Pelosi Going to Syria Despite Objections

RERICK

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Will she ever stop. What a moron this women is.



Pelosi Going to Syria Despite Objections
By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer

Friday, March 30, 2007

(03-30) 16:29 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Syria, a country President Bush has shunned as a sponsor of terrorism, despite being asked by the administration not to go.


"In our view, it is not the right time to have these sort of high-profile visitors to Syria," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters Friday.


Pelosi arrived in Israel on Friday in what is her second fact-finding trip to the Middle East since taking over leadership of the House in January.


Her repeat trip, an indication she plans to play a role in foreign policy, is also an act of defiance to the administration, which says such diplomatic overtures by lawmakers can do more harm than good.


Pelosi will not be the first member of Congress in recent months to travel to Syria, but as House speaker she is the most senior.


White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the speaker "should take a step back and think about the message that it sends."


"This is a country that is a state sponsor of terror, one that is trying to disrupt the Saniora government in Lebanon and one that is allowing foreign fighters to flow into Iraq from its borders," Perino said. Fuad Saniora is prime minister of Lebanon.


Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "probably really wants people to come, and have a photo opportunity, and have tea with him, and have discussions about where they're coming from. But we just think it's a really bad idea," Perino said.


Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said the delegation "intends to discuss a wide range of security issues affecting the United States and the Middle East with representatives of governments in the region, including Syria," as recommended by the Iraq Study Group.


The independent bipartisan commission suggested in December that engaging Syria and Iran could help the war effort. The Bush administration eventually agreed to reach out to the two countries, but only to discuss Iraq.


U.S. officials held their first direct, high-level contact with Syrian representatives in years when they met in Baghdad this month with officials from several Middle East countries to discuss Iraq.


McCormack said the State Department tried to discourage Pelosi and the others from visiting Syria but agreed to give their staffs a pre-trip briefing. The U.S. Embassy in Damascus also is expected to assist the delegation.


Others traveling with Pelosi were Democratic Reps. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, Henry Waxman and Tom Lantos of California, Louise Slaughter of New York and Nick Rahall of West Virginia, and Ohio Republican David Hobson. Ellison is the first Muslim member of Congress.


The House has adjourned for a two-week spring break.


The group planned to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and to travel to the West Bank to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Ellison's spokesman, Rick Jauert.


The speaker is expected to address the Israeli Knesset on Sunday, her first speech to a foreign government. She will become the highest-ranking American woman to speak before the Israeli parliament, according to her office.


She is expected to discuss "America's commitment to Israel and the challenges facing the two nations in the Middle East," according to a statement.
 
Maybe she'll have her picture taken sitting on an anti-aircraft gun. We can call her "Damascus Nancy".

Tim
 
I also see that Henry Waxman and Tom Lantos are going along with her. We can always hope that the Syrians invite them to be their guests for a scenic tour of Iran too. It's just disappointing she didn't get Maxine Waters and Barbara Lee to join the group -- sort of like having empty seats on a bus full of lawyers.

Knowing some rather stubborn Democrats here in CA who are big Pelosi supporters :barf: I can honestly say that more stupid ideas are spouted by Pelosi* than by Boxer (and that's difficult to do).

It wouldn't surprise me if Pelosi came back and said she wanted Syria to provide "humanitarian aid" to Iraq. This would be like putting an incontinent janitor in charge of hospital sanitation.

*Pelosi once proposed Calif. legislators require all bullets sold in the state to be non-lethal! :rolleyes:
 
The nerve of that liberal ginch !!! The anti-war crowd are responsible for this
miscarriage, but like old FDR said somewhere around WWII time, "Eleanor hates Waaahhhh (war) and I hate Waaahhh, but ..." sometimes its necessary. WMDs or rumors of WMDs, greed of big American oil, hunger to steal Iraqi oil, we are in it with both feet using the same volunteer American cannon fodder tour after tour.

How do you suppose our GIs riding down the nasty streets and roads of Iraq
and Afghanistan, expecting an IED at any moment to blow them to kingdom come feel about these American non-supporters? Can they go back to base camp, turn in their gear, tell the CO, "I quit, send my last check to my home in the USA"?

