Having proven himself the Super-Ambassador, traveling to Homs and other hot-beds of Syrian conflict, Ambassador Robert S. Ford is maintaining his contact with the Syrian people via Facebook even though our physical Embassy Damascus is closed and American personnel have been recalled. In today's press briefing, Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland stated the following.
When President Obama appointed Ambassador Ford during the December 2010 recess, bypassing both Secretary Clinton and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, many were skeptical of the appointment. I was a member of that throng. But Ambassador Ford has proven himself to be the closest thing to a super hero that an Ambassador can be. He is dedicated and courageous in his mission to represent us and to support the democratic aspirations of the Syrian people who have suffered so greatly and well deserve their voices to be heard.Victoria NulandSpokesperson
Daily Press BriefingWashington, DCFebruary 10, 2012"... for those of you who are fans of our Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford’s Facebook site, just because he’s left the country doesn’t mean he’s not up and running still, talking to the Syrian people. I commend to you his post of yesterday which included some declassified U.S. national imagery of destruction of Homs – very gruesome pictures showing lines of tanks, showing fire, showing the kind of thing that you really only see if you have a major military attacking in a civilian area."
Here is the link to Ambassador Ford's Facebook page, if you would like to "like" him. (I do.)
And here is the link to Embassy Damascus on Facebook where Ambassador Ford is continuing to post every valuable piece of information he can get a link to.
Hats off to you, sir! You do us proud!
