Sami Moubayed in AsiaTimes, here
".....Giving substance to the "breakdown of talks" theory, which says that Livni - a former Mossad spy with plenty of old scores to settle with Syria - will call off talks with Damascus, Israel "postponed" the fifth round, which was scheduled for last week....
".....Giving substance to the "breakdown of talks" theory, which says that Livni - a former Mossad spy with plenty of old scores to settle with Syria - will call off talks with Damascus, Israel "postponed" the fifth round, which was scheduled for last week....
Meshaal also attended a reception on the occasion of the opening of a branch for the Jerusalem International Association in Damascus, at the posh Orient Club in the heart of the Syrian capital....
The Russians found a golden opportunity to express their displeasure with Israel's behavior by cuddling up to the Syrians. For their part, the Syrians used the Russia visit to send a message to Washington that Syria still had "other options" and was not desperate to mend relations with Washington, as long as President George W Bush was still in the White House.....
......these messages coming out of Damascus are part of a grand strategy, related to Syria's national interests and bargaining cards in the Middle East. They are aimed at the Bush White House, a defiant way of telling this outgoing administration, "All threats at Syria proved to be futile, and Syria continues with its foreign policy, undaunted by everything that has been coming out of Washington since 2005."
......these messages coming out of Damascus are part of a grand strategy, related to Syria's national interests and bargaining cards in the Middle East. They are aimed at the Bush White House, a defiant way of telling this outgoing administration, "All threats at Syria proved to be futile, and Syria continues with its foreign policy, undaunted by everything that has been coming out of Washington since 2005."
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