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All I can tell you is that we have reached a very delicate stage of the
negotiations. The Syrian and GIR
military and diplomatic representatives have requested to continue meeting and
negotiating behind closed doors. Thus far we have made tremendous progress
which the various news services have witnessed in open meetings of the last
three days. Now, the time has come for more delicate issues to be discussed
which will be pivotal in having the two armed forces back away from their high
levels of alert and move away from their borders. I have every confidence that
within the next few days we will be successful in those aims.
I will take a question or two. Yes, the young lady on the 2ndrow.
As Li Ping motioned to the ABS reporter who had raised her hand, he briefly
thought about the status of the meetings to date. Things were going just a
Jien Zemin and Hasan Sayeed had planned. This very news conference had been a
part of that elaborate planning, and here were all of the major news services
of the world, particularly of the western world, hungry for the story. That
hunger was represented in all of their eyes and their clamoring to ask their
questions. The ABS reporter he had chosen first, Linda
McPherson, was a well known journalist whose dislike and disdain for the
current US President was well documented.
Mr. Li, you indicated that great progress had been made thus far at this
summit. Can you outline for us what that progress consists of?
Excellent question, thought Li.
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I would be happy to, though you will understand if I do not delve deeply into
specifics at the moment.
Syria is clearly reacting to the presence of so many troops near its borders
as a result of the unfortunate hostilities in the area last November. Although
the GIR stated in plain language that it had no intent to violate any other
nation s sovereignty or borders, nonetheless, one can understand Syria s
prudence when there is someone with a big stick standing outside your unlocked
and largely undefended back door. This is particularly true when the
individual carrying the stick is confused for a bully who has been known to
wield the stick at weaker neighbors in the past.
This prudence has invoked a similar reaction from the GIR, whose new borders
also need to be secure.
When they see large forces on their doorstep, they naturally move a countering
force nearby, just in case.
The most important progress to date has been our ability, as respected
mediators and friends of both nations, to point out that the old bully on the
street is no longer there. That both neighbors need to cautiously realize that
miscommunication, presumptions and historical fears have led to the current
situation. In essence, that the two nations and forces really need not fear
each other. To realize that the most likely situation that would lead to
hostilities in this particular situation is the proximity of the forces and
their high degree of alert not a pre-determined desire or plan to violate the
border of one or the other. I believe we have arrived at that understanding,
which places us in a position to move forward.
Next question. There, in the third row on the left, the young man with the
brown blazer.
The leading Middle East correspondent for WNN stood up.
Yes. Without going into any specifics of the delicate portions of the
current negotiations, can you tell us what your preferred time table would be,
and what general steps could lead towards a stand down by both forces?
Li decided that this would be an opportune time to release some leading
information. Information the
free press would surely take up and spread abroad. Information that would be
used to pressure politicians in a manner congruent with the long term plans of
the CAS.
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Well, the short answer on the time table portion is: as soon as possible, or
as you Americans say
ASAP.
Li paused for the laughter that rippled through the press room. When it had
died down, he continued.
But, more seriously, I expect we can arrive at a detailed plan for bringing
the border regions into a normal mode within three to four days. Once we
achieve that understanding, and develop non threatening logistical plans
towards that end, we can then proceed to lower threat and alert levels, reduce
combat air patrols and move forces back away from the border itself. I hope
this gives you a general feel for where we hope to take these negotiations.
One last question. Yes, you here on the back row.
JT Samson could not believe his good fortune. His Internet news site,
SierraLines, had been in operation almost eight years. Up until last year, it
had operated on a shoe-string budget, barely earning enough to keep his few
employees paid, and have enough left over for living expenses. In fact, had it
not been for his wife s medical practice, which was really what was putting
bread on the table, SierraLines would have gone under long ago.
But all of that had changed during the last presidential elections. At a fund
raising dinner in Denver, it had been JT s microphone which had caught now
President Norm Weisskopf s unguarded and now famous remark about wrestling
with the husband of his opponent, a former President himself, who had
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commented on Weisskopf s age.
That brief recording and its subsequent publication on his site, had brought
him all of the notoriety and advertising and news contracts he needed to turn
SierraLines into what was now considered the pre-eminent conservative news
site on the internet. It had given him the time and the money to travel and
chase after major news events all over the world and JT had proven quite good
at it. The fact was, he hadalways been good at it, he just needed the
opportunity.
So here he was, chasing his instincts. He remembered seeing the video of the
event he had in mind, the muffled crack of a single gunshot and then the
security forces riding Hasan Sayeed to the ground. He had seen it only once on
the networks& and then no more. Yes, he had a question for Li Peng, an
individual
JT recognized as an insider in the PRC leadership; and that question wasn t
related to the current
Syrian crisis at all.
