sur-prize.

The Brits did what they had to do to keep this from turning into an international incident and forcing premature war.

What the Iranians did still qualifies as an act of war, and should be taken seriously. But the timing should be up to the British, the Americans, and the Aussies. Not the Iranians.

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It all hinges on whether she was in a house of worship, which I can't tell from the photo.

If she was, it was totally legitimate to cover her head, just as a gentile man would if he went to a temple.

Out in the public square, it becomes more dicey.

Though there are certainly parts of the world where I would wear a skirt if local customs demanded it, even though I happen to think that the right pair of slacks is even more modest.

The issue is not how the Speaker attired. It is whether her going to Syria was appropriate in the first place.

UPDATE: Yup. The pic was in a mosque. Talk about your misplaced outrage: get a grip, folks; it's a piece of fabric.

James Joyner, BTW, gets it right: she was within her rights to go on the trip, but that doesn't mean it was a smart stunt to pull.

She made it clear that the U.S. government doesn't speak with one voice when it comes to hostile states. But don't question her patriotism!

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