
Caption: President Obama discusses using irregular Syrian troops as proxy to shoot, frag, bomb and murder innocent Syrian women and children.
Fmr. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi - Progressive leftist.
DAMASCUS, Syria 2007 (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mingled with Syrians in a market as she began a trip to Syria aimed at opening dialogue with its leader, Bashar Assad. President George W. Bush criticized the visit, saying it sends mixed signals to Damascus. Pelosi's visit was a new high-profile challenge to Bush by the majority Democrats in Congress, who are taking a more assertive role in influencing policy in the Middle East and the Iraq war. The tour sought to highlight the Democrats' stark differences with the Bush administration's policy of shunning Damascus, which they have depicted as a failure.
Democrats have argued that the U.S. should engage its top rivals in the Mideast, Iran and Syria, in order to make headway in easing crises in Iraq, Lebanon and the Israeli-Arab peace process. Last year, the bipartisan Baker-Hamilton commission recommended talks with the two countries.
By ZEINA KARAM
DAMASCUS, Syria Apr 4, 2007 (AP)— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi challenged the Bush White House on Middle East policy Wednesday, meeting with Syria's leader and insisting "the road to Damascus is a road to peace.
5 years of diplomacy. Fail.
Hope and change. Fail.
4-8 more years of war. Fail.
Economic recovery. Fail.
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