San Nan Land meets Hezzies.... Unholy alliance.
Posted on 03/30/2007 2:15:30 PM PDT by indianrightwinger
Pelosi Going to Syria Despite Objections Mar 30 04:10 PM US/Eastern By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press Writer
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 in the House in January.
Her repeat trip, an indication she plans to play a role in foreign policy, is also a direct affront 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 county that is a state sponsor of terror, one that is trying to disrupt the Senora government in Lebanon and one that is allowing foreign fighters to flow into Iraq from its borders," Perino said.
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's office did not immediately return a call seeking comment on why she was not heeding administration warnings.
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 staff 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 on Sunday to address the Israeli Knesset, her first address 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.
In late January, Pelosi and a close political ally, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., led a delegation of House members to Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and other countries.
The January trip to Baghdad came just days after the president asked Congress in his State of the Union address to give his revised war strategy a chance to work. Bush is sending 21,500 additional combat troops, plus thousands of other support troops, to Iraq in a bid to tamp down sectarian attacks and provide enough security to hasten reconstruction efforts.
Pelosi last week forced legislation through the House that would order all combat troops out of Iraq by September 2008, a measure that resembles legislation approved by the Democratic-run Senate.
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Associated Press writers Frederic J. Frommer, Jennifer Loven and Matthew Lee contributed to this report.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
And how many carbon credits did they purchase from owlgore?
From the way she behaved when she became Speaker, one would think she was elected queen. I guess she'll do whatever she wants.
no one in the federal govt cares. got that? treason. record destruction. NO ONE CARES.
There's no such thing as a felony when Dems are involved.
How 'bout we just don't let her back it? Consider her American passport to be an obvious forgery?
And how about Barbara Walters sucking up to Chavez? Didn't he make some pretty vile threats to both the United States and President Bush?
How is Barbara Walters' trip any different than Nancy Pelosi's? Neither of them have one bit of business cavorting with enemies of the United States, or the free world either for that matter!
With a little luck they decide to keep her for ransom.
Don't come to me for any help, as far as I'm concerned it's their problem now.
While you are completely correct in that, don't forget the nature of our enemy.
Think frog and scorpion with frog agreeing to ferry the scorpion on his back across the pond because the scorpion wouldn't sting if it meant he'd drown... After the sting the scorpion explained he just couldn't help it--it was his nature.
Besides, the "masterminds" within our foreign enemy would know better, but the rank and file are not in the good part of the bell curve. Think shoe bomber, and just visualize his face. It's not likely but it's possible.
Sadly we have more chance that harsh justice will be imposed on our domestic enemies by our foreign enemies than that our own DOJ will act to protect us and our country.
San Nan Land meets Hezzies.... Unholy alliance.
Oh Goody, maybe they'll kidnap her and hold her hostage.
Maybe we can work a deal where we can trade her for the Brits in Iran. These medling fools in Congress are truly fighting against this country, DO I HERE TRAITOR !!!!!!!
Besides, we could never get that lucky.
Pssst. This is on the QT. Polosi is a double double agent. She and Bush are in bed together. She's in bed with the international corporations. She is going to pull the camel hair over the Muzzies eyes. Three cheers for Polosi. You go girl.
"Speaker Pelosi seems to be confused as to who's supposed to be running foreign policy."
No, Pelosi is not confused - she knows exactly what she can get away with. It is this administration that is confused and lacks the courage to put a stop to this nonsense.
QUISLING !!!
The truly ridiculousness about all of this -- and maybe this is part of what else is wrong with America -- is that there is not enough of an outrage to this threat.
Why aren't there at least 10,000 posted replies with people screaming for Nancy Pelosi's impeachment.
On the other hand, the posts to the Anna Nicole Smith's death investigation are not over 15,000.
Pelosi's treasonous act ought to have at least that many, in my view. And all of them expressing outrage.
I would think that the State Department should be able to prevent this.
Bush won't do it because they Democrats would say that he is being partisan. If Bush had cajones he would stop it.
He should not be like the Frenchie named Blair from Britain, the New France.
Well...it's starting to appear as though the Dems REALLY do sponsor TERRORISTS! They sure do ally with them alot...
Good point. I am sure the CODEL is using US military aircraft and the Embassy is providing support on the ground to the travelling party. Bush should tell Pelosi she is on her own.
Sorry -- that should read "thread" not "threat"
Should have proofed more closely but my eyes are still popped out of my head just because I could not believe the threat when I started reading it.
Do these people even think about the ramifications of what they are doing? Did it occur to her just once what the message is that she's sending to our military personnel who risk their lives to protect her stupid ego trip. She doesn't even need a plane for that.
Well,, we're screwed.
We got (D)politicians from all over the map playing hide the salami with every foreign enemy of this country and no one will even consider reigning them in. No laws mentioned, no consequences, not even a peep from the house floor at midnight to an empty hall.
Hello anarchy.
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