"Despite Israel's desire for peace with Syria, Syria continues to be part of the axis of evil and an element that encourages terror in the entire Middle East. In order to conduct real peace negotiations, Syria must cease its support for terror."Wow. Quoting Bush's "axis of evil" line, and extending the label to Syria. That's not, I imagine, what the Democrats were hoping for.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Bushwhacked
Nancy Pelosi's peace-mongering in Damascus took a serious hit. She said she had taken a "message of peace" from Israeli PM Ehud Olmert to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Not quite, said Olmert. To make his point - and making a few more implicit points - he stated:
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WaPo has an editorial today which is just as critical of Speaker Pelosi as is Global Review, though not as sarcastic.
The WaPo editorial staff says Ms. Pelosi not only misrepresented Israel's position but was virtually alone in failing to discern that Mr. Assad's words were mere propaganda...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. Two weeks ago Ms. Pelosi rammed legislation through the House of Representatives that would strip Mr. Bush of his authority as commander in chief to manage troop movements in Iraq. Now she is attempting to introduce a new Middle East policy that directly conflicts with that of the president. We have found much to criticize in Mr. Bush's military strategy and regional diplomacy. But Ms. Pelosi's attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish.
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