In comments which notably did not include a demand for Syrian ruler Bashar Assad to leave power, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today insisted that every nation on the planet should stop buying oil and gas from the country and “get on the right side of history.”
The US, along with the European Union, have enacted significant sanctions against the country to protest Bashar Assad’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters nationwide. The sanctions have included moves against the nation’s banks and cell phone providers.
It is unclear, of course, how the demand to further isolate the nation economically will actually further the “reforms” that the Obama Administration still seems to believe are forthcoming under the regime (if only the demand is repeated often enough).
Indeed, it seems that Syria’s isolation is going to make it even less open to listening to Western suggestions that they offer some modicum of reform or at least stop massacring demonstrators, as the country will be forced to rely more and more on foreign handouts from the Iranian government as its floundering economy, one of the chief complaints of protesters, continues to get worse.
These are the desperate time for Obama administration.., in one hand his government and his policies been exposed to the world that he is not what he said to be.., that the outcomes are exactly as George W. Bush regime and his warmongers is.., in the other hand his war in Libya is dragging on and so his tyrants friends as Saudis and UAE involvement in both Syria and Libya.., NATO killing of innocent people in Libya and in Afghanistan and all other matters at home has become a dilemma for Obama so in such time Hillary Clinton become a international mediator asking those who by now understand what is going on in Middle East to boycott Syria.., Look.., Israel is building few thousands new homes in occupied area.., she is not saying a word.., Israel is still killing Palestinians she is not saying a word.., here French friends and English – NATO murderess are in killing spree in Libyan and in Afghanistan she is not saying a word.., here friends .., Muslims Brotherhood and its affiliated terrorist groups in Libya killing.., beheading people.., she is not saying a word.., the barbarism is acting as if it was when they were living in cages.., she is not saying a word.., but all of a sudden.. She wants for the world to act for what is going on in Syria.., Hillary needs to get real and stop traveling around the world promising all kind of things to other nations when they know that one day the very same USA will kill them…, that goes for Saudi Arabia and UAE.., if you people think that US and EU is your friends at heart.., think many time before kissing the death.
Wouldn't it make the price of gas go up if we bought any less oil? No way they're gonna do that. They MUSt keep gas prices low for Obama to get re-elected. Sorry Empress Hilary this might be the one time your little lapdog Obama will stand up to you and say no.
Get even. Stop buying US weapons.
Is there a woman in America dumber and more stupid and more evil and more incompetent than is Hillary Clinton? – perhaps Nancy Pelosi?
How about the world stop buying oil from saudia Arabia, rated the least free country on earth by freedom house.
Please tell Hillary that we should stop buying Syrian oil when we stop spending $100 MILLION+++ a month to bomb Libya.
newsflash, huge Syrian oil-gas exports are suddenly destabilizing the region. Clinton is pandering for a consultants job at the Onion
World to Clinton: ''Just, for goodness sake, Shut Up; and mind your own business''.