Everyone is playing politics, and it's very unfortunate. It reconfirms to Arab and other allies that the United States is not a friendly place for investments and financial transactions. The U.S. is missing out ... because they don't have any assurance that their assets won't be frozen some day. |
It poisons an already poisonous environment. |
Once you put them on the table, you have to go full speed to reach an agreement. |
Or he might be dead. |
This is a very, very positive opening, potentially. |
This is just turning a page. It may produce something (and) if it does it may lead to other things. |
US-Syrian relations are extremely strained. There is virtually no diplomatic discussion between the two. |