Posted on 04/05/2007 12:38:01 PM PDT by flutters
Congressman Tom Lantos, who is a member of the delegation that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led 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 Ms. 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 Ms. 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.
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If Lantos really said this, it's indicative that these people, supposedly elected by us, have no conception of our Nation, our Heritage and will not educate themselves on our Laws and our Purpose.
“The old idea of politics stopping at the water’s edge is clearly a thing of the past.”
Only until the dem’s win office, then they will demand silence from republicans on foreign issues.
Do you think everyone in her delegation and Frank Wolf, Joe Pitts and Robert Aderholt should be tried for treason as well?
Good for Thomas Sowell! He is 100% correct. I said several days ago that it was clear Pelosi was positioning herself for the Presidency, but apparently the coup has already taken place. May God protect us all.
We have guns and food in ours!......
Yes! All of them!
Pelosi would of shaken hands with Mussolini during WWII. Impeach!
If they ran around making the claims she did...yes.
Can`t this psychopath (and she is) Pelosi be arrested for undermining US intereststs? Oh yes, and by the way, did she fly to the terrorist country in her jumbo jet that she demanded being that she is in her words “the most powerful woman in the country”? Amazing how one can just declare oneself President. Maybe I should try that, “I hereby declare myself President of the US”.. Now where is my private Jumbo jet?
They are “undermin[ing] the ability of the United States to speak to other nations of the world with one voice”. Isn’t that enough?
Its time to put her out of business. The president better get busy.
All we need is evidence that she has caused the deaths of Americans abroad. Give her enough rope, and hang her with it.
The Constitution is clear in the definitions of treason (Article III, section 3) and specifically states that members of Congress are not exempt from arrest in cases of treason (Article I, section 6).
“This is what frustrates me the most about our government, and especially the Republicans we have voted into office - none of them want to enforce the laws of this country in fear of offending liberal Democrats or losing voters.”
Well if they arrested Pelosi and the Democrats who went with her, they would have to arrest at least four Republicans as well, one of whom went with her and three of whom went on their own. And at least two of them have pretty solid conservative voting records, I don’t know the finer details about any of them. But it would hurt members of their own party so I don’t think they are interested.
(((Do the people writing these articles not realize there is a Republican in her ‘delegation’ and that three Republican members of the House met with Assad the day before Pelosi did?)))
They’re not Speaker of the House.
A trial would be nice. This would allow us to see exactly what each of the participants did. We could then determine the appropriate punishment.
The only thing these people have not done is an all and all out coup attempt. They need to be held accountable
I think the Democrats with the move by Ms. Pelosi have attempted a Coup de atat.
Yes a takeover over of cotrol of the Executive office.
I don’t personally think any offense is made more pardonable because you are “merely” a member of the House, rather than the Speaker.
“You jaywalked/beat up an old lady/committed treason? Well you’re not Speaker of the House so I guess we’ll just let it slide!” I can understand more criticism for someone in the Speaker’s position, but NO criticism is being leveled towards the Representatives who went with her and it’s driving me crazy!
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