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Originally posted by groingrinder
[ HOW DARE PELOSI TRY TO MAKE PEACE!!
Originally posted by Azazelus
Again, you step out of line and detract from the topic at hand to political mudsling...
Originally posted by AzazelusIf the supposed "correct people" aren't doing their jobs to promote peace and a good view of the United States, well then, someone needs to....
It is going to take a whole lot more of this to correct the damage done by this administration to the overall worldly view of the country I call home...
Originally posted by esdad71
She is not trying to make peace, she is showing that she can do what she wants, when she wants and no one can tell her different. So, Pelosi can employ this attitude, but our own president cannot? Delusional thinking people.
She may be 3rd in line, but she is not yet the president.
DAMASCUS, Syria Apr 3, 2007 (AP)— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mingled with Syrians in a market and made the sign of the cross at a Christian tomb Tuesday during a visit to pursue dialogue with the country's leader. President Bush denounced the trip, saying it sends mixed signals to Syria's government.
Pelosi's visit to Syria was the latest challenge to the White House by congressional Democrats, who are taking a more assertive role in influencing policy in the Middle East and the Iraq war. The Bush administration, which accuses President Bashar Assad's government of supporting terrorism, has resisted calls for direct talks to help ease the crisis in Iraq and make progress in the Israel-Palestinian peace process.
Originally posted by esdad71
She is not trying to make peace, she is showing that she can do what she wants, when she wants and no one can tell her different. So, Pelosi can employ this attitude, but our own president cannot? Delusional thinking people.
She may be 3rd in line, but she is not yet the president.
Originally posted by sbob
To all posters with this thread bashing Pelosi....ahhhh did I miss something about her bad behavior going to Syria?
Three Republican members of Congress were in Syria before Pelosi.
See attached Yahoo News Thread about the visit of the Republican law makers.
The story just basically says Republican congress people visited, and did not undermine America. Am I missing something here?
Why is it bad for a Democratic party lawmaker to visit Syria and be undermining the President, but Repubican lawmakers can go beforehand and it is ok? Why can't the other politcal party go if one goes?
I guess you have to be a woman or a Democrat to undermine US foreign policy to visit Syria. Because otherwise this thread is BS.
Originally posted by spanishcaravan
Well said. I was going to post this myself if someone else didnt do it first. All the crying and whining from the white house because syria is a state sponsor of terrorism and pelosi went there. But nothing when the three republican congressmen go to syria on sunday
Originally posted by grover
make no mistake despite all the fury and bluster from the bush White House about her actions, they will be throughly briefed upon her return just as they were briefed when the Republican colleagues returned and just as they are always throughly briefed when any member of government goes abroad.
[edit on 3-4-2007 by grover]
(CBS/AP) U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Syrian President Bashar Assad Wednesday for talks criticized by the White House as undermining American efforts to isolate the hard-line Arab country.
She said the delegation gave the Syrian leader a message from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert whose essence was that Israel was ready to hold peace talks with Syria.
She did not say more about the message, but Israel has previously made such talks conditional on Syria's cutting off its support for hardline Palestinian groups and Hezbollah.
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an idea, according to current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who’s "time has come." Stated Pelosi to Syrian President Bashar Assad: "Instead of Sunnis and Shia, it will be 'shirts or skins.'" Urging Assad to be part of the solution, Pelosi also urged him to help broker a trade program throughout the Middle East and Iraq. Stop the Syrian influx of fighters into Iraq by offering a trade – "one basketball for every IED (improvised explosive device) turned in, no questions asked."
A spokesperson for Pelosi added that the possibilities are endless. "In Iran, we could offer a bushel of basketballs for a barrel of oil, while curbing sectarian violence at the same time. In Iraq, ‘Baghdad Basketball’ shows promise as a viable alternative to the inner-city bombing plaguing the city, providing the urban youth with an alternative to their frustrations." Trading Semtex for Spauldings is an idea that is long overdue
Originally posted by FlyersFan
A flake is a flake. Both major parties have 'em.
Romney Calls Pelosi's Syria Trip 'Outrageous'
DES MOINES, Iowa — GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria outrageous and accused Democrats in Washington of playing politics with Iraq.
"Washington is a broken place right now, dysfunctional in some respects, which has been evidenced by the trip by Nancy Pelosi to Syria, but also evidenced by the failure to deal with overspending," the former Massachusetts governor said at a news conference in the Iowa statehouse.