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Home Front: Politix
Albright Defends Speaker Pelosi for Syria Trip Opposed by Bush
2007-04-07
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for going to Syria against the wishes of President George W. Bush, saying the trip showed the importance of meeting leaders at odds with the U.S. Pelosi conferred with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on April 4, brushing aside a request from Bush to avoid the country accused by his administration of allowing fighters to enter Iraq. Bush called her trip ``counterproductive.''

``I spent a lot of time in Damascus talking to Bashar's father,'' Albright, 69, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's ``Political Capital with Al Hunt,'' scheduled to air today. ``I talked to a lot of people that we didn't necessarily agree with, and I think that's not a bad message.''
You talked to the Poofy-Haired Midgit in North Korea; look at how that turned out.
Bush has come under pressure from Democrats and some Republicans to hold broad talks with Syria and Iran about Iraq and other Middle East issues. Syria and Iran are both listed by the U.S. as state sponsors of terrorism, chiefly for their support of Islamic groups hostile to Israel. Asked if Pelosi, 67, had a productive visit to Syria, Albright said ``it had mixed signals.''

While the U.S. has had minimal contact with Syria since the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in 2005, there has been a slight shift in course this year. U.S. officials met both Syrian and Iranian delegates at a March 10 conference in Baghdad, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. is ``open to higher-level exchanges'' to try to stabilize Iraq.
Posted by:Fred

#13  You are indeed correct, Caesar Glemp7672. I think this shows that Speaker Pelosi is willing to walk quite a distance from the truth, if she thinks it will make her look good.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-04-07 22:52  

#12  Correct if I am wrong, but didn't Pelosi tell the Syrians that Israel was ready to negotiate on pending issues in the Middle East; only to has Israel to deny it? This show's Speaker Pelosi's naivete about the Middle East or being seriously ill advised. The scarier part is that she is third in line for the Oval Office. If that does not keep one awake at night, I don't know what would.
Posted by: Caesar Glemp7672   2007-04-07 22:40  

#11  I think what happened is the trunk Congress/ Senate forgot who brung 'em to the dance. And W lost his vision and his cajones.

Sounds like a pretty fatal combination, anymouse. Someone needs to tell George that they don't grow back by themselves.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-04-07 18:21  

#10  no, but Madeleine and Burgess Meredith are
Posted by: Frank G   2007-04-07 15:59  

#9  Intersting photo... are Madeleine and Helen Thomas related?
Posted by: Gerthudion Omagum8348   2007-04-07 15:57  

#8  Zen...I think what happened is the trunk Congress/ Senate forgot who brung 'em to the dance. And W lost his vision and his cajones. The whole trunk party through away the advantage, including credibility and the Goodwill of the vast middle-of-the-roaders...and here we sit.

Can you imagine what Halfbright and Clinton would have done if Gingrich or Hastert would have pulled the stunt Pelosi did?
Posted by: anymouse   2007-04-07 15:11  

#7  "brushing aside a request from Bush"
but noooo, whatever happened to not negotiating with terrorists and not giving any credibility to terrorists? Thanks Pelosi.
I only recently read the Logan act, learning about it here on the 'burg, let's institute it!
Posted by: Jan from work   2007-04-07 12:03  

#6  What in Hell has allowed America to forget the lessons of World War II? Back then, Albright, Pelosi and their ilk would have been branded as traitors in a heartbeat. Instead these fuckwits get to meddle in affairs so far out of their orbit that it makes the Oort cloud look like next door.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-04-07 11:18  

#5  Since when does Half-Bright get any say?,
This is simply a "GETCHER NAME IN THE PAPERS stunt for Half-Bright.(Slow news day?)
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-04-07 10:00  

#4   name one diplomatic success by the brooch-wearing troll. One that had lasting results

Allowing North Korea to get nukes.
Posted by: JFM   2007-04-07 09:15  

#3  name one diplomatic success by the brooch-wearing troll. One that had lasting results
Posted by: Frank G   2007-04-07 08:18  

#2  When Halfbright was talking to foreign government leaders it was as the designated representative of the Executive branch, not a Logan Act-violating individual who was expressly told she was NOT a representative of the US (despite being a Representative of the state of California.)
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-04-07 07:02  

#1  the trip showed the importance of undermining the rule of law meeting leaders at odds with the U.S.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-04-07 05:24  

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