Condi White-Rice sang a different tune in 2000

[RadiDem]

"The president must remember that the military is a special instrument. It is lethal, and it is meant to be. It is not a civilian police force. It is not a political referee. And it is most certainly not designed to build a civilian society.

Military force is best used to support clear political goals, whether limited, such as expelling Saddam from Kuwait, or comprehensive, such as demanding the unconditional surrender of Japan and Germany during World War II. It is one thing to have a limited political goal and to fight decisively for it; it is quite another to apply military force incrementally, hoping to find a political solution somewhere along the way.

A president entering these situations must ask whether decisive force is possible and is likely to be effective and must know how and when to get out."

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20000101faessay5-p0/condoleezza-rice/campaign-2000-promoting-the-national-interest.html

[Spinzonner]

1. 9/11 changed everything

the meanings of words

all military philosophy

the rationale for all political decisions

the stock of excuses used by the Republicans

[EST]

2. Otherwise known as opportunistic,

arrogant, lying, evil assholes.

[RafterMan]

3. Fortunately for them

nobody asks why we should trust them to make decisions now when they were so completely wrong before.

[Moloch]

4. Locking...

I'm sure there are plenty of negative things you can think of to call Condoleezza Rice without bringing race or ethnicity into it.

If you want to re-post the article without the "Condi White Rice," you are welcome to do so.

Damkira
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