Posted on 04/03/2007 1:22:15 PM PDT by deathrace2000
DAMASCUS, Syria (CNN) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived Tuesday in the Syrian capital, where she is expected to tackle an issue complicating the U.S. mission in the Middle East -- Damascus' alleged support for militants in Iraq and Lebanon. Though her visit conjured a strong rebuke by the White House, Syria seemed to welcome the 67-year-old California Democrat. After arriving in Damascus, Pelosi visited a centuries-old market district, where she mingled with Syrians. She also visited the Omayyad mosque in Old Damascus, which is considered one of the most sacred sites in the capital. (Watch what the White House said last week about Pelosi's trip ) The Syrian media are hailing her visit as a potential breakthrough in icy U.S.-Syrian relations, with the Syria Times calling her a "brave lady on an invaluable mission." Even the state-run news agency harped on the importance of Pelosi's visit. Headlines from the Syrian Arab News Agency read: "World and Arab newspapers stress importance of Pelosi's visit to Syria" and "Pelosi describes her visit to Damascus as important." The House speaker is scheduled to meet with President Bashar Al-Assad on Wednesday, making her the highest-ranking American politician to meet with a Syrian leader in more than 12 years. In 1994, President Clinton sat down with Al-Assad's father, the late Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad.
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Of course, she’s the enemy’s best friend. Now if they would just keep her.
Probably wasn’t warm enough. Did they burn her?
The Syrian media are hailing her visit as a potential breakthrough in icy U.S.-Syrian relations
Ain’t that just special!
The only thing of value she could take back from Syria is some high quality humus.
Yeah, when I read the title my mind immediately her roasting over an open spit. [Sorry for the imagery.]
Nancy and Syria are both on borrowed time.
Logan Act
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Logan Act is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994.[1]
Passed under the administration of President John Adams during tension between the U.S. and France, it was named for Dr. George Logan of Pennsylvania, who engaged in semi-negotiations with France during the Quasi-War.
[edit]Text of the law
§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments.
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
AMEN
Yeah, when I read the title my mind immediately saw her roasting over an open spit. [Sorry for the imagery.]
with Pita bread
appeasers are always welcomed warmly before their throat is slit
What size plane did she wind up getting? Is this treasonous end run around Presidential foreign policy enabled by having gotten a plane with more range than is required to get from DC to SFO?
This Logan Act has been lost on the Democrats. They will say they are not “negotiating”, and anyway, Democrats have their very own, super-dooper, razzmatazz list of rules that apply to themselves ONLY, and whenever they deem it appropriate. End of story.
The madam of the house commands repect until she brings out the girly men she has for her customers.
Don’t be sorry ... somehow ‘Pelosi’ and ‘spit’ work well in a sentence.
Hasn’t been invoked since 1803.
Nancy, you ignorant slut!!
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