From Perish the Thought ......... indeed, Perish the Thought!
Most of us head to the beach on spring break. Not Nancy Pelosi and a delegation of congress-critters. They're off to the Middle East to engage in goodwill and fact-finding.
Oh, dear. Are we about to witness a Pelosi "deer in the headlights" scenario?
It will prove interesting to learn how she will balance (flip-flop?) her opinion(s) on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
In prior times, Pelosi told the AIPAC: "There are those who contend that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza," Pelosi said as she rallied AIPAC loyalists. "This is absolute nonsense. In truth, the history of the conflict is not over occupation, and never has been: it is over the fundamental right of Israel to exist."
In that speech to the American-Israeli lobby group -- the second largest in Washington -- Pelosi declared: "The greatest threat to Israel's right to exist, with the prospect of devastating violence, now comes from Iran. For too long, leaders of both political parties in the United States have not done nearly enough to confront the Russians and the Chinese, who have supplied Iran as it has plowed ahead with its nuclear and missile technology."
Will Pelosi flip-flop her position on Israel's plight to accommodate a revised view of the Palestine issue?
It will be interesting to see ....
After all --- she (like many others) has changed her opinions on Iraq and Saddam:
"As a member of the House Intelligence Committee [December 1998], I am keenly aware that the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons is an issue of grave importance to all nations. Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
Today, however, she recants: "There was never anything in the intelligence that said Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States, never."
It's likely no coincidence that Pelosi will be speaking to the Israeli Parliament on April 1.
They do recognize April Fools Day in Israel, don't they?
