By KUNA,
Damascus : A Syrian paper said that the winning of Democratic candidate in the US Presidency elections Barak Obama would mean possibility of better coordinated affairs with Syria.
Al-Watan paper said that with Obama as president, the United States is not expected to directly confront Syria as it did during the rule of George W. Bush, but would do it under McCain.
It added that any US administration, Democratic or Republican, would be better than the current administration which has failed on most of the region’s issues, whether in Lebanon, Palestine, or Iraq.
The paper further said the issues on which the two nations differ are the Golan Heights, Palestine, Lebanon, and Iraq, pointing out that the first three issues are not recent, but date back decades. Only recently had there been an escalation to the level of armed attacks, it stated.
An ease of tension between Syria and the US will depend on what happens in Baghdad and the length of US forces’ stay in Iraq, it pointed out.
It also said Obama promised to withdraw US forces from Iraq 16 months after he is elected president, whereas it was reported that McCain stated he would extend the troops’ presence for years.