Pelosi may visit Iran next

[Herman Munster]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/10/BAGV9P6C0S6.DTL

(04-10) 18:42 PDT -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, just back from a trip to Syria that sparked sharp criticism from Republicans and the Bush administration, suggested Tuesday that they may be interested in taking another diplomatic trip - to open a dialogue with Iran.

The Democratic speaker from San Francisco and Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, were asked at a press conference in San Francisco Tuesday whether on the heels of their recent trip to the Middle East they would be interested in extending their diplomacy in the troubled region with a visit to Iran.

"Speaking just for myself, I would be ready to get on a plane tomorrow morning, because however objectionable, unfair and inaccurate many of (Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's) statements are, it is important that we have a dialogue with him,'' Lantos said. "Speaking for myself, I'm ready to go -- and knowing the speaker, I think that she might be.''

Pelosi did not dispute that statement, and noted that Lantos -- a Hungarian-born survivor of the Holocaust -- brought "great experience, knowledge and judgment" to the recent bipartisan congressional delegation trip to Israel, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia in addition to Syria.

"I find the president of Iran's remarks to be so repulsive that they are outside the circle of civilized human behavior,'' Pelosi said, referring to Ahmadinejad's past comments that Israel should be wiped off the face of the map and his questioning of the existence of the Holocaust.

[madokie]

1. Good for her

what America needs more than anything right now is a diplomat

[bdamomma]

2. that is something that our regime knows nothing about diplomacy

and you must talk to your adversaries.

[Erika]

3. Pelosi has BALLS! Go for it lady.

She's 10 times the president W ever dreamed of being.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Wow. Tom Lantos is saying he's ready to go too. A Holocaust survivor

is willing to talk to Mahmoud, but the psychopath running our country isn't. That makes the psycho seem like a spoiled rotten brat....like a 2 year old spoiled rotten brat who refuses to talk to anyone he doesn't like. I wonder when we'll see the psycho fall on the floor kicking and screaming about not getting his subjects (Pelosi and Lantos) to obey him?

Kudos to Speaker Pelosi and Tom Lantos.

[mmonk]

5. She needs to talk to the Ayatollah and mullahs.

Ahmadinejad is not the ultimate power there.

[FormerDem06]

8. I doubt seriously they'd talk with her......

And if I were her I wouldn't even waste my time to be perfectly honest.

[mmonk]

9. They were the ones that approached the United States

in 2003 to reach an agreement on issues concerning funding people like Hizbollah and looking for solutions in the region. So I really don't know how you can say that.

[thatsrightimirish]

6. O don't know about this one

I agree with her, but if you thought the freepers were tough on her last time you aint seen nothing yet.

[FormerDem06]

7. That won't accomplish a whole lot...

She is a woman, and you know how they feel about women in Iran, they'll use her for a photo-op and then after she leaves make a comment or two about how she should be home caring for her family (just like the female British soldier).

[Virginia Dare]

10. Interesting, Lantos is a Holocaust survivor...

as is his wife, that should be a very intriguing conversation.

If this comes to pass, watch for collective heads to explode at the White House.