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Thursday, April 5, 2007
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Least clarifying clarification.... ever
Via Blake Hounshell at Passport, I see that Israeli PM Ehud Olmert felt compelled to issue a "clarification" following Nancy Pelosi's visit with Bashir Assad. I don't find it beyond the realm of possibility that Pelosi screwed up her message, but the clarification is kind of strange too: The Prime Minister emphasized that although Israel is interested in peace with Syria, that country continues to be part of the axis of evil and a force that encourages terror in the entire Middle East.Question to readers -- was there a point when Syria got officially added to the axis of evil category? Or, as Hounshell puts it, "I wasn't aware that 'axis of evil' had become a formal designation." Though I'm intrigued by the idea of the State Department issuing an Annual Report on Evil in the World ("The State Department found that Iran has become 30% more evil in the fiscal year 2006, but overall evil levels declined in most regions.") posted by Dan on 04.05.07 at 11:07 PM Comments: Should the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives by the messenger girl for Israel? Should the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives be the messenger girl for Israel? your slam on Pelosi seems a bit gratuitous given that between her and Olmert the later is the one whose competence is most in question. posted by: gus goes fishing on 04.05.07 at 11:07 PM [permalink]By now, the axis of evil has so many twists, it's more like a crankshaft of evil. posted by: microtherion on 04.05.07 at 11:07 PM [permalink]Does anyone else feel like Olmert got a call from a very peeved resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? posted by: dynamicinfo on 04.05.07 at 11:07 PM [permalink]Right on, DynamicInfo - Bush was pissed at this and it's laughable for Olmert to now come up with the "axis of evil" quote - so transparent that any one can see through it. That being said Pelosi has now set a precedent where the Speaker of the House does her own foreign policy decision making and represents the US in a foreign country without the consent of President - foreign policy is clearly a territory that belongs to the President. If the Republicans pull this same trick when there is a Democratic Prez, wonder if the Dems would support it then. Why am i even asking this question ? Of course there will be howls of indignation from them. posted by: Naga on 04.05.07 at 11:07 PM [permalink]Walt and Mearsheimer may believe that the Israel lobby calls the shots in US mideast policy, but who's calling the shots in Israeli foreign policy? When Olmert's government sent out feelers about negotiating with Syria, the Bush administration told the Israelis to cease and desist. Israel will never have peace with its neighbors as long as its government submits to pressure groups that put American interests ahead of Israeli ones. posted by: reader on 04.05.07 at 11:07 PM [permalink]Walt and Mearsheimer may believe that the Israel lobby calls the shots in US mideast policy, but who's calling the shots in Israeli foreign policy? When Olmert's government sent out feelers about negotiating with Syria, the Bush administration told the Israelis to cease and desist. Israel will never have peace with its neighbors as long as its government submits to pressure groups that put American interests ahead of Israeli ones. posted by: reader on 04.05.07 at 11:07 PM [permalink]Post a Comment: |
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