Could I have some genuine answers from Bush supporters only please?

Question

And no answers just poking fun at them, there will be plenty of time for that after they spew out their attempts!!

I'm totally open to rational responses, as to what happened to the administration's Syria policy since March, when Nancy Pelosi was absolutely TORN TO SHREDS over her visit to Syria:


Dana Perino, March 30th: "This is a country that is a state sponsor of terror, one that is trying to disrupt the (Prime Minister Fouad) Siniora government in Lebanon and one that is allowing foreign fighters to flow through its borders to Iraq."

and

"We think that someone should take a step back and think about the message that [the visit] sends...to our allies."



And a few months later, the White House has now invited Syria to United States soil, to take part in an international conference?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/30/pelosi.trip/index.html

That MIGHT have been a decent answer regarding her not being the head of state...except that you can't find any evidence of the administration saying that at the time, just that Syria was off-limits

Answer 1

EXCELLENT POINT!

It would appear that Bush, yet again, is following the Dems lead on diplomacy as he did with North Korea.

Answer 2

There is a difference. Pelosi stated she was offering an "alternative" to current US policy. An offer she was not able to make. Inviting the Syrians to a peace conference is part of the diplomatic powers given to the US government. Not inviting the Syrians to a middle east peace conference would be like discussing a problem in Europe without inviting any members of the EU.

Answer 3

With Nancy Pelosi, it was a case of the tail wagging the dog. It was not her place to make that contact, it was the place of the head of state. Until two .....make that one and a half hearts stop beating, she isn't the president, and the message that was sent was that there is a lack of order and authority within the US government.
Had she been president, or acting with the approval of the president, there would be no problem.
It's like a nurse overruling the doctor...not a real great idea, even if the doctor isn't all you might hope for.

Answer 4

Here is the deal, the executive branch sets foreign policy and what Pelosi did legally could have been prosecuted as treason for conducting negotiations with a hostile country without authority.

What they are now being invited to is not negotiations with us but with Israel and other Arab states.

Pelosi over stepped her position and was rightly criticized.

Answer 5

Pelosi over stepped herself. The Invitation by the US is a legitimate one.