Pelosi, while in Syria, encourages Syrian President to negotiate release of 15 sailors

[FogerRox]

Pelosi, while in Syria, encourages Syrian President to negotiate release of 15 sailors

While in Syria this Tuesday and Wednesday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, encouraging him to step into the diplomatic void and use his good standing to seek the release of 15 British sailors held by Iran. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem spoke to British PM Tony Blair on the phone Wedenesday, seeking to bring an end to the crisis.

Last Wednesday at the Arab summit conference in Saudi Arabia, Syrian president Bashar Al Assad spoke with the Iranian foreign minister Manuchehr Mottaki about the 15 British sailors.

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad:

"This solution needs quiet diplomacy and Syria is now undertaking such quiet diplomacy between the two countries.

"We hope for a satisfactory solution that will lead to resolving the crisis of the British service personnel held captive in Iran."


GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney assailed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday:

``It's a very bad idea to be carrying out a separate and independent foreign policy from the president of the United States,'' Romney added. ``I just don't know what got into her head, to be completely honest with you. I think it was a huge, huge mistake.''



Families of the 15 sailors have not yet commented on Mr. Romney's statement.

House Speaker Nanacy Pelosi then flew to Saudi Arabia to meet with King Abdullah.

Beaking news:
Crude Oil Drops on Release of U.K. Sailors


At last check, the May crude oil futures contract was down 63 cents, or 0.97 percent at $64.01 per barrel after tagging an intraday low of $63.08. On Tuesday, the price of crude shed two percent as traders began to unwind the risk premium built into prices during the crisis.



Oh yeah, I almost forgot, Iranian Diplomat Seized In Iraq Returns Home

An Iranian diplomat detained in Iraq for the last two months has been released, returning Tuesday to Iran. Jalal Sharafi, who was the second secretary of Iran's Embassy in Iraq, was abducted in Baghdad on Feb. 4.


Feel free to leave a comment, all citations are here:

http://rdanafox.blogspot.com/2007/04/pelosi-while-in-syria-encourages-syrian.html

And dont forget to rec this if you like it, thanks,
Roger

[SoFlaJet]

1. Damn Pelosi

messing up Bush and Cheney's next war like that-how friggin un-American of her

[FogerRox]

5. He he he

[Bluestar]

20. All in a day's work--showing Condi how it's done! n/t

[Iwasthere]

2. Nancy is a very busy Speaker these last couple of days

Keep it up Nancy, the world is heavily behind you! We love you!

[Hobarticus]

3. Someone get that gol-darned uppity woman under control!

By the time she's done, there'll be no one left to bomb!

[SoFlaJet]

11. LOL

man there's some funny stuff going on here today-we need a Post Of The Day nomination committee

[laugle]

4. I figured it was no coincidence that the hostages were released today.

Kudos to Nancy, show the Bush Admin. how it's done!!

That's really what the repugs are afraid of!

Now Condi, get off your ass, and build on it, I mean you are the fricking Secretary of State aren't you!

DIPLOMACY WORKS......NOT WAR!!

[FogerRox]

6. Yeah Nancy looks pretty good at this point

[laugle]

12. Yeah, she looks great! She's got more balls that alot of the

men before her! I heard the Syrian newspapers said she has alot of courage--I think they were impressed!

[FogerRox]

13. Just proves that sometimes a pair of ovaries are better than a pair of balls

http://rdanafox.blogspot.com/2007/03/hms-cornwall-never-contested-capturing.html

[laugle]

17. Well I don' t want to get into a

gender war, since I love men, I'm married to great one 19 yrs now! However, she does show that an intelligent, strong, independent female can KICK-ASS with the best of them!

GO......NANCY......GO!!

[FogerRox]

37. My Mom ok'ed that, she lets me say it........

LOL.

[autorank]

7. Didn't Jesse Jackson get the last hostages out of Syria. K&R

Amazing what happens when you talk to people.

Thanks Admiral!

[Mojorabbit]

8. So we did trade

an iranian captive for the brits?

[FogerRox]

9. ANd the Brits let the sailors get nabbed

THe Cornwall was 12 miles away when the sailors got nabbed

http://rdanafox.blogspot.com/2007/03/hms-cornwall-never-contested-capturing.html

[mzmolly]

10. Ya mean diplomacy works? THANK YOU NANCY!

A marvelous LEADER! :toast:

[FogerRox]

19. Hey even Nixon talked to China & the USSR

Its not like its a new idea.

