Pelosi undermines foreign policy (and is praised by terrorists)

Shelbyville Times Gazette ^ | April 7, 2007 | Brian Mosely

[FairOpinion]

After last November's election, I wrote that the climate in Congress would likely move to the far left, but this writer never dreamed that the Speaker of the House would try to dangerously undermine this nation's foreign policy. But that's exactly what Nancy Pelosi has done by taking off and sitting down with one of this planet's more reprehensible monsters, namely Syrian president and terror supporter Bashar Assad.

Syria is not our friend. They have been allowing huge amounts of weapons to be moved from its borders to the Lebanese-based Hezbollah militia and they have been suspected of supporting the insurgency against our troops in Iraq. Syria has also been blamed for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, supports Hamas and Hezbollah and is considered a puppet of Iran.

These aren't the type of folks you want to sit down and have tea with, but that didn't stop the Speaker. Pelosi spoke of breaking through the marble ceiling when she ascended to her new role as the first female House Speaker, but she should have worn a helmet, because her brain was obviously addled by the impact.

Even the left-leaning Washington Post called Pelosi's unauthorized trip "foolish" and "ludicrous." Unfortunately, they left out the part about it being unconstitutional and a gross violation of the Logan Act.

The whole trip seemed designed for one thing: To spite President Bush. These days, it's the overriding motivation for everything the Democrats do. It is obvious that Pelosi's main purpose in visiting Syria was to undermine the administration by advertising American disunity in a time of war.

They even admitted it. Congressman Tom Lantos, who tagged along with Pelosi, said: "We have an alternative, Democratic foreign policy."

Not only did she foul the waters for the State Department, she also interfered in the strained relations between two other countries. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office flatly denied that they had ever relayed a message via Pelosi accepting Syrian calls to renew peace negotiations, as she claimed.

What was even more ridiculous were comments made during her visit to Saudi Arabia. Pelosi actually asked Saudi officials why there were no female politicians in that country. Considering the brutal habits of the misogynic Saudis toward the fairer sex, they will probably take her ill-advised attempt at "diplomacy" as confirmation of their belief that women are too stupid to serve as politicians.

Pelosi did receive from praise for her trip, but it wasn't from people I'd want supporting my position.

"Pelosi's visit to Syria was very brave. She is a brave woman." That was according to Jihad Jaara, who is a senior member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group. He's also the fellow that led the infamous 2002 siege of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity.

More praise came from Khaled Al-Batch, who is a militant and spokesman for Islamic Jihad. "Nancy Pelosi understands the area well, more than Bush and Dr. (Condoleeza) Rice," said Al-Batch told WorldNetDaily. "If the Democrats want to make negotiations with Syria, Hamas, and Hezbollah, this means the Democratic Party understands well what happens in this area and I think Pelosi will succeed. ... I hope she wins the next elections."

The other support came from former president Jimmy Carter, but this shouldn't surprise us, since Pelosi is using the same foolish foreign policy promoted in the late 1970s that has given us the world we live in today.

Jimmy had a lot of help in those days in creating this mess. When the Shah of Iran was on his way out, mainly due to Carter's lack of support, the chief of staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee, William Miller, said that we had nothing to fear from the Ayatollah Khomeini, claiming he would be a "progressive force for human rights."

United Nations envoy Andrew Young called the Muslim holy man a "20th-Century saint" and U.S. Ambassador William Sullivan even compared Khomeini to Mahatma Gandhi. But for real breathtaking naiveté, you will have to look at what political scientist Richard Fisk wrote in the New York Times on Feb. 16, 1979, after Khomeini seized power.

"He [Khomeini] has been depicted in a manner calculated to frighten. The depiction of him as fanatical, reactionary and the bearer of crude prejudices seems certainly and happily false. His close advisers are uniformly composed of moderate, progressive individuals ... who share a notable record of concern with human rights. What is distinctive about his vision is the concern with resisting oppression and promoting social justice. Many non-religious Iranians talk of this period as Islam's finest hour. Iran may yet provide us with a desperately needed model of humane governance for a Third World country."

