Heart-ache: Assad screams at Ahmadinejad in phone call blowup
posted at 9:33 am on March 7, 2007 by Allahpundit
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I have this image of Nasrallah crying outside the bedroom door because he can’t understand why mommy and daddy are fighting:
Syrian President Bashar Assad exchanged harsh words with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a phone conversation, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyassah reported on Wednesday…
[T]he conversation reportedly turned ugly when Ahmadinejad voiced support for the establishment of an international tribunal on the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri – a sensitive subject for Syria, which has been suspected of involvement in the Lebanese leader’s death.
The report said that Assad became enraged and launched into an angry tirade, cursing the Iranians at the end of the conversation.
It’s far-fetched, but not as much as you may think. There have been rumors for weeks that Iran was ready to make a deal with the Saudis over the standoff between Hezbollah and the government. Hezbollah and the Shiites would get more representatives in the Lebanese government, which would in return placate the Sunnis by ratifying the UN tribunal that’s been formed to investigate the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri. Presumably the tribunal’s going to end up pointing the finger at Assad himself, otherwise I don’t understand why the Syrians are so nervous about it. Iran seems willing to cross that bridge; Assad obviously isn’t.
A skilled tactician would seize this opportunity to play them off each other and see if we can’t convert that into security gains in Iraq. Anyone know where we can find one?
Update: Man, when it rains, it pours.
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Too bad both sides can’t lose. Also, too bad that Lebanon is stuck in the middle. I just can’t wait for the leaked transcript which will presumably have Baby Assad calling Ahmadinejad an American stooge.
raybury on March 7, 2007 at 9:50 AM
Hmmm, Iran and Syria. Maybe they’ll start killin’ each other off, sorta like the bloods and crips.
Tony737 on March 7, 2007 at 10:05 AM
I’m trying to think of further ways in which Syria and Iran might be played against each other as it seems that’s already being done.
Keep hunting for those cooperative links as it relates to Hezbollah. As far as pitting Syrian-backed Sunnis against Iranian-backed Shias – now that’s a problem when we’re trying to bring the two sects together in Iraq. Keep finding and demonstrating to Iraqis the relationship between Syrian and Iranian interference in Iraq and the harm it’s causing the Iraqi people. All this is most likely being done but perhaps we step up our efforts.
Personally, I’d like to see a military warning shot ‘across the bow’, a limited strike against a well-defined target in both Syria and Iran to send a message that the US is beginning to tire of their meddling. And if nothing else, do it for the soldiers who have died as result of the flow of Syrian/Iranian weapons and logistical support.
CliffHanger on March 7, 2007 at 10:10 AM
But didn’t Imadinnajacket just leave Saudi Arabia in a huff?
I need a scorecard and an Official Program.
I can’t figure out whose playin’ who.
harrison on March 7, 2007 at 10:11 AM
It’s ever so simple, really.
step 1: Kill Jews
step 2: Kill Christians
step 3: Kill Hindus
step 4: Kill everybody in the other religions
step 5: Kill your fellow Muslim (you’ll thank me in heaven)
Duh!
Mojave Mark on March 7, 2007 at 10:21 AM
There, there, Hassan, it will be alright.
Troy Rasmussen on March 7, 2007 at 10:23 AM
There must be
50 ways to leave your ally.
Just get outta bed, Ahmed.
Get yourself free, Ali.
Leave the darn fool, Abdul.
Just listen to me.
Don’t need to scream, Akeem.
Just keep him far Samar!
Show him your fanny, Hani.
And get yourself free!
dalewalt on March 7, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Funny and sad. More sad than funny.
honora on March 7, 2007 at 10:24 AM
I understand Simon is looking for a new Garfunkel…..
honora on March 7, 2007 at 10:25 AM
“Iran and Syria. Maybe they’ll start killin’ each other off”
These primitive societies have been doing this and continue to do so long before we got involved with them. Unfortunately, their too bass ackwards to develop the technology to do it on a massive level, so their left to murder each other one by one (you know, like if you get raped, or are caught with your face uncovered). It’s hard to destroy a population with that approach. I say we build a great big wall around all of the ME (Israel excluded), don’t let anyone in or out, and see how long it is before there’s only a handful left.
rayvet on March 7, 2007 at 10:28 AM
The only problem is that I sing about as good as Hillary talks southern.
dalewalt on March 7, 2007 at 10:30 AM
James Baker?
(Guffaw.)
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on March 7, 2007 at 10:34 AM
I have the transcript of the phone call over at The Autopsy. It was a pretty serious blow-up.
Nethicus on March 7, 2007 at 10:57 AM
Brilliant!
Viper1 on March 7, 2007 at 11:25 AM
Team Bush has an unbelievable ineptitude for playing one enemy off the other. There’s fault lines for exploiting all over the Islamic world, and Bush hasn’t found the ability to utilize one. It’s astonishing, really.
PRCalDude on March 7, 2007 at 11:26 AM
*Sniff* Can’t we all just get along?
infidel4life on March 7, 2007 at 12:12 PM
That’s okay. Just as long as you can SING better than HillBillary.
You are not allowed to say that until AFTER a group of L.A.’s finest have beat the stuffins’ outta’ ya’.
CyberCipher on March 7, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Probably best to just let them implode amongst themselves.
After all, that’s the democratic thing to do.
Kini on March 7, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Liberals think security gains in Iraq would be “sad”.
Pathetic.
JackM on March 7, 2007 at 2:26 PM
Two faggots having a cat fight?
JackM on March 7, 2007 at 2:28 PM
I would have loved to have been Karl Rove (you know, listening to everyone’s phone calls) for that conversation. Man, can those Muslims put together some fancy insults. Remember that Arab (can’t remember which nationality) talk-show where the two guys went off on each other? I think I saw it on HA. Now THAT’S entertainment.
smellthecoffee on March 7, 2007 at 2:36 PM
You mean the liberal economic policies cause high inflation and high unemployment? NOOOOOO, ya don’t say? Isn’t this the same economic policy that Bill Clinton thought so highly of? Didn’t he state that he felt the Iranians had liberal beliefs and economic ideas like his and the rest of Dems?
Go figure they would be a total failure.
Faith1 on March 7, 2007 at 4:07 PM
Assad and Ahmadinejad? Now that’s REAL class warfare. ;)
Connie on March 7, 2007 at 9:23 PM
What I wanna know is . . .was there cursing of mustaches?
- The Cat
MirCat on March 7, 2007 at 9:27 PM
“If you want tact, call a tactician” – One of my favorite lines, delivered by Cedric the Entertainer, the Coens brother movie, “Intolerable Cruelty”
asc85 on March 8, 2007 at 9:54 AM
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