[antimedia] antimedia: Here's an Arab-American....

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Here's an Arab-American....
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   ....who [1]doesn't equivocate when it comes to terrorism.

     Nancy Pelosi is to world diplomacy what Michael Jordan was to
     baseball: completely forgettable and unnecessary. But unlike
     Michaelâs slightly amusing foray into the Babeâs world, thereâs
     nothing funny about Pelosi in Damascus. The terrorists and their
     supporters, who are always looking for weak links and signs that
     the US does not have the will or backbone to win the war weâre
     fighting with them, just found a great ally in Madame Speaker.
     Among the older members of my extended Syrian family, there was a
     general attitude that kindness equaled weakness. It wasnât that
     they didnât believe in charity, but that it must be parceled out
     carefully, because those of ill intent can be quick to take
     advantage of those they perceive to be gullible and soft. This is
     what Nancy Pelosi either doesnât understand, or doesnât care about:
     sheâs being used by the very people who want to destroy us in
     another round of window dressing, subterfuge, and deceit. I suspect
     that Pelosi knows this, but is more intent on trying to undermine
     the President than in looking at how she could best support
     national security.
     Letâs look at the record. Syria has admitted that it has
     financially supported Hezbollah and Hamas, but says that it doesnât
     supply them with arms. Whatâs the difference? What do you think
     these groups buy with the money? How many Israeli and Lebanese men,
     women and children have been slaughtered because of Syrian backing
     of these groups? And who do you think Syria supports across the
     border in Iraq: our troops or the terrorists some blithely refer to
     as âinsurgentsâ? Without the direct involvement of Syria and Iran,
     the current terrorism movement in Iraq would have considerably less
     groundswell.
     Pelosi might respond that sheâs aware of all that, but that sheâs
     simply taking James Bakerâs advice to talk with your enemies. Well,
     hereâs the problem: Bakerâs wrong. Talking to the Syrians has never
     accomplished anything. They correctly read the signs a long time
     ago that there would be no real consequences for continuing to
     support Arab and Islamic terrorist groups. And Pelosi has proven
     them right again: bend us and we will break.
     This needs to stop. Syria and Iran need to know in a very real way
     that if they continue to support terrorism, they will experience
     the full wrath of the United States. And there cannot be any
     negotiating when it comes to this. Moammar Gadhafi âremember that
     boogeyman?âbacked off when we bombed his palace in Libya. Gadhafiâs
     two-year-old adopted daughter died in that raid, which was a
     terrible tragedy, particularly since he was the one with blood on
     his hands, not her. Still, Gadhafi crawled back into his hole, and
     retreated even further when we invaded Iraq, making a public show
     of acquiescence to the US. He may be crazy, but heâs not stupid.
     Syria and Iran need to be given fair warning to cease and desist
     all support of terrorist activities, prove theyâre doing so, and if
     they donât, be held to account.

   Maybe he should be President.

References

   1. http://www.americancongressfortruth.com/ArchDetails.aspx?id=171