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we can have our own ideas as to what American foreign policy ought to be and we can certainly express those ideas so that the American voter can know what they are voting for.... we will only get to IMPLEMENT our foreign policy from the oval office starting in January of '09. Pelose masde no agreements, she signed no treaties, she negotiated no actions.... she was there to meet the players and to get to know and understand the region and its problems. Clearly, relying on the Bush administration for knowledge was a losing proposition.... if you'll recall, the Bush administration told us, for example, that there was no doubt that Saddam had stockpiles of WMD's and that we knew right where they were!
Going to Syria and saying what the US will and wil not do is setting her own foreign policy
and she pissed off Israel at the same time
BTW, Dems said he had WMD's as well
she NEVER said what the US will or will not do. why must you LIE like that?
Then have her release the transcripts of her discussions
since you claimed that she told Syria what the US would and would not do, I assumed you had them
funny...I don't see anything in there where she said that America will or will not do anything...
did you get the wrong cut and paste?
You would not see it if it came up and bit you on the ass
that is an op-ed piece about her trip...when will you provide me those quotes from her where she says that America will and will not do things?
or was that just nothing more than typical RSR bullshit?
An op-ed based on facts
No wonder MM is on the verge of a stroke
you said that Nancy told the Syrians what America will and will not do.
Can you back that up or not?
She went over with her on foreign polcy - accept it
Dems have admitted as much - but facts never got in your way before
I am supposed to "accept" the pronouncements of a neocon asshole like you?????
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
so...you can't back it up?
I didn't think so.
oh come on! did pelosi institute some foreign policy while she was there?
Did the republican congressmen that went to syria the previous week and the week after pelosi and the one that went with her on the trip to syria OBVIOUSLY broke the constitution and this ''law'' too then, right?
please, you know better, from the posts i have read of yours so far?
care
The US Constitution, Article II, Section 3, Clause 3 establishes the role of the President in regard to receiving foreign visitors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article...tion#_not e-0
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp., 299 U.S. 304 (1936) is the legal precedent/ruling set forth by the US Supreme Court:
Quote:
The Court reasoned that, while the Constitution may not explicitly say that all ability to conduct foreign policy on behalf of the nation is vested in the President, such power is nonetheless granted implicitly. Moreover, said the Court, the Executive, by its very nature, is empowered to conduct foreign affairs in a way which Congress cannot and should not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ht_Export_Corp.
It states simply that the US Constitution implicitly grants to the President the ability to conduct foreign policy -- not "negotiate" -- on behalf of the Nation.
It further states that the Executive branch, not the legislative branch is empowered to conduct foreign affairs in a way Congress cannot and should not.
Pelosi was CLEARLY out of bounds for Congress based on the Constitution and following legal ruling made by SCOTUS. Felony? I don't see it, but definitely an attempt to usurp the powers of the chief executive.
The thread is about Pelosi's trip. This is my argument and references. Refute it if you can. There's ALREADY a Bill CLinton thread.
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