Let’s recapitulate the visit of the French and German ministers to Damascus. I suspect the professional diplomats in Paris and Berlin are simultaneously horrified and grabbing their stomachs in laughter:
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- German minister jumps out of the airplane in a bullet proof vest like she is about to storm one of Assad’s palaces, then changes to gym clothes to meet the country’s head of government
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- French minister looks at Syrian leader in horror, then extends one finger to shake his hand, proceeds to meet with country’s Christians like it’s 1867 and Louis Napoleon received a mandate from the Pope to protect the Christian shrines in Syria
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