Why is Nancy Pelosi in Syria? Because George Bush isn't. If he would just do his job, we wouldn't have to send U.S. Representatives to the region to let everyone else know that there are at least some sane people left in the country.
Every sane president has done diplomacy and negotiations with our allies -- and our enemies! Ronald Reagan met with and negotiated with the Soviet Union countless times. And they were the evil empire!
Is Nancy Pelosi, or the three Republican Congressmen that were also in Syria, going to get a deal with Bashar al-Assad? Of course not. But that's not what they're there for. They are there to simply open up a dialogue which can one day lead to a reasonable agreement.
In fact, Israel's Prime Minister asked Pelosi to pass a message along for him. Since Bush the Child is not playing with Assad anymore, Ehud Olmert had to find some way to get a diplomatic message to Syria. So, he chose the one responsible senior US stateswoman going there -- Nancy Pelosi.
Conservatives keep arguing that Assad is a bad guy. Wow, you figured that out, genius? Of course, he's a bad guy. Does that mean the mature, diplomatic thing to do is to turn your back and pretend he doesn't exist? You can hold your breath until you're blue in the face, but Syria and Iran will still be in the region when you come up for air. Just because you wish they weren't there isn't going to make it so.
If you're in any way a capable statesman, you find a way to make deals with your enemies that are to your long term advantage while maintaining short term stability. In other words, the exact opposite of what Bush does. He creates incredible short term instability (the civil war in Iraq) to get to even worse damage in the long run (strengthening Iran by handing them a Shiite partner in Iraq). Come on man, step aside already. If you won't to do the job, let someone else step in.
Fire Cheney already before he starts another war -- and as you can read here, he is definitely trying -- and hire a real statesman. Bring in James Baker. He knows a thing or two about diplomacy. There are hundreds of Republicans left over from the first Bush or even Reagan that know how to handle foreign affairs deftly. Do us all a favor and bring one of them to lead the hapless Bush in another direction. Otherwise, Nancy Pelosi will have to keep doing his job for him.
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Nancy Pelosi Has to Do Bush's Job For Him
Posted Apr 4th 2007 2:59PM by Cenk Uygur
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61. Dear Madam Speaker,
Congratulations Ms. Pelosi. You are doing a fantastic job and if it isn't too late, I would vote for you for President right now. Keep up the good work. Bush & Cheney are jealous of you.
Tim O'Hern at 6:43AM on Apr 8th 2007
62. I am late in asking this question, but did Bill Clinton deal with or negotiate with Syria in any way? If not, why not and if he did, why did he? I would like to know as a nation if we have had a consistent position in dealing with that country. If our position changed after George Bush to office, I would like to know why?
dalosophy at 7:18AM on Apr 8th 2007
63. Nancy Pelosi is a modern day Joan of Arc, the bravest Congressperson since Congressman Leo
Ryan braved a visit with Jim Jones in Jonestown, in a gallant effort to free his captured constituents from that 1979 hell hole. Unfortuneately, another EOP, that's enemy of the people, Jimmie Carter, did not provide a Marine Corp "backup" to this brave endeavor. Congressman Ryan was slashed with a knife as his meeting with
Jones concluded, then gunned down by Jones' henchmen at the airship, where a plane was waiting
to take a few to freedom.
Ms Pelosi is dealing with the head of a poisonous
regime in Syria as best she might. Again, the new
EOPS, Bush, Cheney, Rice, Powell, and the Neo-Nazis, fail to protect her physically or give her
the diplomatic backup needed to put both Syria and
Israel back into their ratholes. Assad might be a
terrorist but did he sent attack jets and troops into Lebanon without warning the 25000 American citizens who resided there when the 34 day War
started? Mr. Olmert, the PM of Israel, claims
Pelosi delivered the "wrong message". The correct
message is unattainable, as what Country, including the USA, would ever lay down its arms and
disband its National Defenses, when dealing with
a duplicious Country like Israel. A Socialist
Country, modeled more like Russia than the USA,
Israel, and the two Atomic blasts on Nagasaki and
Hiroshima are two Truman legacies that America will
pay a heavy price. That debt is coming due far
sooner than our dulled down citizens realize, but the problem is not Ms Pelosi. She is trying to turn off the hatred "valves", while evil men like
Bush, Cheney, and the Neo-Nazis rachet up their
noisy hate machine, and blow a constant smoke screen at the US citizen, to mask their evil masterplan, a plan than does not include the safety or welfare of any American citizen.
john rogan at 2:23PM on Apr 8th 2007
64. Pelosi is a JOke! She represents the HARD left anti- war "kook" Democrate base! Pelosi and her "San Francisco VALUES "are NOT mainstream America! She and Dems have NO clue how to deal with coutries like North Korea, Iran, China, Syria, and terrorits groups like Hezbolaha and Hammas! She will wreak everthing Bush and Rice have done(presure and UN sanctions) on these dictators! She needs to go back to the H.R. and FUND our troops NOW so we dont lose another war like we did in Vietnam and should/could have won it milatarialy!
carlwineland at 7:49PM on Apr 12th 2007