Gingerich vs. Pelosi

For those of you who are not students of WWII history, there was an incident that has become known as the Katyn Forest Massacre. Here's a website where you can read some detail about the actions of the Soviet Union:


http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=The_Katyn_Forest_Massacre_Remembered

I must admit to not being a student of the history of the Armenian massacre, so I did some surfing and found this website that provides similar information to the one above:

http://www.armenian-genocide.org/genocide.html

The only real difference between the two is year (years in the case of the Armenians) in which the atrocities were committed.

Now let's forward to the year 1995, when Newt became Speaker of the House. In July of 1995, a debate ensued regarding the Katyn Forest Massacre, and excerpts of the debate were published in the Baltic Times:

http://www.latvia.no/index.php?articleid=199&expand=

Now Newt was new, Nancy is new, but you know who I like best between the two. (Sorry, I couldn't help myself with the idiotic rhyme.)

Don't get me wrong, condemning the actions of the Ottoman Empire would be entirely relevant - if only it still existed today. The modern day Turks, our allies if you disregard Iraqi Freedom, did not pull any triggers, but neither have they sufficiently beaten their brows or even acknowledged it happened to the satisfaction of the rest of the world.

It is entirely noble of Squeaker of the House Pelosi to want to condemn the actions that took place about 100 years ago, but as with many things in life, timing is everything.

If I were a Democrat, I would be desperately hoping that Ms. Pelosi's learning curve would soon start excellerating at a rate significantly faster then her poll numbers regarding her performance are dropping.

Newt had the timing right, because of the collapse of the Soviet Union. If we were to have a similar discussion regarding Katyn now, with the awakening of Soviet nationalism under Putin, it would be the same thing as condemning the Turks for slaughtering Armenians. It would be a measure that everyone could feel good and sanctimonious about, but it would accomplish nothing positive.

Therein lies Squeaker Pelosi's problem - lack of accomplishment, before and after assuming her position. I have come to expect nothing less from San Francisco then the oddest mankind has to offer, so Nancy fits right in.

With all of the potential threats from Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Lord help us if we forget the Chinese, I certainly hope, even as a Republican, that Speaker Pelosi can grow into her job.

I do not, however, plan to bet the farm on it.