The State Department on Monday reaffirmed its opposition to countries upgrading their ties with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, even if it is an effort to aid Syria’s earthquake relief.
“Our position on the Assad regime has not changed. Now is not the time for normalization. Now is not the time to upgrade relations with the Assad regime,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said in response to the news of Egypt’s foreign minister visiting Syria and Turkey.
“We believe we can fulfill and that countries around the world can fulfill both of these imperatives, addressing the humanitarian needs of the Turkish people, addressing the humanitarian needs of the Syrian people, without changing or upgrading their relationship with the Assad regime,” Price added.
The death toll from the earthquake stands at over 5,900 people in Syria and over 44,000 in Turkey, but the numbers are expected to rise. When the earthquake first hit, Price said the US would not work with Assad’s government on the relief effort, saying it would be “counterproductive.”
As it’s become clear that the US-backed regime change effort against Assad has failed, more countries in the region have been engaging with his government. Engagement with Assad has stepped up since the earthquake as Syria’s neighbors are looking to help out.
The US has issued a 180-day exemption for its sanctions on Syria that applies to transactions related to earthquake relief. But UN experts say the exemption isn’t enough and are calling for the US to fully lift the sanctions, which are specifically designed to prevent Syria’s reconstruction.
US sanctions on Syria have had a devastating impact on the Syrian people, as recently detailed by Alena Douhan, a UN special rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures, who visited the country in the fall.
How many “broken” countries do we want in the world? Every world map still show “Syria” as a country when it really looks like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Syrian_Civil_War_map.svg
With our “moderate” Syrian opposition (aka al Qaeda) still holding a big chunk of territory, Turkey holding a bunch, Kurds holding a bunch, and of course AMERICANS occupying the oil fields.
If we still recognize Syria as a real country, we need to recognize the Assad government and leave their country alone. And we need to leave every other sovereign country alone.
All Syria has to do is evict Hezbollah terrorists and there will be peace.
I’m not so sure about that Jake…
If the U.S. is involved, there will be no peace.
Are you an American? If you are then I must let you know, that you are the only one who knows exactly how the USA “operates”. My own thoughts; it’s a Bully.
No Hezbollah and Israel is fine with Iran? Sure.
it would certainly be a positive sign.
To you maybe. To the Israeli government it would signal that Iran would be easier to attack.
And, there will be more farms, homes and land stolen by the violent, selfish, hateful settlers. What would you do if it was reversed?
It is the typical mentality espoused by so called anti war people at this site that creates the current settler mentality.I see a difference between pre 1967 settlers and today’s settlers.
Huh? That’s not really a coherent reply. How does that work? I really can’t see how posts here creates mean settlers in Palestine.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7565702cbdf6c4fa11da6999f3fead0392d3942252245cca2b36b2d18e5667e3.jpg
I am really, really disgusted with our administration, our country. Growing up, I was indoctrinated, it would seem, believe the nonsense about the wonderfulness therein. War after war. Treaties broken. Countries violated with bombs. Countries sanctioned to the point of killing innocents, children (witness Bill Clinton’s sanctions on Iraq that led to the deaths of 500,00 children). Now we have a supposed “liberal” administration that sides with corporations against unions, promotes war, sanctions, discord at a new level. Just disgusting.
They are evil people, morally they are in league with Hitler.
Make that “literally” instead of “morally.”
It’s seldom talked about in public, but it is known that Hitler admired the US because of its race laws (see Jim Crow), the development of eugenics in US universities (see Madison Grant, etc.) for the betterment of the genetic pool and increased productivity, and the genocide of the natives to gain Lebensraum. After close cooperation with the Soviet Union during the Weimar Republic, the Nazis cut their ties with the Soviets to open Germany to US capital. Together with Ford motor cars came the anti-Semitic writing of Henry Ford in the Dearborn Independent. Hitler actually had a portrait of Henry Ford in his office. Corporate America supported the German war effort right up 1941, when ownership of US firms was temporarily transferred to subsidiaries abroad. 60% of the Wehrmacht‘s transport vehicles were built by the subsidiaries of Ford and GM. German bombers couldn’t have flown without fuel from Standard Oil provided by its German affiliate. Allied bombers took care to lay waste residential areas while sparing the subsidiaries of corporate America in Germany.
The narrative of the US fighting the Nazis and the Commis is a myth. The reality is that they first supported the Nazis and then the Soviets and then the Nazis again (for example in Ukraine) “so that they kill as many of each other as possible” as Senator Harry S. Truman said at the start of the war. The sole aim was and is US hegemony. All the rest is hogwash.
There is nothing more profitable than war.
I used to believe that Hitler was one of a kind, not anymore, he has lots of company, DC is full of them.
Yeah, I grew up thinking we wore white hats. Since then I have learned that ours are as black as any others and blacker than most.
So drenched in blood, it looks black
Sanctions are criminal, it is warfare against the people. What if some nation did it to us? The sanctions are illegal and severely damage the global economy. Only deranged criminal minds can justify that.
