I told you so several week ago...
Several posts ago I said that Pelosi and the Democrats would regret it if this resolution passed. Well, I guess I was wrong. The resolution didn't even get to the floor and they already regret it.
Queen Pelosi should have known this resolution would anger the Turks thus putting our troops in danger. If she didn't know this, then she is not intelligent enough to be in Congress representing anyone. If she did know, then she is a traitor for putting our troops in harm's way. She should be treated as any other traitor in this country.
Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:50am EDT
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Nancy Pelosi's pledge of a new direction took a detour when she fumbled an Armenian genocide resolution and raised questions about her leadership as the highest ranking member of the U.S. Congress.
Pelosi, 67, speaker of the House of Representatives and next in line to the presidency after the vice president, swore she would push the controversial resolution to a vote, then blinked when some fellow Democrats withdrew their support in the face of furious reaction from Turkey.
President George W. Bush warned the symbolic resolution to affirm the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide would harm Washington's relations with Ankara. But as long as it looked like it would pass, Pelosi stuck to her guns.
When Democratic support started waning last week amid protests from NATO ally Turkey -- which denounced the measure as "insulting" and hinted at halting logistical support for the U.S. war effort in Iraq -- Pelosi wavered.
Critics say she miscalculated.
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