STAY HOME, YANKEE! – AT 7:44 P.M. ET:  Nancy Pelosi is in Afghanistan, and, strangely, there are no reports that she bought any rugs.  From The Politico: 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), along with a delegation of Congressional Democrats, is in Afghanistan Saturday, where they met with U.S. forces and were briefed by U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and General Stanley McChrystal.

Joining the speaker on the trip are four Democratic women: Reps. Susan Davis (Calif.), Madeleine Bordallo (Guam), Niki Tsongas (Mass.) and Donna Edwards (Md.). No Republicans are in the delegation.

The group also met with President Hamid Karzai.

"We are grateful for the service of our brave men and women in Afghanistan, for their commitment to America's security, and their unwavering dedication to their mission," Pelosi said in a statement.

COMMENT:  I dunno.  I guess Pelosi, as speaker of the House, has the right to go to a battle area and waste the time of the commanders there.  But she, and members of her delegation like Donna Edwards, represent the far left of her party, which has never been friendly to the military or to our missions abroad.  What is their purpose in going?  What "report" or "concern" do they have in store for us?

Remember that Obama ran on the argument that Afghanistan is the "good" war, as opposed to the "bad" war in Iraq.  But his party's left never really bought that line, and has been growing impatient with even the Afghanistan operation.  Let's see what this little crowd of wrecking balls says when they get home.

May 8, 2010