself with Iran" Haaretz March 2nd 2010<br />http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153066.htmlSammy Teheranihttp://www.iranianopposition.com/noreply@blogger.com