A sci-fi analogy

Many years ago, I read a science-fiction novel titled "Ensign Flandry," by Poul Anderson. In it, the hero, a futuristic military officer serving Earth, was up against hostile aliens comparable to Star Trek Klingons before the Klingons turned friendly. Worse yet, Flandry had to contend with an arrogant and willfully stupid pacifistic diplomat, who was SO determined to prove he could solve _everything_ by negotiating, that he was prepared to side _with_ the evil aliens and threaten Flandry's safety just to score his points.

Nancy Pelosi, with her brown-nosing visit to Syria, reminds me of this. She would _rather_ that our troops came to harm, than that she should miss out on a photo-op and the praises of her hard-leftwing dupes.