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To: tejek who wrote (331710)	4/4/2007 10:21:01 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573048

NANCY'S NONSENSE NEW YORK POST Editorial April 3, 2007 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be breaking bread today with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad - after blowing off White House criticism of her trip. Pelosi says she has "great hope" that she and her Democratic delegation can personally restart U.S.-Syrian dialogue and get Assad to change his behavior. You know, things like allowing 90 percent of Iranian-based suicide bombers in Iraq to enter that country through its border with Syria, or funneling arms to the terrorists of Hezbollah, or assassinating Lebanese politicians who object to Syria's domination of their country. Good luck to her. Unfortunately, the sad reality is that Pelosi is sending Assad the same message she and her Democratic colleagues in Congress have sent the terrorist insurgency in Iraq: Just wait until President Bush leaves office and a Democratic administration will hand you what you want on a platter. All of which, as the White House noted, plays right into Assad's hands: "It sends the wrong message to have high-level U.S. officials going there to have photo opportunities that Assad then exploits," said spokeswoman Dana Perrino. Oh, sure, Assad talks about urgently wanting peace with Israel and warm relations with Washington. But his actions - provoking regional bloodshed - send an entirely different message. Just as the message Pelosi is sending with her social visit is completely at odds with the one President Bush is trying to send about Syria's behavior. Pelosi actually chided the White House for not objecting to the visit to Damascus on Sunday by three GOP House members. "I didn't hear the White House speaking out about that," she whined. Actually, the White House did just that: "We ask that people not go on these trips," said spokeswoman Perrino. "We discourage it. Full stop." Besides, even Pelosi must understand that there's a huge difference between three regular legislators calling on Assad and the Speaker of the House - arguably the highest-ranking Democrat in Congress - doing so. As such, she is seen as the representative of the president's political opposition - one that desperately seeks to undercut and reverse his foreign policy. More than two centuries ago, Congress passed the Logan Act, which forbids private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. As an elected official, Pelosi isn't restrained by the law - but its meaning is clear. Negotiating with world leaders - particularly those at odds with the United States - should be left to the president, or those authorized by him to do so. nypost.com

To: tejek who wrote (331710)	4/4/2007 10:23:23 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573048

did you read this part ted. Arab affairs expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar, of the BESA Center for Strategic Studies near Tel Aviv, said the visit had more to do with domestic American issues than Middle East peacemaking efforts. "[Pelosi] understands nothing in the Middle East," he told Cybercast News Service, describing the visit as "a hammer to hit President Bush." Kedar said Pelosi is trying to force a return to the former U.S. foreign policy of appeasing Mideast dictators. If she succeeds, she will reverse the positive changes that have already occurred in the drive to promote human rights and democracy, he argued. Kedar noted that Syria is Iran's key ally, and said without Syria, Iran would not be able to export its Islamic revolution to Lebanon or Iraq. Syria is a conduit for Iranian shipments of missiles and weapons to Hizballah, which opposes the pro-Western government in Beirut. Washington has also accused Syria of allowing anti-coalition insurgents to cross its borders into Iraq. "Thanks to Syria and Iran, thousands of American soldiers were killed in Iraq," Kedar said. "And now, Pelosi is willing to appease them." Kedar also raised the international investigation that has found evidence of Syrian involvement in a string of political assassinations of prominent anti-Syrian politicians in Lebanon in recent years. He predicted that Damascus would view the easing of pressure as a license to carry out more assassinations in Lebanon.