Bush’s Success with Syria
BUSH’S DIPLOMACY seems to have achieved what that of previous Presidents could not: it has persuaded Syria to shut down the offices it allowed terrorist groups to publicly flaunt. As the Guardian says,
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Doorbells and phones went unanswered at the Damascus offices of Palestinian militant groups the United States accuses of terrorism. Instead of veteran campaigners ready to rail against Israel for hours, visitors were greeted by posters of Palestinian “martyrs” on the walls outside - and silence.
All signs pointed to what neither the Palestinians nor the Syrians will acknowledge: Syria has bowed to U.S. pressure and curbed the radicals it has hosted for years.
Reached at home Tuesday, Ahmed Jibril, secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command, confirmed that his group and nine others have closed their Damascus offices, but refused to say why.
Remember how everybody’s been saying that Gulf War II may have been a success, but it’s set back U.S. influence everywhere in the world? Not in the Middle East, apparently.