I was surprised when Pelosi wore a headscarf. Yes, she didn't wear it when meeting with Assad, yet as a foreign dignitary she wasn't required to wear it at all. I guess it shows how far she was willing to go to suck up to the Syrians. But from a feminist viewpoint, it was a shameful step backward.
From Tammy Bruce:
The Result of the American "Feminist" Movement
In other words, not feminist at all, but quintessentially leftist: that pit where the dignity of women is sacrificed on the altar of multiculturalism. Pelosi's visit to Syria did more than encourage a murderous dictator, her wearing the hijab legitimizes and honors the world's most entrenched oppression of women--the Islamic man's insistence (in the name of 'religion') that women are too dangerous, too dirty, too ungodly, to be allowed to be seen in their entirety in public.
Great work Nance. Now if you would just come over to my house and do my dishes, make the bed, and wash my feet, we'll be batting 1000. [...]
Tammy, an authentic feminist, has more to say on the matter. But in the larger picture, what other mistakes has Pelosi made here? Quite a few, it seems. Nancy really was in over her head, misinformed about what she was dealing with, and misunderstanding all she saw along the way.
From Fred Barnes at The Daily Standard:
Pelosi Abroad: The new speaker stumbles in Syria.
[...] Pelosi's visit to Damascus for talks with Syrian president Bashir Assad showed her ill-equipped to deal with the longstanding conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states in the Middle East. She made three serious mistakes.And there are several others too, I can't repeat them all here, but it's worth reading the whole thing.
Pelosi got off on the wrong foot by stating beforehand her belief that "the road to Damascus is a road to peace." Not true. In the struggle between Israelis and Arabs, the road to Damascus has not been a path to peace--quite the contrary. In fact, Assad and his father, who preceded him as president, have never made more than a minimal effort to reach a peace settlement with Israel.
Pelosi seemed to think it would be easy to get the Israelis and Syrians together at the bargaining table. It's not and never has been. The complicated nature of diplomacy in the Middle East eluded her. She was in way over her head. She didn't understand what she was dealing with. This was her first big mistake. [...]
When Pelosi was up for nomination as House Speaker, there were doubts by some Democrats that Nancy was the best choice, because they felt she would be a loose canon. Perhaps they were right, and this is just the beginning.
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