Working On A Personnel Agenda:

Nancy Pelosi spent last week traveling the Middle East against the wishes of the Bush administration. (The Middle East Trip Helped Bush administration) supposedly, Pelosi claims, "The funny thing is, I think we may have even had a more powerful impact with our message because of the attention that was called to our trip”. Regardless of her traveling with several republicans, she received the most attention, her decision to go was based on her ideology of being able to negotiate peace between that of Israel and Syria. Pelosi seemed to think that it showed the US being united against terrorism despite President Bush, expressing that Pelosi’s visit to Syria "counterproductive" after meeting with Syrian leader Assad, Cheney added, "He's been isolated and cut off because of his bad behavior. The unfortunate thing about the Speaker's visit is it sort of breaks down that barrier." (Pelosi's rocky road to the Middle East) was filled with lack of support even the National Security Council noted the trip as sending the wrong message. As it shows that there is “no consequences” for supporting terrorists.

Pelosi has managed to create quite a stir with her trip, on several fronts just one of them being that the (White House criticizes trip to Syria). In talking with people on this, it can be concluded that by being elected to office it is the job of an official to get the facts and make policy, but this trip was more than that. Not to say that Pelosi should not have gone it is her right, meeting with Mr. Assad though does seem to undermine the position that the US government is trying portray. Pelosi did go with an intention and by talking to Mr. Assad she gave him just what he wanted, Mrs. Pelosi has the right to go but she should be reminded she can’t just work on her own agenda. The media and the White House have had bad things to say about this trip and for good reason, is she working with the government or under it?