To the Editor : '' Start Talking '' -LRB- editorial , Aug. 8 -RRB- rightly questions and criticizes the fact that President Bush refuses to speak with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria about the crisis in Lebanon -LRB- and Israel -RRB- .
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