Two separate posts at Mike’s America somehow make more sense when read as one…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Playing Games with Secretary Rice
Did the lady in red thwart Mideast diplomacy?
by ANNE GEARAN AND QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press
May 4, 2007SHARM EL-SHEIK, EGYPT — Iran’s Foreign Minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the pretext that the female violinist entertaining the gathering was dressed too revealingly.
“I don’t know which woman he was afraid of, the woman in the red dress or the Secretary of State,” U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Friday, regarding the actions of Iran’s Manouchehr Mottaki.
The dinner episode Thursday night amid a major regional conference on Iraq perfectly revealed how hard it was to bring together the top diplomats of the two rival nations.
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As it turned out, Mr. Mottaki’s place was set directly across the table from Ms. Rice. When Mr. Mottaki entered the dinner and saw the arrangement, he immediately told his hosts that he had to excuse himself and leave, said a U.S. official who accompanied Ms. Rice.Mr. Mottaki complained that the Egyptian female violinist playing nearby was too revealingly dressed, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, also because the dinner was a closed affair.
Iran Still Killing Americans In Iraq
Meanwhile, U.S. forces in Iraq continued to round up Iranian backed terrorists in Iraq supplied with advanced explosives used to kill Americans.
One wonders what Secretary Rice would have told the Iranian Foreign Minister had the meeting taken place.
The Damage Done by Neville Nancy’s Trip to Syria
Syrians bolstered by ‘good American’ Pelosi
By Betsy Pisik
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 2, 2007… Mrs. Pelosi’s two-day visit to Damascus was a major news event here. Camera crews trailed her as she bought sweets in the ancient Hamadieh souk, made the sign of the cross at what is thought to be the tomb of John the Baptist and donned a black abaya to visit the historic Omayyad Mosque.
Mrs. Pelosi, 67, is praised as "a friend of Syria," and that makes her more influential than Oprah Winfrey and more appealing than the old Hollywood movies shown on satellite television.Many Damascus residents say her private visit with Mr. Assad and senior ministers shattered Washington’s attempt to isolate the regime.
"She was enormously popular here, a hero," said one such resident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "This is the best thing that has happened here, if it proves [Mr. Assad] was right not to give concessions."
And just what were those concessions which Madame Pelosi helped to undue?
- The United States has long sought to get Syria to stop being a state sponsor of terrorism. Syria has been on the State Department’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list since 1979.
- The United States, working with the United Nations has demanded Syria cooperate with the international investigation into the death of Lebanese Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri.
- Syria helped arm Hezbollah in it’s war against innocent civilians in Israel last summer and insists it will continue to support both Hezbollah and Hamas.
- 90% of suicide bombers entering Iraq do so from Syria according to the U.S. State Department.
Basically, Pelosi acted as the enabler for Syria to continue killing Americans in Iraq and innocent civilians in Israel.
See the connection between these two posts?
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