Syria Says Bush Sincere at Mideast Effort

[DUreader]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3364131,00.html



DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria does not doubt that
President Bush is sincere in his urging a more
stable Middle East but believes his policies are
spoiling American relations with Arabs and Muslims
worldwide, a Syrian Cabinet minister said Saturday.

The comment in a government newspaper was
the first official Syrian reaction to Bush's speech
Thursday in which he called for greater
democracy in the Middle East and criticized Syria
and Iran in particular, accusing them of torture
and oppression.

Iran was harsher in its response, calling Bush's
speech an ``interference'' in Iran's internal affairs
and saying the American leader had no business
preaching democracy after U.S. support of
authoritarian leaders in the Mideast and
elsewhere.

Syrian Minister of Immigrant Affairs Buthayna
Shaaban addressed Bush, saying, ``We do not
doubt your intentions (that) you are really
desirous to make the Middle East a safer and
more stable place.''

[kalian]

1. Huh...?

[DUreader]

6. Don't be fooled by the AP headline

They believe he is sincere, sincerely a moron for thinking his

plan has a chance

[Don_G]

2. Never Heard Of A Country Requiring A Lobotomy

Of their officals to serve the public before.

[AndyTiedye]

8. We Just Make The Press Get Them

[Corgigal]

3. Syria

doesn't want to be next on the "freedom" list.

[wtmusic]

4. Bush Sincere In His Efforts To Acquire Middle East Oil

[tinnypriv]

5. Kuwait: no women vote = ROCK ON! Syria: full voting rights: TERRA!

More neo-con idiocy.

[jpgray]

7. The seized on a diplomatic formality for a headline?

Weird. In diplo-speak, this basically amounts to "fuck off, you're in way over your head".

:)

[pfitz59]

9. Double subtle slam.

Bush* is a sincere moron.
And he is sincerely spoiled.