Syrian Ambassador to the US 'Imad Mustafa Slams Bush Administration over Syrian Nuclear Plant Allegations: "Sometimes It Amazes Me That My Enemy Is So Naive, Superficial, and Stupid"

'Imad Mustafa: Even though this story [about a Syrian nuclear
reactor] is ridiculous, we do not take it lightly. This administration
is characterized by a great deal of recklessness, in addition to its
capabilities of fabricating and lying, and of causing the utmost damage
to other nations, as well as to the American nation itself. This is not
propaganda. This is the reality in which the American people is living
right now. Therefore, we do not take this story lightly. We believe
that this story comes in a certain context. This story, as presented by
the American administration, is another link in a continuous chain of
actions, which the U.S. administration has been taking against Syria
for at least four years.

There are two very significant differences between then and now.
When the U.S administration made its false claims in the past – even
though some people doubted the claims about Iraqi WMDs – the American
political establishment as a whole accepted the administration's
account, in order to wage the war against Iraq. Both democrats and
Republicans, who form the U.S. political establishment, are very upset
today because they have realized that the U.S. administration lied to
them and dragged them into a war, which has turned into a muddy
quagmire of blood and destruction – blood and destruction in Iraq, and
a lot of blood and huge damage in the U.S. This war has destroyed Iraq,
but it also wounded the national pride of the U.S. There was damage on
both sides, even if not to the same extent. The difference is that from
the moment the U.S. administration presented its fabricated story about
the Syrian nuclear reactor, in both houses of Congress and in both the
Republican and Democratic parties there has been great discontent.

I have some pressing questions:

Do tell Mr. Mustafa, why did Syria not leave the bombing site untouched after the attack?

Why did you guys clean it up so thoroughly?

Why didn't you leave it alone for the whole world to see "Israeli aggression"?

What can you tell us about these photographs and video?

Why do they look eerily like those nuclear reactors (for weapons manufacturing only) found in North Korea?

Why did the entire Arab world completely ignore this attack on your "abandoned military warehouse"?

Why did you keep so quiet about the attack?

What does this do to your relationship with Russia, whom you bought an anti-air defense system that completely failed that day?

If you could answer these questions, I'm sure we'd be more willing to listen to your part of the story, but as it sits, there's WAY too many unanswered questions for your side of the story to be believable.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com