Assad calls for end to “massacre” in Gaza at meeting with … Arlen Specter

posted at 4:18 pm on December 30, 2008 by Allahpundit

Via Weasel Zippers, he’s a “regular visitor” to Syria, don’tcha know. So regular, it seems, that he felt obliged to keep this particular appointment even though (a) the supreme leader of Hamas lives right there in Damascus and (b) the situation in Gaza made it an irresistible propaganda opportunity for Assad. Didn’t he expect it?

Maybe not. Remember, this is the guy who defended the amnesty bill based on how many people at his gym liked it.

President Bashar al-Assad, receiving US Republican Senator Arlen Specter on Tuesday, underlined the necessity for halting the Israeli massacres which are being committed against the unarmed Palestinian people, lifting the unjust siege on them, and opening all the crossings permanently…

The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister, Walid Moallem, Presidential Political and Media Advisor, Butheina Shaaban, and [Specter's] accompanying delegation.

That’s from Syrian state media, so don’t get caught up in the question of what words were actually used between them. Assad knew what press release he wanted to issue and he knew what photo he wanted to go with it, and darned if he didn’t get what he wanted. Exit question: Second look at Chris Matthews? He’d happily go to Damascus too, of course, but at least he’d do it as a Democrat.

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INC on May 13, 2013 at 5:31 PM

Yes..long time ago.
Was a big story here..locally.

Yeah.. understatement. :(

bazil9 on May 13, 2013 at 5:33 PM

Trolls shown up yet?

annoyinglittletwerp on May 13, 2013 at 5:34 PM

Sachiko on May 13, 2013 at 5:29 PM

You’re welcome.

I have another quote for you. I think I got this one from the Priests For Life site.

Nothing has been as damaging to our cause as the advances in technology which have allowed pictures of the developing fetus, because people now talk about that fetus in much different terms than they did fifteen years ago. They talk about it as a human being, which is not something that I have an easy answer how to cure.
–Harrison Hickman
–1989 conference of the National Abortion Rights Action League.

Now with Gosnell, they have no answer. Jill Stanek has been writing this year about the increasing demoralization of abortionists. That’s how much they care about making abortion “rare”—they get down about it.

INC on May 13, 2013 at 5:35 PM

annoyinglittletwerp on May 13, 2013 at 5:34 PM

Just you…

cozmo on May 13, 2013 at 5:38 PM

Just you…

cozmo on May 13, 2013 at 5:38 PM

I opened THAT door up, didn’t I.

annoyinglittletwerp on May 13, 2013 at 5:40 PM

annoyinglittletwerp on May 13, 2013 at 5:40 PM

And walked ran right into it.

cozmo on May 13, 2013 at 5:41 PM

You’re welcome.

I have another quote for you. I think I got this one from the Priests For Life site.

Nothing has been as damaging to our cause as the advances in technology which have allowed pictures of the developing fetus, because people now talk about that fetus in much different terms than they did fifteen years ago. They talk about it as a human being, which is not something that I have an easy answer how to cure.
–Harrison Hickman
–1989 conference of the National Abortion Rights Action League.

Now with Gosnell, they have no answer. Jill Stanek has been writing this year about the increasing demoralization of abortionists. That’s how much they care about making abortion “rare”—they get down about it.

INC on May 13, 2013 at 5:35 PM

I bet they hate the ability to change your profile picture to your ultrasound picture on Facebook.

cptacek on May 13, 2013 at 5:52 PM

cptacek on May 13, 2013 at 5:52 PM

William Saletan of Slate wrote an article in 2007 on the impact of technology on abortion: “The fetus is squirming, and so are we.”

Yeah, they hate it.

INC on May 13, 2013 at 5:58 PM

9 of 12 Jurors in #Gosnell Trial Are ‘Pro-Choice’ http://ow.ly/kZwUn

Resist We Much on May 13, 2013 at 6:04 PM

Somebody ask for Humpbot?

http://tinyurl.com/humpgos

jmad on May 13, 2013 at 6:04 PM

Resist We Much on May 13, 2013 at 6:04 PM

I didn’t know that. Was that when they were being asked questions prior to being seated for the trial?

“And to give you some background on the jurors, of the seven women and five men who are on the jury, at least nine told the court that they are pro-choice. Two say that they are neither pro-choice nor pro-life.”

So only one is pro-life? That’s remarkable.

I wonder what they all think now.

INC on May 13, 2013 at 6:07 PM

bazil9 on May 13, 2013 at 4:50 PM

I agree with you … and a year or 2 ago I would agree with you.
and I feel the Bible supports this because as was pointed out…
an image bearer of GOD was murdered.

but then the cold eyed accountant shows up …
paying X amount for appeals x number of years …
*sigh* …. but I agree it meets the criteria IMHO
to be a DP award ….

conservative tarheel on May 13, 2013 at 6:09 PM

9 of 12 Jurors in #Gosnell Trial Are ‘Pro-Choice’ http://ow.ly/kZwUn

Resist We Much on May 13, 2013 at 6:04 PM

Seriously?!?!?!

ladyingray on May 13, 2013 at 6:09 PM

Even if given the death penalty, he won’t die from it. Take life without parole in general population.

