Hmm Pelosi goes to Syria, Syria talks to Iran and Iran release captives

[Toots]

What more needs to be said?

[babylonsister]

1. And who said diplomacy doesn't work? That's a big fat F.U. to dimson and

blair. :applause: :woohoo:

[soothsayer]

15. and useless condi

[bdamomma]

2. all it takes is diplomacy and some respect.

to bushie and his cabal it's all about the oil and control of it.

[Squatch]

3. This needs to be verified and then shouted from the rooftops.

Pelosi and her delegation, the Syrians, and the Iranians need to say...yes, due to the efforts of the American DIPLOMATIC delegation, the release of the British captives was effected.

[SpiralHawk]

4. Thank you President Pelosi

Too bad about the chickenhawk war profiteers ignoramuses in the White House.

Condi: you and Commander AWOL can go pound sand, you incompetent republicon crony stooge.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

14. watch Little Prada two Shoes either

try to take credit for this,
or blame it Iranians for taking so long.

Condi is one of my least favorite persons in this administration. on second thought, after ashcroft, gonzales, bush, cheney, addington, hadley, rummie, libby, wolfowitz, feith, Hughes, . . . .

[liberalnurse]

20. Once again ....

you provided the "perfect assessment".O8)

[lazer47]

5. I am afraid somehow ***h, will try and take credit for this

[BOSSHOG]

6. Negotiate till the cows come home, then negotiate some more

What the world is rapidly understanding, bush can't play to his strength because he has no strength, no integrity, no leadership skills. He's a total and miserable failure. To prove my statement, just go to free republic and read about what that kind of citizen has to say about bush.

[Jacobin]

8. Bush* is a failed president and is now officially IRRELEVANT

The world knows it, most of the U.S. knows it, congress knows it. The only people who don't recognize it are the sycophants in the WH and the dauphin himself.

Ding dong the tyrant is as good as gone.

[Toots]

10. Except he still holds the veto pen...

:shrug: as Republicans found out when they called Clinton irelevant...

[Jacobin]

12. Clinton had a 65% approval rating when he was impeached.

He was admired and respected on the world stage.

His administration was largely successful and for the most part (with notable exceptions) pursued goals that were positive.

Bush has the largest DISapproval ratings almost in presidential history.
He is considered a joke on the world stage.
His administration is an utter and abject failure.
All of his policies are failures and were pursued mendaciously for negative ends.

Big difference.

[Toots]

13. When the Republicans (Newt) made those statements, Republicans had just

taken over fifty seats in Congress and Democrats were completely humiliated. Clinton did not have a positive approval rating at that time...Clinton came with his "Big government is over" speach...:shrug: However you are correct in that the times are different and Bush* is most definitely a Lame Duck on the verge of being a Dead Duck...as far as getting any of his issues addressed.

[paparush]

7. Pelosi to Bush: Lead or get out of the way. On second thought, just get out of the way...

[snappyturtle]

11. Love your sentiment! n/t

[Burried News]

18. And take the Dick with you. Useless Thugs formenting Chaos.

[whistle]

9. That's it in a nut shell!

[Triana]

16. "What more needs to be said?"

Pelosi for President!

That's what.

[KingFlorez]

17. That sounds about right

[Bandit]

19. Pelosi is teaching this Administration a new concept "Diplomacy"

I know you get a lot more flys with honey than you do with vinegar

[mmonk]

25. They don't understand the term unless the word gunboat precedes it.

[annabanana]

21. Here's yer spin: Col. Jack Jacobs

courtesy: KoKo01 (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x574345)

Jacobs is saying the hostages should have stayed in Iran and not admitted anything and they should be hiding their heads in shame and that they didn't aquit themselves "honorably" and that they weren't trained and it's an "embarrassment for British Military" for them to have behaved by "giving up without a fight" (Jacobs said he he would have taken a shot rather than allow himself to be captured) and the MSNBC woman anchor interviewing him keeps interjecting about how embarrassing this has to be for Great Britian while Jacobs rants about how the soldiers should be ashamed of their behavior.

[HuffleClaw]

24. gotta love the armchair brigade!

hilarious stuff.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

22. then on to the house of Saud?

that is one amazing woman. My hat's off to her.

[Retrograde]

23. Never underestimate the power of a grandmother

I always thought Madeleine Albright's success in negotiations was due to her reminding everyone of their own grandmothers - and they didn't want get on her bad side. (Actually, I have no idea whether or not she has grandchildren - she just reminds me of my grandmother)

Then again, maybe having had to deal with two year olds is good training for dealing with politicians. Whatever the case, it's nice to see an adult back in charge.