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All I can tell you is that we have reached a very delicate stage of the
negotiations. The Syrian and GIR
military and diplomatic representatives have requested to continue meeting and
negotiating behind closed doors. Thus far we have made tremendous progress
which the various news services have witnessed in open meetings of the last
three days. Now, the time has come for more delicate issues to be discussed
which will be pivotal in having the two armed forces back away from their high
levels of alert and move away from their borders. I have every confidence that
within the next few days we will be successful in those aims.
I will take a question or two. Yes, the young lady on the 2ndrow.
As Li Ping motioned to the ABS reporter who had raised her hand, he briefly
thought about the status of the meetings to date. Things were going just a
Jien Zemin and Hasan Sayeed had planned. This very news conference had been a
part of that elaborate planning, and here were all of the major news services
of the world, particularly of the western world, hungry for the story. That
hunger was represented in all of their eyes and their clamoring to ask their
questions. The ABS reporter he had chosen first, Linda
McPherson, was a well known journalist whose dislike and disdain for the
current US President was well documented.
Mr. Li, you indicated that great progress had been made thus far at this
summit. Can you outline for us what that progress consists of?
Excellent question, thought Li.
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I would be happy to, though you will understand if I do not delve deeply into
specifics at the moment.
Syria is clearly reacting to the presence of so many troops near its borders
as a result of the unfortunate hostilities in the area last November. Although
the GIR stated in plain language that it had no intent to violate any other
nation s sovereignty or borders, nonetheless, one can understand Syria s
prudence when there is someone with a big stick standing outside your unlocked
and largely undefended back door. This is particularly true when the
individual carrying the stick is confused for a bully who has been known to
wield the stick at weaker neighbors in the past.
This prudence has invoked a similar reaction from the GIR, whose new borders
also need to be secure.
When they see large forces on their doorstep, they naturally move a countering
force nearby, just in case.
The most important progress to date has been our ability, as respected
mediators and friends of both nations, to point out that the old bully on the
street is no longer there. That both neighbors need to cautiously realize that
miscommunication, presumptions and historical fears have led to the current
situation. In essence, that the two nations and forces really need not fear
each other. To realize that the most likely situation that would lead to
hostilities in this particular situation is the proximity of the forces and
their high degree of alert not a pre-determined desire or plan to violate the
border of one or the other. I believe we have arrived at that understanding,
which places us in a position to move forward.
Next question. There, in the third row on the left, the young man with the
brown blazer.
The leading Middle East correspondent for WNN stood up.
Yes. Without going into any specifics of the delicate portions of the
current negotiations, can you tell us what your preferred time table would be,
and what general steps could lead towards a stand down by both forces?
Li decided that this would be an opportune time to release some leading
information. Information the
free press would surely take up and spread abroad. Information that would be
used to pressure politicians in a manner congruent with the long term plans of
the CAS.
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Well, the short answer on the time table portion is: as soon as possible, or
as you Americans say
ASAP.
Li paused for the laughter that rippled through the press room. When it had
died down, he continued.
But, more seriously, I expect we can arrive at a detailed plan for bringing
the border regions into a normal mode within three to four days. Once we
achieve that understanding, and develop non threatening logistical plans
towards that end, we can then proceed to lower threat and alert levels, reduce
combat air patrols and move forces back away from the border itself. I hope
this gives you a general feel for where we hope to take these negotiations.
One last question. Yes, you here on the back row.
JT Samson could not believe his good fortune. His Internet news site,
SierraLines, had been in operation almost eight years. Up until last year, it
had operated on a shoe-string budget, barely earning enough to keep his few
employees paid, and have enough left over for living expenses. In fact, had it
not been for his wife s medical practice, which was really what was putting
bread on the table, SierraLines would have gone under long ago.
But all of that had changed during the last presidential elections. At a fund
raising dinner in Denver, it had been JT s microphone which had caught now
President Norm Weisskopf s unguarded and now famous remark about wrestling
with the husband of his opponent, a former President himself, who had
Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html
commented on Weisskopf s age.
That brief recording and its subsequent publication on his site, had brought
him all of the notoriety and advertising and news contracts he needed to turn
SierraLines into what was now considered the pre-eminent conservative news
site on the internet. It had given him the time and the money to travel and
chase after major news events all over the world and JT had proven quite good
at it. The fact was, he hadalways been good at it, he just needed the
opportunity.
So here he was, chasing his instincts. He remembered seeing the video of the
event he had in mind, the muffled crack of a single gunshot and then the
security forces riding Hasan Sayeed to the ground. He had seen it only once on
the networks& and then no more. Yes, he had a question for Li Peng, an
individual
JT recognized as an insider in the PRC leadership; and that question wasn t
related to the current
Syrian crisis at all.
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