Pelosi Claims to Carry Message from Israel; Israel says “huh?”

Pelosi, perhaps feeling the heat from her recent junket to Syria, is claiming that she carried a diplomatic overture from Israel to Syrai, from Haaretz:

The Prime Minister’s Office was quick to issue a denial, stating that “what was discussed with the House speaker did not include any change in Israel’s policy, as it has been presented to international parties involved in the matter.” 

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According to sources at the Prime Minister’s Office, “Pelosi took part of the things that were said in the meeting, and used what suited her.”

The same sources explained that the decision to issue a statement of denial stemmed from questions from Israeli and foreign press regarding a change in Israel’s official stance on negotiations with Syria. 

Pelosi should probably explain to PM Olmert that in her experience, delivering accurate messages is not a path to success.  In the future, heads-of-state should consider only speaking to upstart unauthorized non-heads-of-state with witnesses present and cameras rolling.  Sometimes those types of people have agendas that don’t include the truth.  Good luck on your next international tour Mr. Speaker,  maybe next year you can ease tensions across the Taiwan Strait with your mad diplomacy skillz.

“We were very pleased with the assurances we received from the president [Assad] that he was ready to resume the peace process. He’s ready to engage in negotiations for peace with Israel,” Pelosi said. 

Speaker Pelosi… Setting back Women’s lib 5 generations.

(via Haaretz, HT BBSnews.net)

Pelosi’s Foreign “Policy”

Boker tov links together two stories on Nancy Pelosi, one on her trip to Syria, the other on her refusal show support for Great Britain, and suggests that we connect the dots.

(Via Boker tov)

Mark Steyn: Not Britain’s Finest Hour

Read the whole thing (link below).

Twenty-seven years ago, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a student in Tehran and is said (by a former Iranian president, for one) to be among those in the U.S. embassy who seized and held American citizens hostage for more than a year.

Today, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is president of Iran and bears less ambiguous responsibility for Western hostages. This time round, they’re British subjects: 15 sailors and Royal Marines.

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So we live today in a world of one-way sovereignty: American, British and Iraqi forces in Iraq respect the Syrian and Iranian borders; the Syrians and Iranians do not respect the Iraqi border. Patrolling the Shatt al-Arab at a time of war, the Royal Navy operates under rules of engagement designed by distant fainthearts with an eye to the polite fictions of “international law”: If you’re in a ”warship,” you can’t wage war. If you’re in a ”destroyer,” don’t destroy anything. If you’re in a “frigate,” you’re frigging done for.

(Via Sun-Times)

Why America Will Never Go Metric

Because it will always be easier to lose a pound than a kilogram.