Sundial
November 10th, 2008, 03:00 PM
The source said Moustapha was told that Obama favors engagement and economic cooperation with Syria as opposed to the Bush administration's policy of isolating the country and imposing economic sanctions.
The source also disclosed Obama's team said the president-elect favors talks between Israel and Syria leading to an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, strategic, mountainous territory looking down on Israeli population centers that was twice used in the past by Syria to mount ground invasions into the Jewish state.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80611
I think this sheds new light on why the US helicopters were ordered into the Syrian border not long ago. Maybe the Bush administration needs to tie up loose ends before his departure. Perhaps this will encourage the Israelis to consider a pre-emptive strike before the new administration comes into power. :panic
The source also disclosed Obama's team said the president-elect favors talks between Israel and Syria leading to an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, strategic, mountainous territory looking down on Israeli population centers that was twice used in the past by Syria to mount ground invasions into the Jewish state.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80611
I think this sheds new light on why the US helicopters were ordered into the Syrian border not long ago. Maybe the Bush administration needs to tie up loose ends before his departure. Perhaps this will encourage the Israelis to consider a pre-emptive strike before the new administration comes into power. :panic