GEORGE BUSH'S NON-EXISTENT FOREIGN POLICY

I thought George Bush and Condi Rice were against sitting down and talking to the Syrians and Iranians. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi took a lot of criticism by Bush for her visit in early April to Syria and her talks with Syrian leaders. See the New York Times story by Hassan M. Fattah and Hugh Naylor on April 4, 2007.

Yet yesterday in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, we see Condi Rice doing just that, sitting down with the Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem and having talks. Helene Cooper and Jon Elsen report in today's The New York Times on the meeting:

"Ms. Rice’s talk here on Thursday with Syria’s foreign minister, Walid al-Moallem, lasted only 30 minutes but was substantive. She asked that Syria, with its porous border with Iraq, do more to restrict the flow of foreign fighters."

Where is George Bush's expression of displeasure? If he criticises Democrat Nancy Pelosi because he says meetings with the Syrians and Iranians are unproductive, let's hear him say the same things about his Secretary of State Condi Rice.

I am sure George Bush does not have a clue about diplomacy and a sane policy of foreign relations. That's what makes this president so dangerous.