Pelosi in Chains?

Looks like Nancy Pelosi overstepped her bounds as she traveled to Damascus, Syria to play diplomatic games. Unfortunately for her, and she should know better, the United States is to present a unified diplomatic front to the nations of the world, and by freelancing Pelosi presented a different view from current State Department and international policy. The UN and State Department have determined that Syria is a brood of vipers harboring terrorists.

There is a law in place to deal with issues like rogue diplomats. It is called the Logan Act. The Logan Act makes it a felony for any American, "without authority of the United States," to communicate with a foreign government in an effort to influence that government's behavior on any "disputes or controversies with the United States" and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years.

Even though Nancy Pelosi wanted to follow the guidelines of the ISG report that suggests more communication with Syria, she is foolish and idealistic to think her input would benefit the current situation in the Middle East. Not only is she a very high ranking official going to visit our enemies (third in line to the presidency) without the current administration's blessing, she is presenting a view different from what our State Department presents, AND she botched a supposed message from Israel.

When she comes home, she should be censured severely at the very least, and should possibly lose her position as Speaker of the House if the Democrats have the cojones to deal with her behavior. Perhaps, instead of the witch hunt against Scooter Libby, prosecutors should face a real lawbreaker like Pelosi!


HERE is another article about the Logan Act and whether or not Nancy Pelosi should be arrested for her actions.


Radiant Times

UPDATE:

Is it me, or is there a Pelosi blackout in the Media today? Hmmmm.
We wonder if she's given secrets to the enemy, and personally would not put it past her.

Ecstatic or Disappointed

If you are a Democrat, you are either Ecstatic about Nancy Pelosi now, or very concerned and Disappointed.

Pelosi has embarked on her own taxpayer-funded fool's errand of trying to out-state department the State Department by going to Syria to meet with their dictator Bashar al-Assad. Problem is that Syria is one of the biggest terror supporters in the region, being the home location of Hezbollah's (or hez-bullies, as I like to call them) Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, and other terrorists.

Here is a quote from the Washington Post article "Pratfall in Damascus":

Ms. Pelosi was criticized by President Bush for visiting Damascus at a time when the administration -- rightly or wrongly -- has frozen high-level contacts with Syria. Mr. Bush said that thanks to the speaker's freelancing Mr. Assad was getting mixed messages from the United States. Ms. Pelosi responded by pointing out that Republican congressmen had visited Syria without drawing presidential censure. That's true enough -- but those other congressmen didn't try to introduce a new U.S. diplomatic initiative in the Middle East.

Pelosi's ill advised personal foray into foreign policy begs the question - who should be getting impeached or at least censured for this Fol-de Rol? Did she do this for her own personal pride? Or is her idealistic view of those who support our enemies blinding her from common sense. Has Pelosi forgotten that the approval rating for Congress, particularly the House of Representatives, is LESS than that of the President.


Charles Hurt of the Examiner writes:

"Back home, conservatives and liberals alike criticized Pelosi's diplomatic freelancing as naive, sloppy and dangerous."

Dangerous indeed, Nancy. Now come home and face the music.


UPDATE

Here's another article on the issue:

When a dilettante takes on Hizbullah


PERSONAL UPDATE:

I condemn Pelosi's actions, but I ALSO condemn the five Republicans who went with her. Doesn't the President have authority to have the whole delegation arrested for making a "diplomatic" visit to a country with whom we are having very restricted diplomatic relations??