[FogerRox]

14. I have to go to a DFA meeting sorry to posta and run

I'll be back in about 2 1/2 hrs, don't forget to rec and read my 2 blog posts on this isssue

http://rdanafox.blogspot.com

[democrat_patriot]

15. Hannity: "Pelosi should be ashamed for sucking up to terrorists"

And his callers saying: "We should get a refund for her trip"...."After the sailors are safely home we should lob a few bombs into Iran, show them we aren't going to take this..."

There is no hope for these people.

[IsItJustMe]

16. Don't care what these people say or think anymore. I don't watch that crap and I also stay away

from porno and junk food, and to me, there isn't much difference in any of them. They are all bad for you.

[FogerRox]

23. LOL, that why I ditched my cable tv, 8 yrs ago.

I aint payin for my own kool aid.

[FogerRox]

21. Their hope is an educamacation

[Pushed To The Left]

36. Hannity was on in the office today. He and his callers were totally disgusting

After hearing some of the right wing reaction today, I'm convinced more than ever that the conservative movement needs to be defeated, destroyed and made obsolete by any means necessary. These aren't regular conservative Republicans. This is a sick, perverse ideology. I'm hoping that the regular conservatives see the light soon and abandon the sick philosophy that the modern right wing movement has become.

[RebelOne]

39. Hannity was calling her the "Damascus Diva." What a total jerk!

[emmadoggy]

18. Hmmm...yet another worthy recipient of DU Dozens?

Diplomacy is back from the vacuum it was sucked into 6 years ago. Thank you, Speaker Pelosi!!

:headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[FogerRox]

29. It was easy, encourage talks, look fabulous doing it.

[Kurovski]

22. K&R. (nt)

[FogerRox]

24. Thanks, always a pleasure to see you about the Forums

[Kurovski]

25. Likewise, my good man.

[Bryan]

26. I can almost see their point

It's not necessarily in our best interest for Congress, particularly Congressional Democrats, to act or be seen to act as a separate power bloc; some countries would be delighted to play both ends against the middle.

Then again, diplomacy is sometimes about getting more opinions rather than limiting them. The situation needed an ameliorative voice, and I love the Speaker's initiative.

[FogerRox]

27. The White House asked the house "R"'s to go with Pelosi

Pelosi told the WH she was going and got the WH blessing.



I dont think Nancy was going to .....not encourage diplomatic talks, really now... thats stupid.

Please look at these visits in the perspective of history.

[rumpel]

28. lovely

:)


makes you wonder whether * & co is capable of anything productive....

k&r

[FogerRox]

32. Producing profits for Halliburton

[rumpel]

34. .....

that's a BIG cute smilie

:)

[Ninja Jordan]

30. Does Bashar Assad strike anyone as moderate and reasonable?

He was educated in Britain, studied opthamology; because of his older brother's untimely death, he was forced into politics. He looks like a former prosecutor I used to work for.

[FogerRox]

31. IMHO opinion

No one in the mid east wants Bush to attack Iran, and that means taking the diplomatic initiative. Now that everyone is talking, it remains to be seen if Bush attacks Iran. I say no attack.

[AshevilleGuy]

33. Perhaps Tony Blair will acknowledge her excellent service!

Yes. She could be thanked and honoured at Number 10... Cheers!

And while there it wouldn't hurt for Elizabeth Windsor-MountBatten and Phillip to have her to tea. :D

Eat your ___ that is, whatever you have out, Georgie!!!

[FogerRox]

35. AH yes Blair, he will retire in anout 3 months

Finance Minister will take the PM slot IIRC.

[DFW]

38. Iran knows how to play this game

They have had first-hand experience, and they remembered the instruction manual.

They did it to Jimmy Carter by making a deal with Reagan's agents to free the
U.S. embassy hostages as soon as Reagan took office.

They did it again with the 15 British sailors. This time, they made
Bush look bad (not the most difficult of tasks, especially with Bush's
bashing Pelosi in public merely making the Iranians' job that much easier).

[ObamaNationYes]

40. Is this information anywhere else

I respect Speaker Pelosi's efforts and concerns in making this trip, but is this claim anywhere besides Roger's blog? I will shout it from the mountain tops if I can find a news link reporting it, but otherwise I don't like it when we make claims we can't back up.

[FogerRox]

41. I have cited new articles

And if you infer something I didnt write, well sorry. It is what it is.

[ObamaNationYes]

42. Not doubting you..

nor inferring anything. I simply would like to bring this up to some folks I work with - we have some great political discussions and debates here - but in those discussions, I don't make claims for which I can only use a Blogger or an Editorial (the other article) as a reference. I shouldn't have made my post sound as if I was acusing you of making a claim you could not back up. That ain't what I meant.

[FogerRox]

43. Well the release was partially brokered by Syria

And Nancy just happened to be there, & encouraged Syria's talks. Where was Condi Rice?