Bypassing Senate confirmation and seeking to avoid public scrutiny by acting during the Christmas holiday, Obama appointed Robert Ford as ambassador to Syria. Ford arrived today in Damascus.
Talk about bad timing: Tomorrow the U.N. tribunal could be releasing its recommendations, which are said to hold Hezbollah, as well as Syria and Iran, responsible for the assassination of pro-Western Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut in 2005.
So, given the timing of Ford's arrival in Damascus, just what is Obama's message? Go ahead, continue to murder our allies, and all will be forgiven?
Yeah, I know. Obama is trying to drive a wedge between Syria and Iran. Sorry, it's not going to happen. Assad can smell Obama's timidity and weakness from thousands of miles away, which is why Jordan is also now gravitating toward Iran (see: http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/2010/12/war-in-middle-east-obama-losing-jordan.html)
Yet another Obama administration foreign policy fiasco.
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