What possible purpose could there be for this?
both one of Mr. Obama’s foreign policy counselors, Zbigniew Brzezinski, a long-time critic of Israel, and one of Mrs. Clinton’s national finance chairs, Hassan Nemazee, were meeting with President Assad.
Oh, this reason -
Mr. Brzezinski himself issued a statement to the Baathist controlled press in Damascus, where he was quoted by the official Sana News Agency as saying that the “talks dealt with recent regional developments, affirming that both sides have a common desire to achieve stability in the region, which would benefit both its people and the United States.“
And the explanation from the Clinton camp – the usual obfuscation -
When our Eli Lake, telephoned the Obama campaign to see what it had to say about its adviser’s doings in Syria, a spokesman said it was the first they had heard about it. Mr. Nemazee’s office would not say anything about the trip, nor would Mrs. Clinton’s campaign. When Mr. Lake rang the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus, he was informed that Mr. Nemazee had left with the delegation yesterday.
But then, Democrats have a long history of conducting their own personal foreign policy initiatives. Notable occasions include Nancy Pelosi’s embarrassing trip to Damascus last year, Bill Nelson’s contra-State Department Assad suck-up, and Ted Kennedy’s shocking Russian outreach in the 1980s.
No reason why they shouldn’t do these things – it’s not like there are any consequences for such behavior.
via Instapundit.com
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