Well no surpises here then....Pratfall in Damascus
So true
I bet that was news to the Israelis
Oh no
Oops
Duped again. They really can't help themselves
So the preacher of pacifism and appeasement seems to be suffering from "delusions of grandeur".
Appeasement, the left's mantra
Yikes
and this from the Washington Post. She must really be a bum Democrat. Then again was there ever any doubt.
I guess she doesn't respect democracy.
Well she has only been there a few months and that word has come up alot.
HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered an excellent demonstration yesterday of why members of Congress should not attempt to supplant the secretary of state when traveling abroad.
So true
Ms. Pelosi announced that she had delivered a message from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that "Israel was ready to engage in peace talks" with Syria. What's more, she added, Mr. Assad was ready to "resume the peace process" as well. Having announced this seeming diplomatic breakthrough, Ms. Pelosi suggested that her Kissingerian shuttle diplomacy was just getting started. "We expressed our interest in using our good offices in promoting peace between Israel and Syria," she said
I bet that was news to the Israelis
Oh no
Only one problem: The Israeli prime minister entrusted Ms. Pelosi with no such message. "What was communicated to the U.S. House Speaker does not contain any change in the policies of Israel," said a statement quickly issued by the prime minister's office.
Oops
In fact, Mr. Olmert told Ms. Pelosi that "a number of Senate and House members who recently visited Damascus received the impression that despite the declarations of Bashar Assad, there is no change in the position of his country regarding a possible peace process with Israel." In other words, Ms. Pelosi not only misrepresented Israel's position but was virtually alone in failing to discern that Mr. Assad's words were mere propaganda.
Duped again. They really can't help themselves
Ms. Pelosi responded by pointing out that Republican congressmen had visited Syria without drawing presidential censure. That's true enough -- but those other congressmen didn't try to introduce a new U.S. diplomatic initiative in the Middle East. "We came in friendship, hope, and determined that the road to Damascus is a road to peace," Ms. Pelosi grandly declared.
So the preacher of pacifism and appeasement seems to be suffering from "delusions of grandeur".
Appeasement, the left's mantra
Never mind that that statement is ludicrous: As any diplomat with knowledge of the region could have told Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Assad is a corrupt thug whose overriding priority at the moment is not peace with Israel but heading off U.N. charges that he orchestrated the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The really striking development here is the attempt by a Democratic congressional leader to substitute her own foreign policy for that of a sitting Republican president.
Yikes
I guess she doesn't respect democracy.
But Ms. Pelosi's attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish
Well she has only been there a few months and that word has come up alot.