Thune: Washington should recalls US ambassador to Syria amid crackdown on pro-democracy effort

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Source: The Washington Post

LAS VEGAS — Sen. John Thune says the United States should recall its ambassador from Damascus amid Syria’s deadly crackdown.

Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, on Saturday told a meeting of Republican Jews that Damascus did not deserve to have a U.S. representative as Syrian security agents have made sweeping arrests. Syrian President Bashar Assad has tried to end two weeks of pro-democracy demonstrations that are threatening his family’s rule.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/thune_washington_should_recalls_us_ambassador_to_syria_amid_crackdown_on_pro_democracy_effort/2011/04/02/AFFHtePC_story.html

[naaman fletcher]

1. I've never understood the

"I'm mad at you so I am not going to talk to you" concept.

[Hardrada]

2. Contemptible.

[JCMach1]

3. Did Sen. Thune call on the same for Bahrain?

[No Elephants]

4. If someone in Syria strikes oil....

[dipsydoodle]

5. They've got oil

Maybe not a lot but at least some - about 400k barrels a day.

[No Elephants]

6. And how much do they use themselves? Even more to the point, how much

of U.S. needs do current oil exports from Syria fill?

[Rosterman]

7. BOOTS IN EGYPT AND TUNISIA!

Lied to by the current administration. The air war has stopped. We were told that it would be NATO to begin with. That turned out not to be true. Now lied to again. We have boots on the ground. 3000 soldiers in Egypt and Tunisa. Although they are not in Libyia as of now. It's a very convient lie to say we don't have boots on the ground in neighboring countries. Who invited the soldiers into Eygpt? The supposedly new democratic military government?