This is CBSI in the world.

I'm John Batchel,

puzzling through photographs in the Wall Street Journal and reports in these last days that are contradictory,

at worst, paradoxical at best.

I welcome the help of Bill Rajo and Akamad Shirari of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy

to bring us up to date.

I remind all of us on June 30th, the Wall Street Journal reported,

President Trump removed punishing economic sanctions on Syria,

seeking to bolster the fledgling government in Damascus, as it

considers an end to hostilities with Israel. In addition, the report went on to say Israel and Syria

have been holding discussions for months about ending hostilities between the two countries.

There are currently no direct discussions between Lebanon and Israel, and a deal

is less likely the people said. So we're looking at Israel in conversation as of June 30th, and the

U.S. going along with this sudden change of heart by lifting sanctions on Syria.

And now we have fighting in Sweda where the information, and I come to you on this bill,

the information is the Jews are begging for help, begging Israel for help,

which may explain the strike on the defense ministry, but the U.S.

has lifted sanctions on a regime, Al-Shara's regime, that is making war on our allies'

allies. Does this make sense to you, Bill?

No, nothing that's happened since the collapse of the Assad regime makes much sense to me.

The Biden administration was lightning fast to engage.

It lifted the reward so that a member of the State Department,

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