Sen. Arlen Specter is on his 17th trip to Syria, what gives?

Senator Arlen Specter is on his 17th trip to Syria since 1984 and the beneficiary has been Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, according to this article that states, "there are three problems here that led to Mr. Specter instead to unintentionally give aid and comfort to Syria's regime."

First, there is no serious reason to believe that such an endeavor could succeed. [snip]

Second, the Western effort for some years has been to isolate and pressure Syria in order to try to scare Damascus into becoming more cautious. By going to Syria, Mr. Specter made the Syrians feel as if the effort was failing and that they merely need hold out in order to intimidate the West into surrender. [snip]

Third, the way Mr. Specter went about his self-styled mission was disastrous. He praised Mr. Assad and vouched for his good intentions. Why should a U.S. senator provide alibis for one of the world's leading terrorists? As the Associated Press summarized Mr. Specter's message, "Syrian President Bashar Assad is ready for peace with Israel, an influential U.S. senator said Sunday after talks with the Syrian leader." How does Mr. Specter know what Bashar really thinks? He only knows what Bashar told him in order to get a public relations' victory. [snip]

A better indication of the regime's nature is that the day after Mr. Specter's talk with Mr. Assad, a Syrian dissident, Faeq al-Mir, was sentenced to three years in jail. What was Mr. Mir's crime? He sent condolences to a Lebanese parliamentarian regarding a Lebanese politician murdered by Syria. Will Mr. Specter learn anything from this experience?

But there's more. Mr. Specter and Mr. Kennedy bragged that Syrian officials showed them an alleged agreement with France that was going to make possible a successful election of a president in Lebanon. As the two Americans were talking about this "success," the French and Lebanese government announced that no such agreement existed. Indeed, as a result of Syria's breaking its promises, Mr. Sarkozy announced he would hold no further talks with Assad. (continue reading)

What is Mr. Specter (and others like him) thinking?

It's a dangerous world out there folks. You can't trust what the enemy says, they LIE. Don't give them a PR win, please. They want to destroy freedom.

There is a new reality upon the World and my gut instinct is that something very serious is about to befall the Earth, something that is going to change the equilibrium of the Earth like after 9/11. (snip)

Osama Bin Laden’s modes operandi is to bomb countries before elections to force the people into accepting his will, look at Spain as an example and Great Britain during Gordon Brown’s handover.

America the Earths only Super Power who Osama Bin Laden is at War with is ticking down the days to election time – Is Al Qaeda ticking down the days until their next attack?

I am sure the security analysts have a good idea.

Azzam the American is about to release a video that will contain warnings, and then who knows what is next. (continue reading at Lionheart)

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Comments

[Grouch at Right Truth]

Anyone ever notice how Arlen Spector sounds just like Howard Sprague (Jack Dodson) on the Andy Griffith Show?

Anyone besides me ever notice that? No?

Oh well, time to go change underwear.

[stormwarning]

The fact that Mr. Specter is Jewish should not be the question here, I believe. Why has he gone to Syria? Maybe the answer lies in the fact that he is a senior member of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Foreign Operations and Defense. Other than that, I haven't a clue. It has been clear, however, by reading a number of truly conservative blogs over the last few months, that Senator Specter isn't conservative enough for some, and to others, is not really a "good" Republican.

[Rastaman]

I should have pointed out that Arlen Spector is a Jew. Going to Syria. Where they hate Jews. ???????????

Stranger and stranger.

Rasta

[Rastaman]

Arlen Spector has always impressed me as someone who tries to get at the truth of things. I've never seen him as a Lefty or in any way supportive of terrorists, so your post here is an enigma to me. I'll have to pay more attention to him. I can't imagine what he hopes to accomplish in Syria, and I can't understand why his trips haven't received far more attention in the media, unless they've been very quietly conducted.

And if they have been kept under wraps, why?

Rasta