Perhaps ther majority of Americans no longer trust the President, how many trust all the loonies now in the US House and Senate?
 
Pelosi arrived in Israel on Friday in what is her second fact-finding trip to the Middle East since taking over leadership of the House in January.
On our dime! Shes a moron.:barf:
 
I think this si a stunt being pulled by the dems to try to make a fool out of Bush.

It would knock their socks off if Nanci were taken by terrorists and held for ransom.

Wait, would that be a good thing?
 
Whats wrong with talking? Refusal to talk to an enemy doesnt make them go away , nor do I think it encourages further bad behavior.
 
Whats wrong with talking? Refusal to talk to an enemy doesnt make them go away , nor do I think it encourages further bad behavior.
Because it's easier to justify xenophobic extermination of a people when you pretend they're not even human and refuse to communicate.
 
Gee, sounds like a double standard to me. Don't we have pictures of GW walking hand in hand (literally) with the crown prince of one of the (if not the) largest sponsors of terrorism?
 
Oh, yes. Talking has done SOOOO Much in the Middle East this far. Seems to me that Carter, Bush I, and Clinton all hailed their talks as having been "significant".

It's a not very bright individual who wishes to continue talking to the SAME people again and again. It has nothing to do with dehumanizing, it has to do with not being so totaly naive as to believe that it somehow makes a difference.

Pelosi is significant only in that she shows the world, again, that their is no defined policy as long as congress meddles.

Does anyone here really believe that Syria doesn't support terrorism? We've given them money time and again, to no avail. It's sort of like the old saw about selling the Japanese scrap metal. They gave it back at Pearl Harbor.

The Arabs, like the Orientals, regard negotiations as the ploy of the weak. Talking until one can build their strength back to a point where they may resume the offensive. It hasn't worked yet to be seen as weak and indecisive. Just ask Neville Chamberlain.

They will trumpet whatever they feel will help themselves, and to hell with America. Later, when the Syrians call in their markers, they'll attempt to blame it on a past administration.

Anyone who believes otherwise has to be in bed by eight p.m., as they're either too young, or too naive, to be allowed into adult conversations.
 
I think this si a stunt being pulled by the dems to try to make a fool out of Bush.
She doesn't have to, he does it himself quite well!

It would knock their socks off if Nanci were taken by terrorists and held for ransom.

But, do you think we could convince (pay) Syria to take her hostage?
 
Gee, sounds like a double standard to me. Don't we have pictures of GW walking hand in hand (literally) with the crown prince of one of the (if not the) largest sponsors of terrorism?[/QUOTE/]
Tit for Tat
Same old liberal hijinks. So suppose that you think Pelosi is in the right on this one ?

This isn't about Republican or Democrat. Its about Pelosi and her BS. She was strongly advised by the state dept. not to take this trip and regardless of how any one feels about her personally its irresponsible of someone in her position to take this trip at the present time. What happens to those who go with her its their own fault for their arrogance. Personally, I hope they take her and her idiot friends and give them to Iran.
 
We can call her "Damascus Nancy"

...who will probably get away with treason as well.

I can almost imagine it. She'll try start some "negotiations and peace talks" with a bunch of freedom fighters. They'll hand her an RPG-7 and show her how to use it. Now smile for the camera!

Then she'll come home and call our GI's a bunch of "baby killers."
 
It would knock their socks off if Nanci were taken by terrorists and held for ransom

Prez GW: Ransom? How much?

VP DC: $200 Million

GW: They're out of their minds! Ah know they're our people, but we can't pay 'em $200 million to return them!

DC: Mr. President, you don't understand. That's $200 Million to NOT send them back.

GW: Where's mah checkbook? You gotta pen, Dick?

:D
 
How does this look to the rest of the world? Are any other country's 3rd or 4th down from the top consorting with the enemy? I would think it weakens us in the eyes of the world.

Seems foolish to me.
 
...who will probably get away with treason as well.

Because, of course, disagreeing with the President, or doing anything he doesn't want you to do, is treason.

I await your saying the same thing when a Democrat is President. Because you wouldn't want to be inconsistent, right??? Right???

Jeez.

--Shannon
 
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