Reuters, the British newswire notorious for refusing to call terrorist organizations anything more incendiary than "militant," is now worrying that a Bush administration decision to declassify intelligence that makes Syria look bad may harm "diplomacy."
In their April 24 article, "U.S. lays out Syria intelligence, may harm diplomacy," reporters Arshad Mohammed and Paul Eckert seek to lay blame at the feet of the Bush administration should "diplomacy" fail and/or Syria grow belligerent towards Israel:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States laid out intelligence on Thursday it believes shows North Korea helped Syria build a suspected nuclear reactor destroyed by Israel last year, a step that may complicate its diplomacy both on the Korean Peninsula and in the Middle East.
In breaking its official silence on the mysterious September 6 Israeli air strike, the Bush administration is taking the risk that Syria could be angered by the public disclosures and could seek to retaliate against Israel.
The closed-door briefings to U.S. lawmakers could also make it harder for the United States to carry out a multilateral agreement under which North Korea promised to disclose all of its nuclear programs and, ultimately, to abandon them and any nuclear weapons it may have.
While the disclosure may make some diplomatic initiatives more difficult for the Bush administration, that this is the angle of the story is rather telling. After all, doesn't the nuclear proliferation, if true, pose greater problems for North Korea and Syria, which already have their share of problems with the international community? After all, North Korea has persistently violated UN resolutions on nukes and Syria is a state sponsor of terror, particularly against Israel.
No, when you're Reuters, what's important is how this development might force heads out of the sand and ruin "diplomacy" from being accomplished, even if Syria and North Korea haven't been and likely never will act in good faith at the negotiating table.
—Ken Shepherd is Managing Editor of NewsBusters
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"reporters Arshad
April 24, 2008 - 15:31 ET by ThisnThat"reporters Arshad Mohammed"
Doesn't that kinda say it all, Ken?
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....the Bush administration
April 24, 2008 - 15:35 ET by MidAmerica....the Bush administration is taking the risk that Syria could be angered by the public disclosures and could seek to retaliate against Israel.
Trying to understand their logic makes my head hurt.
So Syria is just a peaceful neighbor to Israel unless we anger them?
Never mind that diplomacy hasn't ever accomplished a single thing in the Middle East.
As usual...protecting the
April 24, 2008 - 16:05 ET by bigtimerAs usual...protecting the enemy.
In my eyes, they and all their ilk, here and abroad are the enemy too...especially during the WOT.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Absolutely amazing
April 24, 2008 - 16:27 ET by c5thenIt seems that the "Bush administration" (not the USA mind you, just one branch of the federal government) is taking a risk by publicly disclosing why Israel took out that mysterious site in Syria. However they never make the leap that Syria and North Korea were taking a risk that the US might retaliate when they both broke their word and agreements to us by attempting to build the nuclear site in the first place.
Why is it that the MSM always blames the US for "risking retaliation" or "damaging diplomacy" but never the country that originally breaks their agreements and causes the problem in the first place? Oh, yeah, I forgot, the MSM hate the US.
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Why is it...
April 24, 2008 - 17:58 ET by geoff.galeThere's this whole disturbing meme on the part of the left (including the MSM) that you have to accept the premise of the group you're fighting before you can have diplomacy. The MSM just hates that we often don't accept the premise, but rather act as thought they should accept out premise as a precondition for diplomacy.
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Reuters and AP
April 24, 2008 - 21:05 ET by jefflebowskiI look at Reuters and the AP like I did with Paul Wellstone when I lived in Minnesota. It was really easy and saved me a lot of time keeping up with the issues: Whatever he stood for was the wrong side of the argument and vice versa. I have found the same true of these "news" organizations.
Jeff Lebowski
N. KOREA TREATY HISTORY
April 25, 2008 - 02:00 ET by stevepipeLet us not lose sight that N. KOREA never saw a treaty is didn't like!!!
They have NEVER kept a treaty -- NOT ONE!!!
And, what do CLINTON and OBAMA want to do?!!? Sit down with N. KOREA and talk about another treaty!!!
So, this is the world experience we should reward them with?!!?
CARTER never had a clue (RUSSIA lied to me!!!), and still doesn't have one.
So, sure --- let's put some more OBLIVION DEMOCRATS into power. More of the NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN School of World Accomodation.