It's Showtime!... Pelosi Meets With Bashar Assad
Both Speaker Pelosi and Syrian leader Bashar Assad knew they would have one thing in common...
They both want US troops out of Iraq now.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Damascus, April 4, 2007. (REUTERS/Jamal Saidi)
Speaker Pelosi did it! Nancy Pelosi met with Syrian regime today.
Reuters reports:
Pelosi, the third most senior U.S. official, sat next to Assad in front of cameras before starting a meeting at his hilltop palace overlooking Damascus.The democratic delegation proudly marched into Damascus after surrendering Iraq in a recent vote on the House floor less than two weeks ago.
Assad then took Pelosi for lunch at a restaurant in a restored house in Damascus's historic district, witnesses said.
The White House has described her visit as a bad idea.
A member of Pelosi's delegation said that during her meeting she would raise Syria's suspected support for anti-U.S. rebels in Iraq and its backing for Palestinian movement Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah.
The United States withdrew its ambassador from Damascus shortly after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Rafik al-Hariri in February 2005.
The photo on the right is U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leading a group of Congress members as she arrives to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus April 4, 2007. (REUTERS/ Khaled al-Hariri)
The photo on the left, of course, is the surrender by the Japanese in World War II.
This does make it look official, anyway.
Pelosi left the luncheon with Assad saying the talks were "very productive":
The talks have so far been ``very productive,'' Pelosi said in a televised news conference in the Syrian capital today, adding she was ``determined that the road to Damascus would be the path to peace.''Syrian activists are attacking Pelosi for her statement to Middle Eastern women...
Assad gave assurances of his willingness to restart talks with Israel on the Middle East peace process, Pelosi said. She said she was able to convey a message from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that his country is also ready to engage in peace talks.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wears a veil as she visits the tomb of John the Baptist inside the Umayyad mosque in Damascus April 3, 2007. (Jamal Saidi/Reuters)
** The Reform Party of Syria ripped Pelosi:
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was seen roaming the streets of Damascus flaunting a Hijab. The Hijab worn by women across the Muslim world has come to symbolize either one of three things: 1) a symbol that men control women by forcing piety, or 2) a return to religiosity because of oppressive rulers, or 3) a fashion statement. If you ask any expert on the Middle East, you would get any one of three answers. The ones who usually claim it is a fashion statement are the political rulers who usually oppress people in general. A Hijab is NOT a confirmation of the rights of women in the Middle East but rather a symbol of their suppression.In other regional news... Palestinian and Israeli News reported that Damascus has become the hub for thousands of Hizballah, Hamas, Jihad Islami fighters heading out to Iranian training camps.
As a Muslim, I fully understand respect of our religion by visiting US officials and I applaud that respect. Had Speaker Pelosi worn the Hijab inside a Mosque, this would have indicated respect but for Pelosi to wear it on the streets of Damascus all the while she is sitting with the self-imposed Baschar al-Assad who has come to symbolize oppression and one of the reasons why women are forced to wear the Hijab as they turn to religion to express their freedom is a statement of submittal not only to oppression but also to lack of women's rights in the Middle East. Pelosi just reversed the work of the Syrian civil society and those who aspire for women's freedom in the Muslim countries many years back with her visual statement. Her lack of experience of the Middle East is showing.
Let Freedom Ring notes Harry Reid's latest.
And, get this... Weasel Zippers notes that the democrats are now banishing the "Global War on Terror" from legislation next year.
posted by Gateway Pundit at 4/04/2007 04:08:00 AM
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The Logan Act:
ยง 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments.
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
I believe that the President as chief law enforcement officer of the United States needs to enforce the law and abide by his oath of office.
Congress is the only branch of government with enumerated powers and conductiong foreign policy is not one of them.
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