He’s WANTING the death penalty at this point….

ladyingray on May 13, 2013 at 6:15 PM

I’m wondering how many other denizens of abortion clinics are closely watching this unfold. I also wonder what their pucker factor is right about now.

Oldnuke on May 13, 2013 at 6:24 PM

The one image that comes to mind is the scene in the movie “Ghost”. The bad guy dies at the end, and the black shadows come to get him, and drag him away.

I hope when they come for Gosnell, he goes kicking and screaming, and has to run the gauntlet of the faces of every baby he ever butchered…all the way to Hell!

grumpy_old_soldier on May 13, 2013 at 6:26 PM

His lawyer is a piece of work.

Speaking outside the courthouse moments after the jury handed down its decision, Gosnell’s attorney Jack McMahon said he had confidence in the legal system but acknowledged that the case presented particular difficulties, including what he called “The baby factor.” McMahon also claimed the media made his job toughter: ”The media has been overwhelmingly against [Gosnell],” he told reporters.

What media was that?

Cindy Munford on May 13, 2013 at 6:39 PM

grumpy_old_soldier on May 13, 2013 at 6:26 PM

yup .. and then at the great white throne … he is brought before the King of Kings and is tried … every baby he butchered is there and testifies against him …
he is judged by his works as everything is written down … then the lambs book is opened and his name is not written down … and at this point the King of Kings pronounces sentence “depart from me into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!”
at this point he is picked up and cast into the lake of fire.

conservative tarheel on May 13, 2013 at 6:40 PM

9 of 12 Jurors in #Gosnell Trial Are ‘Pro-Choice’ http://ow.ly/kZwUn

Resist We Much on May 13, 2013 at 6:04 PM

Seriously?!?!?!

ladyingray on May 13, 2013 at 6:09 PM

Which tells you how truly ugly this was that even believers couldn’t turn away.

kim roy on May 13, 2013 at 6:40 PM

What media was that?

Cindy Munford on May 13, 2013 at 6:39 PM

oh come now … the throngs of reporters and tv and radio types down there
standing room only in the press area .. /s

conservative tarheel on May 13, 2013 at 6:41 PM

A just verdict. The jury has rightly convicted #Gosnell for his appalling crimes, ensuring no woman is victimized by him ever again.

PP is just as guilty as Gosnell. More guilty in fact, they have far more innocent baby blood on their hands.

Kjeil on May 13, 2013 at 6:43 PM

Silly ‘social conservatives’ ruining the party with their defense of the unborn. How many more babies do you want to save at the expense of the party!?eleventyone1one1!

LaughterJones on May 13, 2013 at 6:52 PM

PP is just as guilty as Gosnell. More guilty in fact, they have far more innocent baby blood on their hands.

Kjeil on May 13, 2013 at 6:43 PM

It’s a hollow statement by the leading, government authorized death camp in the USA.

You get to have freedoms in the USA! Just have to make it out of the womb first!

LaughterJones on May 13, 2013 at 6:55 PM

Trolls shown up yet?

annoyinglittletwerp on May 13, 2013 at 5:34 PM

.
Just you…

cozmo on May 13, 2013 at 5:38 PM
.

I opened THAT door up, didn’t I.

annoyinglittletwerp on May 13, 2013 at 5:40 PM

.
And walked ran right into it.

cozmo on May 13, 2013 at 5:41 PM

.
Why do I always miss the good stuff, in real time ?

listens2glenn on May 13, 2013 at 6:57 PM

Ok, now that the trial is over, will the Exalted One comment on it?

And will anyone in the media have the temerity to actually ask him to go on record?

Forgive me. I’ve been watching political movies, where these things actually happen…

Chris of Rights on May 13, 2013 at 7:35 PM

May they now Rest in Peace

txmomof6 on May 13, 2013 at 8:00 PM

May they now Rest in Peace

txmomof6 on May 13, 2013 at 8:00 PM

Another 3,288 today, and every day in the USA.

slickwillie2001 on May 13, 2013 at 8:14 PM

A just verdict. The jury has rightly convicted #Gosnell for his appalling crimes, ensuring no woman is victimized by him ever again.

Wow, can’t even bring themselves to mention the babies.

Dongemaharu on May 13, 2013 at 9:15 PM

If the bill Obama sponsored in the Illinois legislature had passed in Pennsylvania, would Gosnell have been convicted?

As I recall, Obama wanted to decriminalize killing a baby after a botched abortion.

jya lai on May 14, 2013 at 10:54 AM

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