I feel badly for Jeffrey Feltman, our current Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. A couple of years ago, Feltman was helping keep democracy afloat in Lebanon as our ambassador there. Now those hopes are dashed thanks to the Obama administration's idiotic policy toward Syria:

Reuters reports:

President Barack Obama's outreach to Syria came under fire on Wednesday as a congressional panel questioned the rapprochement amid charges that Damascus has sought to arm Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas with Scud missiles. Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee grilled the Obama administration's top diplomat for the Middle East, saying Syria's threatening behavior threw doubt over efforts to put relations on a better track. "Do we actually have a policy toward Syria, and is it in our best interest? What are we doing?" Democratic Representative Eliot Engel asked, urging a tougher U.S. stance against Syrian President Basher al-Assad over weapons transfers and other issues. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said the United States was seeking answers on the missile charges and took the issue extremely seriously. "All options are going to be on the table looking at this," he said -- while repeating the need to expand diplomatic dialogue with Damascus.