Libya, Syria, Russia—American Blind Eyes Look Fast
A new threat is arising in the Near East, one that cooperates with Islamic fundamentalist terror, but goes far beyond it. The regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is deemed a "reform" government by elements of the Obama administration and others among the Washington foreign policy elite. They see this region as they do the rest of the world -- through blind eyes. Assad's Syria not only aids terrorist groups, but also is on the verge of providing the expanding Russian military a needed port in the Eastern Mediterranean.- Thursday, April 14, 2011