This report from Lebanon’s Daily Star:
“The road to solving Lebanon’s problems passes through Damascus,” Pelosi told reporters after meeting with Lebanese parliamentary leader Saad Hariri at Qoreitem.
Steve Schippert writes at ThreatsWatch.org:
That she believes “the road to solving Lebanon’s problems” passes anywhere near Damascus is troubling enough, as ‘solving’ has nothing to do with it.
But that a major US political figure uttered such after speaking with the son of a man assassinated at the command of Bashar Assad – who happens to live in Damascus, coincidentally – is simply stunning.
Schippert’s right…pretty galling that Pelosi would say such a thing after speaking with Hariri. But Pelosi’s statement is not false. Syria will need to play a constructive role in Lebanon for any progress to be made there, but Pelosi can’t seriously believe that the Assad regime will ever answer that call.
