Syria -- Worth repeating

The leader of the Syrian opposition forces was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal and said that if the Assad government falls, Syria would end its special relationship with Iran and Hezbollah. Instead, Syria would coordinate its policies with the Arab league and the Gulf states.

These two sentences are worth repeating again and again. Right now, the Syrian regime under Assad is the main arab ally of Iran and the main conduit for support to the terrorists in Hezbollah. Getting rid of Assad would deprive Iran of a major power base and would severely injure Hezbollah. Of all the uprisings of the so-called Arab Spring, the one in Syria is the one that holds the greatest promise for helping America's national interests in the Middle East. That is why it is so irrational that president Obama and the Obamacrats have stayed far away from the uprising in Syria even though Obama got heavily involved in Egypt, Libya and some of the other countries. Can't the State Department and the president recognize America's national interests?