Did Nancy Pelosi, like Colombian Senator and FARC sympathizer Piedad Cordoba, not want the liberation of all 15 hostages (the ones Colombia’s anti-terrorist forces freed July 2)? Did she want the FARC terrorists to hold onto Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt as a bargaining chip?
Why was Pelosi offering any assistance in a secret plan to release legally imprisoned FARC terrorists in exchange for FARC’s hostages? Did the United States elect her to establish a separate pro-totalitarian foreign policy? Did Congress authorize anything she did to help FARC?
Study Pelosi’s statement on the July 2 hostage rescue:
“The news that three Americans and their fellow captives held by Colombian rebels have been freed is the answer to the hopes and prayers of so many. That the rescue operation succeeded without loss of life is an additional reason to give thanks. Americans share in the gratitude that the families and loved ones of the freed hostages feel today as they will be able to celebrate their freedom this Independence Day weekend.”
A close read. Notice the lack of condemnation for FARC in Pelosi’s statement. Notice how the first sentence says the rescue answered the prayers of “so many,” but didn’t say she was one of the many. Notice she is thankful the rescue operation was carried out without loss of life, as if perhaps she might be relieved no FARC terrorist was harmed. Notice she says “Americans share in the gratitude,” but possibly not all Americans, possibly not even Pelosi herself. Notice she doesn’t call the terrorists “terrorists,” but “rebels.”
How many ways could a U.S. Speaker of the House avoid saying she was personally thrilled that three Americans and 12 others were heroically freed from the hands of totalitarian terrorists in Colombia? It is as if FARC itself wrote Pelosi’s press release.
Pelosi has some explaining to do on this. As if I hadn’t noticed before, she really has gone off the deep end to oppose anything President Bush is for.
Frank Warner
Update: The freed Americans to FARC: FARC you!
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