In BBC, here "...The main problem, he said, is that Damascus is never in a hurry, while Washington always is.
Martin Indyk, the former US ambassador to Israel, believes that the plan is realistic. "I think beneath the bravado, Syria is in fact uncomfortable with Iran and that both President [Bashar] al-Assad and his people would prefer to look to the West," he says.
Mr Wahab laughs at this assumption......But political scientist Karim Makdisi believes America's track record in the region will create problems for President Obama. "People in the region understand that the US policy has been very fickle," he says. Mr Makdisi says it is not in Syria's interest to give up Hezbollah or Iran for the sake of the Golan Heights..."
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