Condi: "it wouldn't have been clear what I was shuttling to do."

[dajoki]

Associated Press
http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/07/21/ap2896503.html

Rice Rejects Quick Fix in Mideast

By ANNE GEARAN , 07.21.2006, 04:36 PM

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rejected the "false promise" of an immediate cease-fire in the spreading war between Israel and Hezbollah on Friday and said she would seek long-term peace during a trip to the Mideast beginning Sunday.

The top U.S. diplomat defended her decision not to meet with Hezbollah leaders or their Syrian backers during her visit.

"Syria knows what it needs to do, and Hezbollah is the source of the problem," Rice said as she previewed her trip, which begins with a stop in Israel.

Rice said the United States is committed to ending the bloodshed, but not before certain conditions are met. The Bush administration has said that Hezbollah must first turn over the two Israeli soldiers whose capture set off the 10-day-old violence, and stop firing missiles into Israel.

"We do seek an end to the current violence, we seek it urgently. We also seek to address the root causes of that violence," Rice said. "A cease-fire would be a false promise if it simply returns us to the status quo."

The United States has resisted international pressure to lean on its ally Israel to halt the fighting. The U.S. position has allowed Israel more time to try to destroy what both nations consider a Hezbollah terrorist network in southern Lebanon.

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Asked why she didn't go earlier and engage in quick-hit diplomacy to try to end the death and destruction that has gripped the region, she replied, "I could have gotten on a plane and rushed over and started shuttling and it wouldn't have been clear what I was shuttling to do."

[pinto]

1. Ship of State seems pretty rudderless, one way or the other.

[driver8]

2. I hate to say it, but Condi is a dumb ass.

For a woman that is supposed to be so intelligent, it doesn't seem like she has much common sense. I guess that's why she and shrubby get along so well.

[spindrifter]

3. She has no "mother wit."

Condi lacks the ability to see a situation globally. Her ability lies in strident haranguing about whatever her handlers train her to say. Remember, she didn't put two and two together when the U.S.S.R. fragmented, and Russia was her specialty.

[walkon]

7. I told my wife

if a book report and some classical piano will bring peace then we're in good hands. But this woman looks more amd more like Cheney - blank eyes and snarls while mouthing psychotic horseshit.

[driver8]

9. Ha Ha -- great description!! She has some scary looks, doesn't she? n/t

[tanyev]

4. Kind of like the National Security Advisor who got all those warnings

about terrorist attacks in the U.S. and didn't know what to do about it.

[MadMaddie]

5. So if I am understanding her correctly...

an immediate cease fire is a false promise--(A false promise of life for the innocents getting killed?) A false promise for everyone on both sides to take a breath a take in the reality of their actions?

What a dumbass she is.....

<snip>
she replied, "I could have gotten on a plane and rushed over and started shuttling and it wouldn't have been clear what I was shuttling to do."
<snip>

If she can't figure out by looking at the history of what prior American leaders have done, and she can't figure out what it was she needed to do (Oh like bring the parties to the table and talk about how they could come to an understanding)

She doesn't deserve to be in this job.....How fucking obvious is it she is a waste of space.....sigh...

[dajoki]

8. exactly; the innocents deserve better n/t

[proud patriot]

6. She's embarrassing me tremendously

x(

[shain from kane]

10. No nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize for you, Condi. n/t

[gratuitous]

11. Useless as tits on a boar

Appalling, just appalling.

[Norquist Nemesis]

12. Rose colored glasses can do that to a person n/t

[Ghost in the Machine]

13. well, after all... "no one could have foreseen this escalating...

to such a magnitude".... or something like that... these idiots never foresee anything!... even though that's what they get paid the big money for...

[dajoki]

14. Maybe if * would have...

stayed engaged in Mid East when he "took office" things might be somewhat better.

[leesa]

15. You're shuttlin' for Israel and PNAC, like always. The root problem

is land grabs and resource theft.

[leftofthedial]

16. incompetent vermin are running our country

and the world into the toilet.

[dajoki]

17. only thing left to do is flush n/t

[leftofthedial]

18. would that be The Crapture?