M. J. Rosenberg
"Pelosi urged Assad to curb the number of suicide bombers who cross the Syrian border into Iraq to 'murder our troops and the Iraqi people'."You know what they say: no good deed goes unpunished. That is certainly the case with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her visit to Syria. At a time (the Easter - Passover recess) when dozens of House members and Senators are visiting foreign capitals and discussing policy with foreign leaders, Pelosi is being skewered for, in the words of the Washington Post’s editors, "substituting her own foreign policy for that of a sitting Republican President."
The specific objection is to her meeting with the Syrian leader, Bashar Assad. Of course, few could object to what she told Assad – that he should stop trouble making in Iraq and Lebanon, that the Israeli government is ready for negotiations, that Israel has no bellicose intentions toward Syria and that Syria should use its influence to free Israeli prisoners.
Pelosi’s visit strengthened America’s position in the region, and likely helped Israel on prisoners, on Hezbollah, and in its effort to avoid another war like last summer’s. It was a gutsy move by the new Speaker and one that deserves commendation. Read more>>