Or something like that.

The Commerce Dept. has waived certain sanctions on Syria
Commerce Department Waives Syria Sanctions - Forbes.com (http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/11/syria-assad-sanctions-opinions-columnists_0212_claudia_rosett.html)

This news come with a report that Stone Face Kerry will be visiting Syria next week bearing gifts .
US Sen. Kerry to travel to Syria to meet Assad - Israel News, Ynetnews (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/1,7340,L-3670589,00.html)

Perhaps he and Assad will sit down over tea and reminisce about the days of razing villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan and shooting cattle and dogs ...

Expect soon that all remaining countries on the State Dept list of terror supporting nations (Cuba, Iran, Syria, and Sudan. ) will be removed .

And meanwhile...

U.S. official says "there would be great unease (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304752746&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull)" should Netanyahu "preside over a right-wing coalition" in Israel.

The UK is refusing entry (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/12/britain.filmmaker/index.html?eref=edition) into the country for Dutch filmmaker and parliamentarian Geert Wilders over his 15-minute film "anti-Islam" film.

A Dutch court ordered prosecution of Wilders (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123257047606303395.html) for "inciting hatred and discrimination" and also "for insulting Muslim worshippers because of comparisons between Islam and Nazism."

The Organization of the Islamic Conference managed to get through a non-binding resolution (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/02/a-free-speech-killer/)"that condemns "defamation of religion," especially Islam."

The appeasers are hard at work.

We supported Saddam, before doing a 180 degree about face. It appears the current administration will make the effort to communicate and break with traditional Bush policy.

Yes we did support Saddam . Big mistake in my book. Let the Dems. Own the policy that props up the Dictators ;the"realist" foreign policy .They can have it.


Greggs departure comes within a day of this news about the Commerce Dept policy change. I wonder what role this had in his decision ?

Expect soon that all remaining countries on the State Dept list of terror supporting nations (Cuba, Iran, Syria, and Sudan. ) will be removed .Hello tom:

That's GOOD news. He's really making headway, no?

Course, you're still living in the past when the choice was GOOD or EVIL. That kind of mentality destroyed Bush, the Republican party, and your hopes for a conservative future.

It's a different playing field today.

excon

Instead, we should just cut a deal with evil, right? Kind of like Pakistan just did (http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINLH62506620090217) with the Taliban.

Our new Secretary of State is already changing the rhetoric, she's telling the world that Christians perverted their religion (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021700957.html?wprss=rss_nation) just like Muslim extremists have.

That would be the same Evita who's State Dept congratulated Hugo Chavez for his being crowned President for life of Venezuela .

Though the UK wouldn't allow Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders in the country, they're allowing a Hezbollah official in (http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/03/unreal-britain-approves-visit-of-hezbollah-official.html).