Syria ecstatic about Democrats victory
Damascus - Syria's official newspapers expressed relief Thursday after the victory of the Democrats in the US mid-term elections Tuesday and at the resignation of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying the democratic victory had driven out Rumsfeld. "The Iraqi war has driven out Rumsfeld and cut Bush's wings," a front-page headline at al-Baath newspaper of the ruling Baath party said.
The Tishrin government-controlled newspaper ran a headline saying: "Bush has admitted the US's policy's problems in the Iraqi quagmire ... Rumsfeld is the first of the sinking hawks."
Syrian political analyst Imad Shueibi said that Rumsfeld was the last of the neo-conservatives and that he was paying the price for their mistakes. Their "political page has been actually closed," he said.
"I expect much more changes in the Bush administration in the forthcoming period," he added, predicting that President Bush would be obliged to change his policy towards Syria.
Under the headline "the Middle East is waiting for change," al- Baath said in a front-page editorial that the elections were "a setback for President Bush as well as a referendum on the policies of the current US administration that reflects a resentment over Bush policies and a need for change."
The English-language Syria Times said in an editorial that the continuous attempts by White House strategists to cover the ugly face of Bush's foreign policy would not succeed.
They "are no longer able to fool their citizens ... It's too late for them to rescue their sinking boat."
source: German Press Agency
The Tishrin government-controlled newspaper ran a headline saying: "Bush has admitted the US's policy's problems in the Iraqi quagmire ... Rumsfeld is the first of the sinking hawks."
Syrian political analyst Imad Shueibi said that Rumsfeld was the last of the neo-conservatives and that he was paying the price for their mistakes. Their "political page has been actually closed," he said.
"I expect much more changes in the Bush administration in the forthcoming period," he added, predicting that President Bush would be obliged to change his policy towards Syria.
Under the headline "the Middle East is waiting for change," al- Baath said in a front-page editorial that the elections were "a setback for President Bush as well as a referendum on the policies of the current US administration that reflects a resentment over Bush policies and a need for change."
The English-language Syria Times said in an editorial that the continuous attempts by White House strategists to cover the ugly face of Bush's foreign policy would not succeed.
They "are no longer able to fool their citizens ... It's too late for them to rescue their sinking boat."
source: German Press Agency
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