Pelosi’s Presidential Pretensions
An MSNBC report that details House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Damascus, Syria, reveals how she has apparently forgotten the fact that America speaks through one branch of government – the Executive - when dealing with other nations. In her absentmindedness, she has “great hopes� for talks with the Syrian president that will in reality do nothing more than reinforce the notion that America’s opponents can merely wait out one administration in hopes of a friendlier successor.
If Pelosi’s actions are any indication of things to come (she refused to let the House vote on a resolution condemning Iran for holding 15 British sailors and marines hostage) she and her fellow Democrats will prove to be the perfect and willing ally of terrorist sponsoring, tyrant ruled states.
Pelosi’s “great hopesâ€? for her trip rest on Bashar Assad, an anti-Semite who said the election of Ariel Sharon proved that Israel was “a racist society, even more racist than the Nazis,” supported Saddam and often spouts anti-American rhetoric. The nation he rules allegedly acts as a safe haven for terrorists, finances Hezbollah, and is home to the offices of both Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
The White House, opposed to the trip, claimed that such visits send mixed messages to Assad. Bush clearly understands the dangers in rewarding terrorist-supporting nations with the seeming legitimacy that comes with normal diplomatic relations and has therefore refused to open direct talks with the Syrian government. In her recklessness, Pelosi has not only disregarded these dangers but has directly assaulted the authority of the office of the President of the United States.
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