The Syrian ambassador to the U.S. moonlights as the Maytag repairman

bushco's ship of fools sails right along, deliberately ignoring the iceberg dead ahead...

Syria's ambassador to the United States, Imad Moustapha, has not had a single meeting with any senior Bush administration official in a year and half. Even in the current crisis, his phone does not ring."

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[T]he White House has made no calls to reopen a dialogue with Syria on resolving the crisis, Moustapha said, nor has the State Department. With no movement toward a significant dialogue with the government, Moustapha engages in public diplomacy to take his nation's case to America.

He addresses university audiences about once a month. He counts off the members of Congress he has met. Business leaders are on his weekly schedule. His is a common face on television, especially the Sunday morning talk shows.

talk with Syria...? what on earth for...?

(thanks to raw story...)

however, even the loathsome robert novak thinks talking to syria might not be a bad idea...

We have to set down at the table with Syria. Syria has influence over Hezbollah. Syrians are not very nice people. We don't like them but they want to be involved in this and it seems that you can't have a negotiated settlement, you can't have a ceasefire by saying, "We want a ceasefire." There has to be negotiations and, that, I think is going to be the test for Secretary Rice in the next weeks to come.

condi may be able to pass the ferragamo shoes style test but she screwed up big-time on the diplomacy exam and i doubt seriously that she's going to be able to cram enough in the next few weeks to pass the make-up...

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