Monday, August 3, 2009

Dancing With Damascus

Today the Wall Street Journal had an editorial about Damascus. Let's remember that Isaiah 17 says that one day Damascus will be no more...it will be decimated.

Damascus is currently a hot-bed and a haven for terrorists. So naturally, Obama thinks the best course of action is to open up a dialogue with Damascus in the hope that we can all kiss and be friends. This action will certainly make our world even MORE dangerous.

Since taking power nine years ago, Syrian strongman Bashar Assad has: turned his country into a safe haven and transit corridor for jihadists en route to Iraq; funneled sophisticated munitions to Hezbollah and probably Hamas; sought to build an illicit nuclear reactor with North Korean help; mostly failed to liberalize Syria’s economy and resisted liberalizing its politics; publicly declared that Israel would never “become a legitimate state even if the peace process is implemented”; and ruled while Syrians have been implicated by a U.N. investigator in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.

So, naturally, President Obama has made Syria a prime target for diplomacy as part of his new Axis of Engagement.


Read full article here; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204619004574322193567664878.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

How long will Israel wait before they deal with the terminal threats that are coming from Iran and being funneled into Syria? They certainly realize by now that America is no longer serious about taking a strong stance against Islamic terrorists....the current administration believes talking will win the day.

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