Posted: 4/3/2007 5:52:01 AM EDT
|
By Thomas Sowell -- Congressman Tom Lantos, who is a member of the delegation that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading to Syria, put the mission clearly when he said: "We have an alternative Democratic foreign policy." Democrats can have any foreign policy they want -- if and when they are elected to the White House. Until Nancy Pelosi came along, it was understood by all that we had only one president at a time and -- like him or not -- he alone had the Constitutional authority to speak for this country to foreign nations, especially in wartime. All that Pelosi's trip can accomplish is to advertise American disunity to a terrorist-sponsoring nation in the Middle East while we are in a war there. That in turn can only embolden the Syrians to exploit the lack of unified resolve in Washington by stepping up their efforts to destabilize Iraq and the Middle East in general. Members of the opposition party, whichever party that might be at a given time, knew that their role was not to intervene abroad themselves to undermine this country's foreign policy, however much they might criticize it at home. During the Second World War, the defeated Republican presidential candidate, Wendell Wilkie, even acted as President Roosevelt's personal envoy to British Prime Minister Churchill. He understood that we were all in this together, however we might disagree among ourselves about the best course to follow. Today, Nancy Pelosi and the Congressional Democrats are stepping in to carry out their own foreign policy and even their own military policy on troop deployment -- all the while denying that they are intruding on the president's authority. They are doing the same thing domestically by making a big media circus over the fact that the Bush administration fired eight U.S. attorneys. These attorneys are among the many officials who serve at the pleasure of the president -- which means that they can be fired at any time for any reason or for no reason. That is why there was no big hullabaloo in the media when Bill Clinton fired all the U.S. attorneys across the country -- even though that got rid of the U.S. attorneys who were conducting an on-going investigation into corruption in Clinton's own administration as governor of Arkansas. So much hate has been hyped against George W. Bush that anything that is done against him is unlikely to be questioned in most of the media. But whatever passing damage is being done to George W. Bush is a relatively minor concern compared to the lasting damage that is being done to the presidency as an institution that will still be here when George W. Bush is gone. Once it becomes accepted that it is all right to violate both the laws and the traditions of this nation, and to undermine the ability of the United States to speak to other nations of the world with one voice, we will have taken another fateful step downward into the degeneration of this society. Such a drastic and irresponsible step should remove any lingering doubt that the Democrats' political strategy is to ensure that there is an American defeat in Iraq, in order to ensure their own political victory in 2008. That these political games are being played while Iran keeps advancing relentlessly toward acquiring nuclear weapons is a fateful sign of the utter unreality of politicians preoccupied with scoring points and a media obsessed with celebrity bimbos, living and dead. Once Iran has nuclear weapons, that will be an irreversible change that will mark a defining moment in the history of the United States and of Western civilization, which will forever after live at the mercy of hate-filled suicidal fanatics and sadists. Yet among too many politicians in Washington, it is business as usual. Indeed, it is monkey business as usual, as Congressional Democrats revel in the power of their new and narrow election victory last year to drag people before committee hearings and posture for the television cameras. It has been said that the world ends not with a bang but with a whimper. But who would have thought that it could end with political clowning in the shadow of a mushroom cloud? Pelosi is the 'new' Hanoi Jane. |
|
Ahh... The Democrat Party -- Surrendering our national values since 1968. 2008 - 40 years of Socialism and homegrown anti-american sentiment. Maybe we can declare them some special category of lawbreaker, kick California out of the union, and deport them all to the new People's Republic of Commifornistan? |
|
monkeys in the dark playing with matches. The demonRats are either ignorant or blinded by their lust for power. These things that they are doing have long term consequences for this nation and they refuse to accept that, and when something bad happens they will refuse responsibility for their actions. I never thought that I could hate people for their ignorance, but in this case I'll make an exception, since their ignorance seems willfull. 96Ag |
Yep... Sowell's always dead on, and he hits this one out of the park. I haven't yet decided whether this crop of democrats are venomous snakes, or useful idiots. |
|
The democrats are sinking to new lows everyday. Just when you thought they couldnt get any lower, they find a new abyss to inhabit. Its obvious to arfcom and and the rest of the real conservatives in this nation that Nancy Pelosi and her ilk are traitors of the highest order. They are actively campaigning against our military and literally killing our soldiers to get elected to office. They then efficetively pass off the blood on their hands to GWB thru a brainwashing media that the sheeple eat up like lucky charms. Communism is mainstream now folks, it wont be long. We are witnessing the twilight of democracy in the US. Nancy Pelosi is not the new Hanoi Jane. Hanoi Jane and her posse of retards were at it again the other day denouncing the war and how the US is such a horrible place. Pelosi is different and something much worse. She has power and can make things happen. Look at what she is doing now. The sad thing about it is, that Bush was sucking her dick (yes Pelosi is a 'shim'), when he gave his last state of the Union Address. Its over in 08 if anyone other than Tancredo/Thompson gets the GOP bid. Rudy "Gun Grabbin" Giuliani will tow the (D) line all the way thru Washington. That includes signing a new AWB. |
|
I heard this on the AM news and thought it was a dream. Pelosi heading to Syria??? WTF??  We are trying to establish a definitive line between Terrorist and NON Terrorist supporting countries ARE WE NOT? And if I am not mistaken, doesnt Syria fall under the heading of "TERRORIST SPONSORING?" What the heck am I missing??? |
|
Another thing... think about how this looks to the rest of the world. I don't much CARE what the world thinks of us, but when it comes to national security my ears perk up a bit. This has "big mistake" written all over it, and Pelosi is overstepping her bounds by FAR too much. She has taken her mantle as "the most powerful woman in America" and run it into the ground... I don't care if it's a man or a woman in the Speaker position, they must know their place. Can anyone imagine Tip O'Neill going overseas to undercut Reagan's agenda? 
