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April 12, 2007

Liz Cheney: No Talking to Syria - Except About Torture

iz Cheney -- the VP's daughter -- wrote an Op-Ed in today's Washington Post categorically saying that any talks with Syria, whether by Democrats or even members of the Bush/Cheney State Department, are counterproductive and won't change Syria's rogue behavior.

In a nutshell, here's her bottom line, in a shot at Nancy Pelosi (among others):

Conducting diplomacy with the regime in Damascus while they kill Lebanese democrats is not only irresponsible, it is shameful.

What I don't get about Cheney's position is how she squares her "no talks with Syria" argument with the fact that the Bush/Cheney administration has a rendition agreement with Syria -- that is, a pact whereby America outsources to Syria the torture of people about whom there is a 1% chance they may be suspected of terrorism.

Liz Cheney said in her Op-Ed that "[t]alking to the Syrians emboldens and rewards them at the expense of America and our allies in the Middle East."

So my question for Liz Cheney is this: who was talking to the Syrians to set up the rendition agreement, and exactly what did the Bush/Cheney administration agree to give up in exchange?

Needless to say, while the print and TV media were breathlessly reporting Bush's and VP Cheney's bashing of Nancy Pelosi for talking to the Syrians last week, they forgot to mention the Bush/Cheney torture agreement we have with the Syrians.

No talking to Syria. Indeed.

Posted by shertaugh at April 12, 2007 12:46 PM

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