Sanctions are illegal. They violate the 4th and 5th Amendments to our Constitution. Creators.com:https://www.creators.com/read/judge-napolitano/03/22/sanctions-on-russia-violate-the-constitution
Since when does Wash. observe the Constitution? All the wars since WWII are/were illegal and the American people just roll over and accept endless wars for war industry profits.
The Empire is in a state of total Delusion. Other Countries don’t give a poop about what they say and they will associate with whom ever they want to.
Justin Raimondo on Syria: “…there is no good news…., We are expected to believe that the Assad regime committed a horrific atrocity against mostly women and children at the very moment when Syrian forces have decisively defeated the Islamist rebels and Trump declared he wanted US troops out of Syria.” Many Americans still want regime change in Syria based on the above.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/49177.htm
Many Americans = many Zionists.
The math still works out. LOL
Excerpts from Surfer Manifesto;
Maureen then spoke with a mom’s voice, “We explained about turning war resistors into internal enemies of national security who organize themselves to become a very large internal fourth front in the three front war against Russia, China, and Iran,” Mom said. “You all go tell your friends what you found out. We need to decide among ourselves what we just did while talking to the space-force Colonel.”
Humanity evolving at an accelerating rate matching cosmic expansion is a natural phenomena. A military empire built on expansion, dominance and wealth has tunnel vision focused on anti-life wealth in big piles. Those paths between a good life and money clash— that realization is what had so shocked Colonel d’Barque that her face had blanched white. Colonel d’Barque realized millions had died in just her life-time so that a few pigs could be fabulously wealthy; that was why the women who had corralled her on the beach were so furious.
War resistors would soon be delighted to discover that Colonel Jean d’Barque resigned from the military as soon as her helicopter reached base. She strode purposefully yet without haste to the main space-port office and resigned then and there on the spot. She lost her retirement and even so floated free for the first time since she was a teen age recruit focused on working her way up the ladder.
Ned Price and Antony Blinken at the State Department are not “the U.S.”. Their whole motivation is that Syria is on the side of the Palestinians, like Iran and like Iraq was. So Syria must be destroyed for the sake of their beloved Israel.
Israel functioned as al-Qaeda’s air force in southern Syria, and gave the Islamists shelter and medical aid on the Izzy side of the border. When the Islamists lost, Israel arranged for their transport by helicopter to the loyal Jordan. Israel has kept firing missiles at Syria ever since then. This shows that the country that intensely wants Syria destroyed is Israel. Had they not wanted that, Ned Price would never have given his statement.
“…Ned Price would never have given his statement.” Some people/”conspiracy theorists” may ask if he would’ve ever had the job? (Sarcasm alert)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Price
US stealing Syria oil
https://www.google.com/search?q=US+stealing+Syria+oil&source=hp&ei=90r_Y8yxL9270PEP2o6RwAE&iflsig=AK50M_UAAAAAY_9ZB2AWQdvwBtlwauKlPVnDVz_yFfwD&ved=0ahUKEwiMia2t47r9AhXdHTQIHVpHBBgQ4dUDCAo&uact=5&oq=US+stealing+Syria+oil&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOhEILhCABBCxAxCDARDHARDRAzoOCC4QgAQQsQMQxwEQ0QM6CwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOgUILhCABDoOCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQ1AI6CAguEIAEENQCOggIABCABBCxAzoICAAQgAQQyQM6DgguEMcBELEDENEDEIAEOgUIABCABDoICC4QgAQQsQM6EQguEIMBEMcBELEDENEDEIAEOggIABCxAxCDAToICAAQgAQQiwM6DQguEIAEEMcBENEDEApQAFjeQWDERWgAcAB4AIABaYgBzA6SAQQxOC4zmAEAoAEBuAEC&sclient=gws-wiz
GTFO out of Syria and quit stealing their oil!
Someone should tell US to STFU…!
American government officials really are the nastiest people in the world, are they not? If they have any natural human feelings, they do a great job of covering them up.
The press gave lots of details on earthquake damage to Turkey but none to Syria except about a baby recovered with it’s umbilical cord attached to the dead mother. Now this. How bad can it get?
They don’t even bother to hide their moral depravity anymore. This reeks of desperation.
The US is behaving very dictatorially… And certainly lacking in humanitarian skills…
Biden is the reflection of the U.S. at this time. No compassion, no soul, addicted to power, control and money. In the end, it will lose all of them.
Morally depraved. Perpetuate themselves and multiply within all Governmental institutions. Completely divorced from reality, American people, A breed apart.
Of course they don’t want that! That’s the type of policy coming out of Wash. when psychopaths are in charge of the USA. Time for a change before it’s too late, but nobody is stepping up to institute the change. Trump had his chance, but it was all words and not action, which is also typical of the politicians.
“Now is not the time to demonstrate humanity, brotherhood and the type of love Christ taught us about. Our will, not the will of God, be done”
US Administration
Syrian dissidents in the US actually encourage Congress to punish the Syrian people even more after the earthquake.
https://youtu.be/z2Ok3VPvTOA?t
US Doesn’t Want Countries Working With US