Israel Matzav: Dealing with Obama's missing moral compass

Dealing with Obama's missing moral compass

Barry Rubin describes a meeting between Iraqi President Nuri al-Maliki and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Iraqi leader Nuri al-Maliki visited Syria on August 18 to discuss the two countries' relationship. He offered Syrian President Bashar Assad a lot of economic goodies in exchange for expelling 271 Iraqi exiles involved in organizing terrorist attacks against their country. Assad refused. Maliki left.

The next day, huge bombings struck Baghdad, directly targeting the Foreign and Finance Ministries. More than 100 Iraqis were killed and over 600 were wounded. The Iraqi government blamed the very same exiles living in Syria whom Maliki was trying to get kicked out and implicated the Syrian government directly in the attacks. The two countries recalled their ambassadors; the Iraqis are calling for an international tribunal to investigate.

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Israel Matzav: Dealing with Obama's missing moral compass