An Israeli government official said that was not the message Olmert had asked Pelosi earlier this week to convey to Assad

NANCY PELOSI DEFIES PRESIDENT BUSH (so what else is new?):

Democrat Pelosi is the most senior U.S. official to visit Syria in more than two years. The White House called her trip to Damascus a bad idea and Republican President George W. Bush said it sent mixed signals to Syria.

WE WITHDREW OUR AMBASSADOR FOR A GOOD REASON:

The United States withdrew its ambassador from Syria shortly after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Rafik al-Hariri in February 2005. Many Lebanese blame Syria for the killing. Damascus denies involvement.

PELOSI FALLS FOR IT (just like Madeleine Albright got duped by Kim Jong-il in the Clinton years):

"We were very pleased with the reassurances we received from the president (Assad) that he was ready to resume the peace process. He was ready to engage in negotiations (for) peace with Israel," Pelosi said.

"(Our) meeting with the president enabled us to communicate a message from prime minister Olmert that Israel was ready to engage in peace talks as well," Pelosi told reporters after talks with Assad.

PROLEM IS, NANCY GOT THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE WRONG:

An Israeli government official said that was not the message Olmert had asked Pelosi earlier this week to convey to Assad, who seeks the return of the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war.

"The prime minister said Israel is interested in peace with Syria, but Syria would first have to abandon the path of terror and providing support for terrorist groups," the official said, in reference to Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah.

"Comments (Olmert) made to the speaker of the House did not represent any change in a policy Israel has expressed to all international figures dealing with the (Syrian) issue," a statement from Olmert's office said.

GOOD JOB, NANCY.


LOVE THE SCARF.

Syria tells Pelosi it ready for peace talks