Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Her damage done in Syria...

...the venerable "Madame Speaker" Is now thinking of focusing her foreign policy "talents" on Iran:
(04-10) 18:42 PDT -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, just back from a trip to Syria that sparked sharp criticism from Republicans and the Bush administration, suggested Tuesday that they may be interested in taking another diplomatic trip - to open a dialogue with Iran.

The Democratic speaker from San Francisco and Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, were asked at a press conference in San Francisco Tuesday whether on the heels of their recent trip to the Middle East they would be interested in extending their diplomacy in the troubled region with a visit to Iran.

"Speaking just for myself, I would be ready to get on a plane tomorrow morning, because however objectionable, unfair and inaccurate many of (Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's) statements are, it is important that we have a dialogue with him,'' Lantos said. "Speaking for myself, I'm ready to go -- and knowing the speaker, I think that she might be.''
And they have a grand plan, as well:
Lantos noted that "with the speaker's support,'' he has co-sponsored legislation in the House that calls for making available to all countries -- including Iran -- nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes under international oversight by establishing a "nuclear fuel bank."

"So if the Iranian president says that he is developing (nuclear material) for peaceful purposes, we are assisting him in that process,'' said Lantos, who anticipated the legislation could pass as early as May.

There, now don't you feel safer, that the Speaker of the House and her toadie find it perfectly acceptable not only to conduct diplomacy outside of diplomatic channels, but also to take the word of an avowed enemy of the United States, who has repeatedly vowed to "wipe Israel off the map;" that he will only use nuclear technology for "peaceful purposes"?

How utopian! Now everybody, sing along with Nancy and Tom:

~I'd like to teach the world to sing,
In perfect harmoBOOM!!