Stalin
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so sad to see befuddled WarParty hack joseph biden praising the result of the old enemy - al qaeda - in syria
the truth is somewhat different
“The forgotten war of this generation is really Syria,” Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), co-founder of the Congressional Syria Caucus, told me. “I’m disgusted at the way so many in the Western world seem to have totally forgotten about the atrocities that have taken place there.”
Boyle is a co-sponsor of the Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act, the main effort in Congress to extend and expand sanctions against those who aid the regime’s rehabilitation, especially in Arab gulf countries. It would also impose sanctions on Assad’s parliament and the Syria Trust for Development, led by Assad’s wife, which stands accused of broad corruption and theft of international assistance. In February, it passed the House of Representatives 389-32.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wanted to include this bill in the supplemental aid package that passed Congress last week. But in the course of negotiations, the White House objected, several lawmakers and congressional aides told me. The White House did not object to including other sanctions bills, including several targeting Iran.
“The decision to remove this bipartisan legislation [from the supplemental package] is inexplicable,” Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who introduced the bill told me. “The Biden administration’s failure to hold mass murderer Bashar al-Assad accountable empowers Putin and the Iranian regime.”
This is only the latest roadblock sanctions supporters have faced. James E. Risch (Idaho), ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a companion bill in the Senate in September. He told me the administration and the office of committee chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.) won’t help advance it. Unless this legislation passes before the end of this year, the current sanctions regime established in 2020 by the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act will expire, and the pressure on those helping to normalize Assad will lift.
“Congress has an obligation to move this legislation,” Risch told me. “Despite repeated requests, the administration and its partners on the Hill have repeatedly blocked efforts to hold Assad accountable.”
well well well ..what a surprise..the us establishment backing some horrible dictator
mr assad was very useful during the war on terror..with his torture chambers and execution squads
comrade stalin
gaza famine is still the issue
the truth is somewhat different
“The forgotten war of this generation is really Syria,” Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), co-founder of the Congressional Syria Caucus, told me. “I’m disgusted at the way so many in the Western world seem to have totally forgotten about the atrocities that have taken place there.”
Boyle is a co-sponsor of the Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act, the main effort in Congress to extend and expand sanctions against those who aid the regime’s rehabilitation, especially in Arab gulf countries. It would also impose sanctions on Assad’s parliament and the Syria Trust for Development, led by Assad’s wife, which stands accused of broad corruption and theft of international assistance. In February, it passed the House of Representatives 389-32.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wanted to include this bill in the supplemental aid package that passed Congress last week. But in the course of negotiations, the White House objected, several lawmakers and congressional aides told me. The White House did not object to including other sanctions bills, including several targeting Iran.
“The decision to remove this bipartisan legislation [from the supplemental package] is inexplicable,” Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who introduced the bill told me. “The Biden administration’s failure to hold mass murderer Bashar al-Assad accountable empowers Putin and the Iranian regime.”
This is only the latest roadblock sanctions supporters have faced. James E. Risch (Idaho), ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a companion bill in the Senate in September. He told me the administration and the office of committee chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.) won’t help advance it. Unless this legislation passes before the end of this year, the current sanctions regime established in 2020 by the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act will expire, and the pressure on those helping to normalize Assad will lift.
“Congress has an obligation to move this legislation,” Risch told me. “Despite repeated requests, the administration and its partners on the Hill have repeatedly blocked efforts to hold Assad accountable.”
well well well ..what a surprise..the us establishment backing some horrible dictator
mr assad was very useful during the war on terror..with his torture chambers and execution squads
comrade stalin
gaza famine is still the issue
