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By Micah Halpern
Thursday March 26, 2009 I've Been Thinking: The House Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs and the Middle East received a briefing yesterday by Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman. Feltman spoke about the trip he and Daniel Shapiro, the National Security Director in charge of Middle East and North African Affairs, just took to Syria. They fear that during the visit the US showed itself to be weak Feltman argued that talk is not weakness. Feltman argued that the discussion with the Syrians were intended to reiterate US policy and to let Syria know that it must stop arming Hezbollah and protecting Hamas. Feltman made it clear to the Committee that Syria is trying to achieve two opposing goals: The question remains: Has the United States elevated Syria by talking to Syria? Double messages are the norm for Syria. Syria wants it all (like the entire Golan Heights) but wants to give nothing in return. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. 4 June 2017 12:13 PM in Thoughts
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