WaPo reported Syria is trying to negotiate a deal to prevent punitive action by the United Nations if, as is widely expected, the Damascus government is linked to the Feb. 14 assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, according to U.S. and European officials. Over the past month, the government of President Bashar Assad has been inquiring about the potential for a deal,
If he is trying to cut a deal, that pretty well makes it clear he is guilty as sin.roughly equivalent to what Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi did to end tough international sanctions imposed for his country's role in the 1988 midair bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the officials said. Gaddafi eventually agreed to hand over two intelligence officials linked to the bombing for an international trial, a move that began Libya's political rehabilitation.
They not only handed over two intelligence officials, they also paid a LOT of money. How much money is Assad prepared to pay to Lebanon? They also got rid of their nuclear program, but that was after the Iraq invasion. But while we still have a LOT of troops in Iraq, how about Assad turning over the stockpiles of WMD that Saddam shipped into Syria just before the Americans invaded, and how about closing the Syria/Iraq border so more insurgents can't keep coming in every day?
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