Israel to Baby Assad: Eff you

So the other day, Baby Assad pretended that he wants peace with Israel, but called Israel too “weak” to be able to negotiate a peace agreement. Olmert’s government responded with a verbal one-finger salute.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Tuesday it would not negotiate with Syria as long as the country continued to back militant groups, rebuffing remarks by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he was ready for peace talks.

Assad told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Monday that he was willing to hear if Israel was ready for rapprochement, but questioned whether the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had the strength to move toward peace.

“Israel has always been heavily interested in achieving peace with its neighbors,” said Miri Eisin, a spokeswoman in Olmert’s office. “Bashar al-Assad has no interest in peace.”

“He is worried about world reaction to his involvement in funding and backing and safe-havening terrorism,” she said. “He should be noted by his actions, not his words.”

But of course, Reuters has to get its bias in:

The United States and Israel say Syria arms and funds factions sworn to Israel’s destruction, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas, whose supreme leader lives in Damascus.

Assad has denied this. He told the BBC Syria had offered Hezbollah political support only and rejected accusations that it was a terrorist organization. He also said his country would help ensure the Lebanese group did not acquire new weapons.

Yeah. Because it’s not like the Syrians were giving Hezbullah intelligence reports from listening posts manned by Syrians and Russians during the Hezbullah war.

So, another one-finger salute to the Dorktator—from me.