DAMASCUS - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Sunday that Damascus was prepared for all scenarios in its worsening relationship with Washington, including the use of US military force. A prudent person must make all his calculations, especially when we have to deal with an administration which knows how to strike but does not know how to withdraw, Muallem told reporters at the end of an Arab summit in Damascus.
| What an interesting idea: we'd come to Syria and stay a while. Hmmmm ... | Muallem was responding to a question over whether Damascus feared a US strike against Syria or Iran if US diplomatic efforts fail to isolate Syria. We hope that this will not happen. We hope for dialogue and an accord in order to avoid more American destruction to our region, and more deaths to the Americans, he added.
The United States has been trying to isolate Syria which it correctly accuses of backing the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and radical Palestinian groups. |