"I returned to Washington reasonably confident that if we decided to begin arming and training moderate Syrian rebels, we could put in place effective coordination with our regional partners," Clinton wrote in her memoir, (“Hard Choices”), a copy of which was obtained by CBS.
However, Obama was of a different mind. "The President's inclination was to stay the present course and not take the significant further step of arming rebels. No one likes to lose a debate, including me. But this was the President's call and I respected his deliberations and decision," CBS cites Clinton as writing.....................http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.597362
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S. Nasrallah: Any Political Solution in Syria Must Be Attained with Pr. Assad...
ReplyDeleteHezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah stressed that the presidential elections in Syria announced the failure of the international war against it and that any political solution must be attained with President Bashar Assad.
Sayyed Nasrallah, who was speaking during the memorial service of the head of Islamic Association for Education and Teaching, Sheikh Mostafa Qassir, emphasized that the Syrian government withstood in face of the Western pressures and insisted on carrying out the presidential elections.
"The Syrians challenged the American and the Western pressures through their historical turnout," Sayyed Nasrallah added, "Instead of exerting these pressures which aimed at confiscating the Syrians' will, the US and the West must have allowed the Syrian expatriates to vote at the Syrian embassies in the their countries."
"In some countries, takfiri fatwas were issued to prevent the Syrian from participating in the elections."
The farce was that head of the opposing Syrian coalition insolently threatened the Syrians of detonating car bombs during the elections, yet they rejected his warnings and participated heavily in the vote.
Regarding the Syrian vote in Lebanon, Sayyed Nasrallah said that the turnout surprised March 8 team as it surprised March 14 team, adding that accusing Hezbollah of obliging the Syrians to vote or of driving its members to vote is not based on any piece of evidence........http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=155175&cid=23&fromval=1
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