|
Bullshit, Teddy Kennedy was doing this very thing with the Russians. There have been published KGB reports stating as much. |
no I was talking about Tip O Neill. Doesnt surprise me about Ted. First time I heard of it but it doesnt surprise me. |
It's nothing new. Dem officials have been meeting with foreign leaders to show them that there is an "alternative" for quite some time. That they can admit to this openly without instantly having the sh*t kicked out of them by the American people is evidence of how little the American people seem to understand about preserving their own freedom.
You are missing that this whole anti-terrorism thing is *HARD*, and that it won't be over in five minutes, and that it is all George Bush's fault anyway, and that if we just reach out to these misunderstood people we can have peace. Remember that one man's terrorist is another man's revolutionary, just like George Washington! If none of that seems even remotely sensible to you, take a ball peen hammer and strike yourself in the head repeatedly until it does. I call it "JW777's surefire understand liberals plan!" |
It's Bush's fault! He wasted our time in Iraq! We didn't have to fight in Iraq!! He caused all this instability!!! ...because the ME was a model of civility and stability prior to our invasion of Iraq, and they were positively in love with us, right?
And it's all OUR fault. We The People have turned into a bunch of hockey helmet wearing window licking retards who are either oblivious to what is going on around us or so feckless that we eagerly accept whatever tone and outlook MSNBC puts out without question. In short, as a whole, we no longer DESERVE to be free. |
|
"Pelosi's outreach to a state sponsor of terrorism is a ``really bad idea,'' White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said at a briefing in Washington. ``Someone should take a step back and think about the message that it sends and the message that it sends to our allies.'' Perino's remarks come as a group of Republican lawmakers has embarked on their own trip to Syria. Michael Lowry, a spokesman for Representative Robert Aderholt, said that the Alabama lawmaker will visit Syria as part of a Republican delegation led by Representative Frank Wolf, a Virginia Republican. Wolf is the top Republican on the House appropriations subcommittee that funds the State Department. Perino wasn't available to comment about that trip." Link Just more GOP spin. |
Congress critters take trips to all sorts of places. But I don't recall the chairman of the GOP saying that he is meeting with world leaders to offer them an "alternative within the US" like Howard Dean has done. In other words, there isn't a movement among the GOP congress critters to conduct foreign policy on their own.....no matter how much it may pain your poor liberal heart to admit to it. |
Quick nuke it from space. That picture is a good way to ruin an unwanted erection. |
| Fire doubles in size every seven minutes. Pelosi has emphatically stated ``....the Democrats are gong to rule``. Pelosi is traveling overseas, purposefully undermining established U.S. policy, defying President Bush`s position. Pelosi`s (Speaker of the House) behavior is bordering on supporting and advocating an overthrow of the U.S Government. She has absolutely no other reason for being there. She is not POTUS, nor Secretary of State. Pelosi also has emphasized``...no one messes with me...`` She thinks that she can do as she pleases and she is not accountable to anyone for her actions. Pelosi is going to find out different. Bitchslap/impeachment for Pelosi. |
|
Treason is the Democrat badge of courage and coin of their realm. They are nothing more than communists now, desperately trying to destroy this free nation. They freely break any law they wish with absolutely zero consequences. They flaunt their law breaking with joyous celebration and encouragement from their willing accomplices in the press. |
Their frequently mentioned mantra is "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism". That's right. They think all this crap they do, is patriotic... |