"Robert Ford the U.S. ambassador to
Syria spoke about Ghassan Hitto’s connection to the Muslim Brotherhood at a
House Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. Syrian-born US Citizen Hitto is the new head
of Syrian opposition’s interim government.
“He struck me as more
Texan than Muslim Brotherhood,” Ford said. “I don’t know what his political
affiliations are, but I do know that he also has a tolerant vision of Syrian
society. He is not a religious extremist, far from it.”
Shahin said the al-Assad government
will try to associate Hitto with the Brotherhood. But Hitto is merely
involved with the Muslim community and is American, with all that means, he
said.
Hitto will carry with him American
values of liberty, justice and merit that transcend tribal and ethnic identity,
Shahin said. He is hoping that Hitto’s American citizenship will help forge a
close relationship with the United States." (thanks Don)