Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
12-30-2013, 08:21 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-failed-islamist-outreach-104500850--politics.html
Obama to Islamists: Let’s Talk
By Josh Rogin
14 hours ago
The Daily Beast
Obama to Islamists: Let’s Talk
The Obama administration’s outreach to the Islamic Front in Syria earlier this month failed due to a flawed plan and unrealistic goals, insiders say—and now American influence on the ground with the armed Syrian opposition is at a new low.
In a Principals Committee-level meeting at the White House in early December, top officials from several national security agencies convened to decide on the next steps in the Obama administration’s Syria policy. The leadership of the Free Syrian Army, the moderate Western-backed rebels, had been chased from their headquarters in Northern Syria, leaving U.S. non-lethal aid in the hands of the Islamic Front, a new alliance of Salafist groups estimated to control over 130,000 fighters throughout Syria.
At this meeting, the top U.S. officials decided to open up direct engagement with the Islamic Front for the first time in the three-year civil war, according to three administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss internal government deliberations.
But above State Department objections, the White House determined that the U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, would not be appointed to talk to the Islamic Front, despite the fact that he was already in Turkey for meetings with other opposition groups. The White House dictated that a lower-level official, the deputy director of the Syria desk, would represent America at the momentous encounter. Just before the appointed time, the Islamic Front cancelled the meeting. THAT'S IT OBAMA AS SOON AS THEY ELIMINATE ANY NON-HARDCORE TERRORIST MURDERING GROUPS YOU SEEK TO LEGITAMIZE THEM AND ONLY TO SPEAK TO THEM. Just a coincidence folks. No way was Obama just waiting to give this group greater recognition and authority to negotiate for the new government should Assad be defeated. No ffing way, right.. :rolleyes: I mean why would the American president want to give greater recognition and greater power/authority to the hardcore terrorists fighting there? Wouldn't that just about assure that they get to set the new government should Assad be defeat? Why yes@! And how is that in our best interests!?? Answer it damn sure isn't!! Get the point?? bamboy the traitor strikes yet again. I hope Russia makes damn sure that Assad wins and then gives bampunk as much grief as humanly possible for his treachery and treachery... Yes I just pulled for Russia and Assad. Reason is because the lying bampunk pulls for even greater enemies of this nation.. Citizens should be asking why .. --Tyr
Obama to Islamists: Let’s Talk
By Josh Rogin
14 hours ago
The Daily Beast
Obama to Islamists: Let’s Talk
The Obama administration’s outreach to the Islamic Front in Syria earlier this month failed due to a flawed plan and unrealistic goals, insiders say—and now American influence on the ground with the armed Syrian opposition is at a new low.
In a Principals Committee-level meeting at the White House in early December, top officials from several national security agencies convened to decide on the next steps in the Obama administration’s Syria policy. The leadership of the Free Syrian Army, the moderate Western-backed rebels, had been chased from their headquarters in Northern Syria, leaving U.S. non-lethal aid in the hands of the Islamic Front, a new alliance of Salafist groups estimated to control over 130,000 fighters throughout Syria.
At this meeting, the top U.S. officials decided to open up direct engagement with the Islamic Front for the first time in the three-year civil war, according to three administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss internal government deliberations.
But above State Department objections, the White House determined that the U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, would not be appointed to talk to the Islamic Front, despite the fact that he was already in Turkey for meetings with other opposition groups. The White House dictated that a lower-level official, the deputy director of the Syria desk, would represent America at the momentous encounter. Just before the appointed time, the Islamic Front cancelled the meeting. THAT'S IT OBAMA AS SOON AS THEY ELIMINATE ANY NON-HARDCORE TERRORIST MURDERING GROUPS YOU SEEK TO LEGITAMIZE THEM AND ONLY TO SPEAK TO THEM. Just a coincidence folks. No way was Obama just waiting to give this group greater recognition and authority to negotiate for the new government should Assad be defeated. No ffing way, right.. :rolleyes: I mean why would the American president want to give greater recognition and greater power/authority to the hardcore terrorists fighting there? Wouldn't that just about assure that they get to set the new government should Assad be defeat? Why yes@! And how is that in our best interests!?? Answer it damn sure isn't!! Get the point?? bamboy the traitor strikes yet again. I hope Russia makes damn sure that Assad wins and then gives bampunk as much grief as humanly possible for his treachery and treachery... Yes I just pulled for Russia and Assad. Reason is because the lying bampunk pulls for even greater enemies of this nation.. Citizens should be asking why .. --Tyr