Re: 106. Observer: The deputy prime minister, Qadri Jamil, said Wednesday in Moscow that the regime is ready to talk to the opposition. That sort of talk is a sign of weakness…Of course Assad has been weakened by civil war. But to seek to negotiate a cessation of violence and plans for a new government is a positive step if only it is reciprocated by more than lip service by the foreign enablers of the armed rebels and mercenaries. And also, Juan Cole supported US military intervention in Afganistan, Iraq, and Libya. Not surprising he supports the American imperialist line in Syria. 11 11 |