WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Syria, a country President Bush has shunned as a sponsor of terrorism, despite being asked by the administration not to go.”

In our view, it is not the right time to have these sort of high- profile visitors to Syria,” State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters Friday.

Pelosi arrived in Israel on Friday in what is her second fact-finding trip to the Middle East since taking over leadership in the House in January.

Her repeat trip, an indication she plans to play a role in foreign policy, is also a direct affront to the administration, which says such diplomatic overtures by lawmakers can do more harm than good.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the speaker “should take a step back and think about the message that it sends.”

“This is a county that is a state sponsor of terror, one that is trying to disrupt the Senora government in Lebanon and one that is allowing foreign fighters to flow into Iraq from its borders,” Perino said.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “probably really wants people to come, and have a photo opportunity, and have tea with him, and have discussions about where they’re coming from. But we just think it’s a really bad idea,” Perino said.

U.S. officials held their first direct, high-level contact with Syrian representatives in years when they met in Baghdad this month with officials from several Middle East countries to discuss Iraq.Source: Associated Press What can Pelosi possibly do, acting like a diplomat and State Department official, while going against all common sense.This is no more than appeasing a terrorist State, while passing legislation to fund special interests and not the U.S. troops in harms way.

Pelosi is an embarrassment and should face harsh criticism publicly, but it will be up to the bloggers to give this story legs. She must make the Left-Wing Nut House proud while undermining the policies of the United States not to appease groups of terror. 

Pelosi has embraced power in a dangerous way. She must pay political for this outrage.

In November 2006 Syria’s foreign minister called for….:

….a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces to help end Iraq’s sectarian bloodbath, in a groundbreaking diplomatic mission to Iraq that comes amid increasing calls for the United States to seek cooperation from Syria and Iran.

So Syria uses Liberal talking points while Nancy Pelosi and friends decide to have tea with terrorist Assad. How cozy, indeed!

I am particulary displeased with Rep. Hobson of Ohio, a Republican; by going on this ill-advised trip he is allowing Pelosi to call it “bi-partisan.” Please contact Hobson’s office in Lancaster Ohio by phone 740.654.5149, in Springfield Ohio at 937.325.0474 or write him  here. Help take back the GOP from Liberal participants who support Pelosi and not our troops.

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