EU Really Is That Stupid (Syrian Help In Lebanon Edition)
We have to wonder: did Syria promise to help negotiate a Hezbollah ceasefire before or after they tried to give Hezbollah more missiles and rockets to, you know, not cease firing:
The European Union has enlisted Syria's help to end the fighting in Lebanon as Damascus pledged support to the Lebanese government's plan for a settlement. EU envoy and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said following talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad Thursday, Damascus agreed to play a constructive role in settling the conflict by pressing Hizbullah to accept a ceasefire. "We also agreed on backing the Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora as time is ripe for intensifying diplomatic efforts by all parties," Moratinos said.
Joking aside, we actually do believe that Syria will do everything it can to achieve a ceasefire: imposing one on Israel is about the only way to save Hezbollah from getting dismantled by the IDF.
At least Syria didn't very publicly mobilize its army for war two days before the EU announced that Syria is totally and completely on the side of peace... usually here we'd put something like "of course they did", but this is just getting absurd. Of course mobilized its army for war two days before the EU announced that Damascus was devoted to peace. Of course they did.
The European Union has enlisted Syria's help to end the fighting in Lebanon as Damascus pledged support to the Lebanese government's plan for a settlement. EU envoy and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said following talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad Thursday, Damascus agreed to play a constructive role in settling the conflict by pressing Hizbullah to accept a ceasefire. "We also agreed on backing the Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora as time is ripe for intensifying diplomatic efforts by all parties," Moratinos said.
Joking aside, we actually do believe that Syria will do everything it can to achieve a ceasefire: imposing one on Israel is about the only way to save Hezbollah from getting dismantled by the IDF.
At least Syria didn't very publicly mobilize its army for war two days before the EU announced that Syria is totally and completely on the side of peace... usually here we'd put something like "of course they did", but this is just getting absurd. Of course mobilized its army for war two days before the EU announced that Damascus was devoted to peace. Of course they did.