And when 60 hostages were taken at the American embassy, liberal clergymen from this county saved their sympathy for the Iranians. William Sloane Coffin of New York's Riverside Church faulted the hostages for "self pity" and urged them to hold hands with their captors and sing. I'll bet I could name that tune, too.

Pelosi's latest actions reminds one of the preacher in the classic 1953 film version of "The War of the Worlds," who walks out to greet the Martians in peace and is promptly incinerated for his troubles. However, in real life, it won't be politicians like Pelosi who will catch a heat ray in the face.

It will be us.

[FairOpinion]

Excerpt (but this is another excellent article, please read the whole thing -- including the second half about Jimmy Carter):

The whole trip seemed designed for one thing: To spite President Bush. These days, it's the overriding motivation for everything the Democrats do. It is obvious that Pelosi's main purpose in visiting Syria was to undermine the administration by advertising American disunity in a time of war.

They even admitted it. Congressman Tom Lantos, who tagged along with Pelosi, said: "We have an alternative, Democratic foreign policy."

"Pelosi's visit to Syria was very brave. She is a brave woman." That was according to Jihad Jaara, who is a senior member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group. He's also the fellow that led the infamous 2002 siege of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity.

More praise came from Khaled Al-Batch, who is a militant and spokesman for Islamic Jihad. "Nancy Pelosi understands the area well, more than Bush and Dr. (Condoleeza) Rice," said Al-Batch told WorldNetDaily. "If the Democrats want to make negotiations with Syria, Hamas, and Hezbollah, this means the Democratic Party understands well what happens in this area and I think Pelosi will succeed. ... I hope she wins the next elections."

[FairOpinion]

Related also recommended reading, if you missed it:

Amir Taheri: What Pelosi Stands For (Pelosi doctrine and consequences — “must read”)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813369/posts

“The Syrian regime, which had been thinking of bowing to international pressure, is now reassured. All it has to do is to wait until Pelosi’s party takes over the White House in 2009.” — said a Lebanese minister — he gets it!

Nancy Pelosi Should Resign (by a former Dem Counsel to House Judiciary)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813705/posts

[GeorgiaDawg32]

when even left leaning rags turn against you, you have gone way too far..pelosi is the best thing for the reps in ‘08 that could have happened..she’s drunk on power, the “mandate” isn’t a mandate, and her attempt to create a shadow presidency will fall flat..

IMHO, the dems, unless they get rid of her, are severely shooting themselves in the foot in an attempt to placate the extreme far-left of their party..

[BillT]

At least we know for sure which side she is on! and the Dems as well who defend her.

She should resign immediately.

[DocRock]

bookmark and bump

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Did you really write this? If so, great article.

[Eighth Square]

Pelosi actually asked the Saudis why there were not more women in their 'Gumm'nt. They might have replied, "we took one look at you, Babs Boxer and the Fienstein woman, then decided we were quite happy as we are"!

[100-Fold_Return]

Conservatives ignored the MSM's taunts they and the dims were going rig the 2006 elections their way.

Will conservatives continue to sit on our @$$e$ and just b*tch, moan and complain?? Mrs. Clinton still has those FBI files...

[John Semmens]

Pelosi Proclaims Self “America’s Prime Minister”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), self-proclaimed “most powerful woman in the world,” presented herself to Syrian President Bashar Assad as “America’s virtual Prime Minister” in a bid to “build the bridges called for in the Iraq Study Group report.” “I explained to President Assad that while President Bush is still nominally the American head-of-state he has been reduced to a largely ceremonial role now that my party controls both houses of congress,” Pelosi said. “President Assad agreed we need a new direction in American foreign policy. I felt there was some real bonding going on.”

Assad welcomed Pelosi’s visit and expressed hope that they could work together on “matters of mutual interest.” “I am confident that Speaker Pelosi and I share similar views on a wide range of issues,” Assad declared. “I think we both agree that Mr. Bush is a destabilizing influence in the Middle East and see the need to neutralize that influence.”

