Buddies No More?

I cracked up when I read this. Apparently, Bashar Assad and Bill Nelson aren't so cozy after all. In fact, Assad is basically saying Bill Nelson came home and lied about their meeting. Now, Mr. Assad isn't exactly the most truthful person in the world, but neither is Nelson. He's a Democrat, after all. Well...

"A state-run Syrian newspaper on Saturday criticized remarks made recently by Senator Nelson, accusing him of spreading a series of lies about his meeting with Bashar Assad. The newspaper said it was 'strange that some US senators who visited Syria were very gentle, diplomatic, and attentive while in Syria, but immediately after they leave Damascus they turn upside down, start making up stories and tales that exist only in their fertile imagination.' The state run newspaper said Nelson's remarks are 'strange' and condemned them."

How can this be? Nelson came back and said Assad wants to work with us, why, he wants to be part of the peace process! Now Nelson look even more like a fool...if that's possible.