John Kerry Believes in Fairytales

John Kerry spent an hour or two with President Assad in Syria and declared afterwards that "Syria is committed to peace." Good thing we have John Kerry. He would have made a great Secretary of State. My question for John Kerry is, "with whom is Syria committed to peace?"

Is Syria committed to peace with Hezbullah, the militant Islamic militia that continues to hold the people of Lebanon hostage to their fanatical military ideas? The same Hezbullah who launched the cross-border attack and kidnapped 2 Israeli soldiers, igniting a ruinous war in 2006? The same Hezbullah that fired rockets indiscriminantly into civilian population areas (i.e. cities) in Israel? The same Hezbullah that is now armed with 40,000 rockets, some capable of hitting major metropolitan areas inside Israel? How did those rockets get into Lebanon, you might ask . . . through peace-loving Syria.

Or, is Syria committed to peace with Lebanon, a country they continue to dominate, assassinating Lebanese journalists, politicians, business leaders who dare to disagree publicly with Syria?

Or, is Syria committed to peace with the Palestinians, while they continue to host the rejectionist and most violent elements of the Hamas leadership?

Or, is Syria committed to peace with Iraq, now that the dust has settled and it is clear that Iraq will not be torn apart.

Or, is Syria committed to peace with Jordan? Turkey? Iran?

Who is John Kerry saying Syria is committed to peace with?

Israel? Give me a break. Neighbors who are committed to peace with other neighbors do not help the enemies of those neighbors arm themselves with threatening weaponry. Neighbors committed to peace with neighbors do not align themselves with fascist states (i.e. Iran), who publicly call for the destruction of their beloved neighbors. Neighbors committed to peace exert their influence in the neighborhood to keep the peace, not to stir up trouble.

A senior American statesman (?!?!?) going to Damascus and declaring that Syria is committed to peace is a joke. But, unfortunately, it is not really a joke for Israel. It is more of the same public posturing that the Obama Administration has used to turn Israel into the "obstruction to peace".

This is Alice in Wonderland where up is down and right is left. Now, Syria is the peace loving country and Israel the obstructionist state. Thank goodness for John Kerry.