Pelosi’s donning of the hijab (a head scarf prescribed by the Quran for the protection of feminine modesty) garnered widespread praise in the region. “This prominent American female has shown a willingness to take a first step toward Islam,” said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “I said the Americans must change their behavior and mend their ways. I have told them what they have to do, and I am glad to see that the American Prime Minister is beginning to comply. We can only hope this is a harbinger of the greater transformation yet to come.”

In related news, Pelosi’s inquiry regarding Saudi Arabia’s lack of female politicians was laughed off by Saudi officials. “The women in our country are not whores,” Prince Farsic al-Saud, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs snorted. “They are at home tending to their families.”

read more...

http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm

[Son House]

” Assad declared. “I think we both agree that Mr. Bush is a destabilizing influence in the Middle East and see the need to neutralize that influence.” “

This is completely moronic, that ‘influence’ is freedom and Democracy.
Keep speaking for both of you, Assad,
Americans and the free world are kept in the dark
about where you stand.
Ever had an election opponent, President Assad?

[fight_truth_decay]

Pelosi said she carried a message to Assad from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that said Israel was ready for peace talks with Syria. However,that was not entirely correct as an Israeli government official later said this would only be possible if Syria abandoned terror and stopped assisting terror groups.

As a Muslim, I fully understand respect of our religion by visiting US officials and I applaud that respect. Had Speaker Pelosi worn the Hijab inside a Mosque, this would have indicated respect but for Pelosi to wear it on the streets of Damascus all the while she is sitting with the self-imposed Baschar al-Assad who has come to symbolize oppression and one of the reasons why women are forced to wear the Hijab as they turn to religion to express their freedom is a statement of submittal not only to oppression but also to lack of women’s rights in the Middle East. Pelosi just reversed the work of the Syrian civil society and those who aspire for women’s freedom in the Muslim countries many years back with her visual statement. Her lack of experience of the Middle East is showing.

"Assad could not have been happier because Syrian women, seeing a US official confirming what their husbands, the Imams in the Mosques tell them, and the society at large imposes on them through peer pressure will see in her wearing a Hijab as a confirmation of the societal pressures they are constantly under. No one will ever know how many women took the Hijab on after seeing Pelosi wearing it. The damage Speaker Pelosi is causing with her visit to Syria will be felt for many years to come."A statement from the Reform Party of Syria

Can Pelosi also be held subject to a criminal probe or a congressional hearing under the Logan Act?(Note: Slim chance as Republicans tend to have adopted spines of jelly...)

Logan Act, which reads:

"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."

"The Logan Act became necessary when, in 1798, a friend and political supporter of Thomas Jefferson named George Logan spirited off to Paris on his own authority to secure an accord with France during a time of great tension between the U.S. and that country. Logan later served a single term in the United States Senate."

"No one has ever been prosecuted under the Logan Act, and certainly not a U.S. Senator on the Foreign Relations Committee. But it wouldn’t be unheard of. In the late-1980s the National Security Council considered using the Logan Act to muzzle Speaker of the House Jim Wright, who was at the time playing footsies with the Communist Sandinistas in Nicaragua....

[pandoraou812]

Nancy Pelosi ought to be fired asap. Along with her I suggest John Murtha and whoever took this trip with her. No matter what we should stand firm together & by taking her trip she cost us that. I think that was just too much. IMO she so far hasn’t done anything worthwhile since she took over Speaker. Isn’t there now some way to get rid of her?

[stephenjohnbanker]

Remove this wretch from office!

[mewzilla]

[Jackson Brown]

She, and the others who attempted to represent the US in matters of foreign policy, should NOT only be removed from office, they should be ARRESTED and tried under the Logan act....period!!!!

[toddlintown]

“He’s also the fellow that led the infamous 2002 siege of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity.”

Ah yes. The infamous Bible butt wipers.

[Bender2]

[freekitty]

Arrest her.

[pleikumud]

For treason. The Democrats are giving aid and comfort to the enemy. The penalty for treason should be death by hanging.

[bigdcaldavis]

Bush needs to wop her good.