March 26, 2008
Senior Advisers To Clinton and Obama Visit Syria
At the same time as the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Egypt were refusing to travel to Syria for the Arab Summit, in protest of Syria's actions in Lebanon, senior advisers to both the Clinton and Obama camps had no problem visiting with Syrian President, and unrepentant terror supporter Bashir Assad.
DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources name them as Zbigniew Brezhinsky, President Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, who now advises Democratic Senator Barack Obama on foreign policy, and the Iranian-American Hassan Nemazee, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s principal donors.
The advisers to the two Democratic contenders were in Damascus last week as part of a RAND Corporation delegation. While Nemazee was tight-lipped on his talks with President Bashar Assad, Obama’s adviser stated: “The conversation dealt with recent regional developments, affirming that both sides have a common desire to achieve stability in the region, which would benefit both its people and the USA.”
These words, in the tone of an officiating government servant, raised new speculation about the Middle East policies of the Senator from Illinois and his attitude toward Israel.
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However, Brezhinsky went so far as to portray Assad as a seeker of Middle East stability. This sounds odd to anyone familiar with the Syrian ruler’s record of permitting anti-American fighters, weapons and cash to flow from his country to Iraq, his violent destabilization of Lebanon, his arming of Hizballah and his playing host to the command centers of the most radical Palestinian terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Jihad Islami.
Brezhinsky in fact called on Assad only days after the master terrorist Imad Mughniyeh was assassinated in Damascus, exposing for all the world to see the welcome he and his ilk enjoy in the Syrian capital. [emphasis added]
Apparently it is of no concern to our Democratic presidential candidates that they are thumbing their noses at the House of Saud and Egypt's President Mubarak, our allies in the region, by undercutting their attempts to isolate Syria.
And apparently, it does not matter one whit that Bashir Assad has been, and continues to be directly responsible for the death of U.S. troops, as he continues to allow Syria to be used as a conduit for arms and fighters flowing into Iraq.
And, of course, it does not matter that Syria has been complicit in undermining the democratic process in Lebanon, has been sponsoring the terrorist group Hizbollah in their attacks on Israel and has sided with Iran over US interests at every opportunity.
But... listen....
Not a peep in the mainstream media...
