Mere Rhetoric: If the US Can't Sell Out Lebanon To Appease Syria, Who's Next In Line?

Major press outlets and major center-right blogs have begun to form into what might end up being a critical mass against James Baker and his Realist friends selling out the Cedar Revolution. But if Lebanon will be shielded from their machinations, whatever will the US give Syria in exchange for taking a six month break from raising hell in Iraq? Not to spoil the ending:

As Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem arrived in Baghdad for a landmark visit to Iraq on Sunday, Damascus was reportedly set to demand that Washington press Israel over the issue of return of the Golan Heights, as the price of its cooperation with the Bush administration on Iraq. Moallem is the highest ranking Syrian official to visit Iraq since the U.S.-ouster of Saddam Hussein in 2003 and a major step toward restoring diplomatic relations, Kurdish legislator Mahmoud Othman said. Media reports have said that former U.S. secretary of state James Baker's report on Iraq policy will recommend that the Bush administration engage Syria and Iran in discussions over Iraq.

At least John Mearsheimer will be happy that real people are talking to him again. Unless you count David Duke as a real person. Which we don't.

Previously: John Mearsheimer - Not Anti-Semitic. Just Anti-Semiticish,
Academics Who Attack Israel are Brave if Brave Means "Doing Things All Your Collegues Who Agree With You Will Tell You That You Were Brave for Doing", Mathematical Proof That Negotiating With Iran Is Stupid. Not Wrong. Stupid.

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