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Assad sits at Rice’s table — will the right flip out?
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 27, 2007 09:40am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, November 27, 2007 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Posted November 27th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Bret Stephens, a member of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, raises an interesting point in his column today.
Remember Nancy Pelosi’s spring break in Damascus? Condoleezza Rice apparently does not. When the House Speaker paid Syrian strongman Bashar Assad a call back in April, President Bush denounced her for sending “mixed signals” that “lead the Assad government to believe they are part of the mainstream of the international community, when in fact they are a state sponsor of terror.” Today, said sponsor of terror will take its place at the table Ms. Rice has set for the Middle Eastern conference at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
Now, it’s worth noting the broader context here. Stephens disapproved of Pelosi’s meeting in Syria and he disapproves of Assad’s participation in today’s Middle East peace meeting. Stephens isn’t suggesting the latter is acceptable because the prior occurred; he’s arguing that both attempts at diplomacy are misguided.
Nevertheless, he brought up the distinction between the White House’s rhetoric in the spring and its foreign policy in the fall, which is worth considering in more detail.
In fact, let’s not forget that when the Speaker of the House chatted with Syrian officials in April, the White House, congressional Republicans, and far-right activists were apoplectic. CNN ran a news segment on Pelosi’s trip titled “Talking to Terrorists.” |
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