Actually, I won't leave it at that because that's kind of a a-hole thing to do. Here's my points:
(1) How could Pelosi possibly make things worse given that things are as bad as they could possibly be?
(2) Take Olmert's criticism as you want: would Olmert have had Pelosi convey any kind of message if he objected to her visit?
(3) Fred Hiatt (head of the WaPo editorial board) has been wrong about every single thing about the war so far -- why would he be right about this? You might want to read some of his (provably false) columns trashing the Scooter Libby trial for a sense of his overall reliability.
Actually, I won't leave it at that because that's kind of a a-hole thing to do. Here's my points:
(1) How could Pelosi possibly make things worse given that things are as bad as they could possibly be?
(2) Take Olmert's criticism as you want: would Olmert have had Pelosi convey any kind of message if he objected to her visit?
(3) Fred Hiatt (head of the WaPo editorial board) has been wrong about every single thing about the war so far -- why would he be right about this? You might want to read some of his (provably false) columns trashing the Scooter Libby trial for a sense of his overall reliability.
(4) Read Juan Cole's take on this.