The Republicans In Syria

The White House has spend the better part of the week blasting Speaker Nancy Pelosi for going to Syria and meeting President Assad. Whether or not Pelosi was right for going, the White House HAS been strangely quiet on three other members of Congress who were in Syria this week...all Republicans.

Congressmen Frank Wolf (R-Virginia), Robert Aderholt (R-Alabama) and Joseph Pitts (R-Pennsylvania) were in Syria a few days before Pelosi. All three have been critical of the President's response to Pelosi's trip;

"I don't care what the administration says on this. You've got to do what you think is in the best interest of your country, I want us to be successful in Iraq. I want us to clamp down on Hezbollah." -Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Virginia

"This is an area where we would disagree with the administration, None of us in the Congress work for the president. We have to cast our own votes and ultimately answer to our own constituents. ... I think there's room that we can try to work with them as long as they know where we draw the line." -Rep Rob Aderholt (R-Alabama)

The White House, which likes to blast Pelosi by name, went easy on their fellow Republicans;

"We discourage all visits to Syria because it's a state sponsor of terror. A lot of officials have gone, and it hasn't changed the Syrians' behavior." -WH Spokesman Alex Conant

Yeah, neither had isolating them.