A typical democrat enemy lover
Hope they keep her sorry a$$ over there!
To clearify, not all democrats are enemy lovers, but she, along with a few others in Washington are.
White House Doesn't Support House Speaker Pelosi's Visit to Syria
Saturday , March 31, 2007
AP
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WASHINGTON -
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 toured Jerusalem holy sites Saturday alongside a congressional delegation that included Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress.
The tour was part of the congressional delegation's first full day in Jerusalem, the first stop on their fact-finding trip to the Middle East. The group arrived here Friday.
Flanked by security guards, Pelosi and the delegation toured the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christians believe Jesus' body was buried, in Jerusalem's Old City. They also visited the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, where Jews have gathered for centuries to pray.
Her second trip to the Middle East, 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.
To clearify, not all democrats are enemy lovers, but she, along with a few others in Washington are.
White House Doesn't Support House Speaker Pelosi's Visit to Syria
Saturday , March 31, 2007
AP
ADVERTISEMENT
WASHINGTON -
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 toured Jerusalem holy sites Saturday alongside a congressional delegation that included Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress.
The tour was part of the congressional delegation's first full day in Jerusalem, the first stop on their fact-finding trip to the Middle East. The group arrived here Friday.
Flanked by security guards, Pelosi and the delegation toured the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christians believe Jesus' body was buried, in Jerusalem's Old City. They also visited the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, where Jews have gathered for centuries to pray.
Her second trip to the Middle East, 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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quote:Originally posted by Aspen79se
Diplomacy is the only way to address the other countries people flocking there. A country can't control what a private citizen does; regardless of how authoritarian its government. Bringing other countries on board to help stabilize Iraq would negate the need for the foreign fighters to go there. Unfortunately answerers for the problem are not black and white, nor are they easy. Will Poloski's trip solve anything? I doubt it. I even doubt it will effect Syria's perception of the US one way or the other. But, I could be wrong. We all could be wrong.
The democrats style of diplomacy is to give the other country 100 billion of our tax money to buy them off from violence. That stops the up front support as long as we pay, but does nothing for the covert actions. History proves this ALWAYS happens.
The republicans answer is to let the democrats do it, then blame them.
Teddy said, "walk softly and carry a big stick", not "pay them off then blame each other."
You have to be willing to fight the fight, and you have to let your adversary know you mean business. And, politicians who play partisan politics while American soldiers are in harms way are the lowest form of life on the planet. Even worse than the terrorist.0 -
A country has to have a single voice on foreign policy. America has always had that tradition. The day you start to have rogue members of congress making their own deals with foreign countries is the day you are headed for BIG trouble. What is Pelosi makes a deal or promises with Syria and then republicans win back the house and the presidency ? This would set a HORRIBLE precedent and is exactly the reason why foreign policy has to be conducted with a single voice, whether you agree with it or not 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dheffley
quote:Originally posted by Aspen79se
Diplomacy is the only way to address the other countries people flocking there. A country can't control what a private citizen does; regardless of how authoritarian its government. Bringing other countries on board to help stabilize Iraq would negate the need for the foreign fighters to go there. Unfortunately answerers for the problem are not black and white, nor are they easy. Will Poloski's trip solve anything? I doubt it. I even doubt it will effect Syria's perception of the US one way or the other. But, I could be wrong. We all could be wrong.
The democrats style of diplomacy is to give the other country 100 billion of our tax money to buy them off from violence. That stops the up front support as long as we pay, but does nothing for the covert actions. History proves this ALWAYS happens.
The republicans answer is to let the democrats do it, then blame them.
Teddy said, "walk softly and carry a big stick", not "pay them off then blame each other."
You have to be willing to fight the fight, and you have to let your adversary know you mean business. And, politicians who play partisan politics while American soldiers are in harms way are the lowest form of life on the planet. Even worse than the terrorist.
True, but you have to make compromises in international dealings; like it or not. Depending on what exactly the compromises are, they may be worth making if it gets the troops out. That would allow the US to rebuild the military and refocus its energy on Bin Laden in Afganistan. Which would be a better use of resources.0 -
No compromises! Do you want a government that compromises you in times of war?
Compromises are for issues like import/export issues and such.0 -
poor, pathetic, deluded hag. She probably hopes that she'll be eaten last by the crocodile. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dheffley
No compromises! Do you want a government that compromises you in times of war?
What do you think a treaty is? It's a compromise on terms between contries so that both end up getting something of what they want. This is how the international community works.
Again, we are not at war with Syria. And, Bush declared "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. So, who are we at war with? Is this about the "War on Terrorism"? If it is, the turnout will be the same as "The War on.." (Drugs, homelessness, or whatever abstact idea we've declared war on).0 -
No, a treaty is an agreement, not a compromise. You can make compromises in a treaty, but that makes for a bad treaty.
We are at war. Ask any soldier stationed in Iraq or Afganistan.0 -
What we need in that highly sensitve area of the world is a foreign leader that we can trust to protect American interests. This should be a fellow who runs a secular government and is not in league with the radical forces of Islam. He should also have full control of his own country and if it means taking a hard line against those who might speak out against him we could look the other way since it is in our best interests to do so. I have heard about a fellow named Saddam who seems to have all of those qualities and while getting buddy buddy with him may not seem pleasent, in the long run it can't possibly have a bad effect on the United States. Let's send a couple of good Republicans from the Reagan administration over to find him and chat and while they are there they might as well sell him a few hundred million dollars in arms. 0 -
All the Dems can do is talk and if talking worked like they think the Middle East would be the safest Place on earth. That's all the Dems have done is talk and the terroist grow bolder. Maybe she should stay over and talk talk talk all she wants they will just sit and listen and laugh at her. Dems the best friends the terroist ever had. 0 -
Danny Said: Because we are at war and have Americans in harms way of the very people Syria supports and arms. I don't care if you are republican or democrat, you don't snuggle with the enemy. Pelosi is a puke who wants to play partisan politics with one thing in mind, and that is to discredit Bush. The problem is, she's willing to hurt her own country to do it. She should be hanged.
I think the hanging idea has some real merit![:0][:0]0
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