Saturday, March 26, 2005
This lengthy Washington Post interview with Condoleezza Rice covers a lot of ground. Read it and take notes if you get the time. I like this lady.
Here is the summary: Rice Describes Plans To Spread Democracy
Rice, in an interview with Washington Post editors and reporters, said she was guided less by a fear that Islamic extremists would replace authoritarian governments than by a "strong certainty that the Middle East was not going to stay stable anyway." Extremism, she said, is rooted in the "absence of other channels for political activity," and so "when you know that the status quo is no longer defensible, then you have to be willing to move in another direction."...
Yes, yes, YES! The status-quo in the Middle-East (and elsewhere) has been a murderous, grinding repetition that's given us nothing but instability, insecurity, new enemies and 9/11. There is very little to be lost or risked by continuing to shake up the pot. The people with the most to risk are old State Department fossils and campus clowns who've spent their careers studying the status quo and are afraid things will change too fast for them to keep up with their expert status.
The transcript of the whole interview is here. Much ground covered. Travel the world with Condi!
She also criticized Sharon for plans to build in Maaleh Edummin, a part of Jerusalem that has been included in every peace plan.
Please read the email I just sent analyzing Bush-Sharon and Israel's options.
The links in it as well as the article are phenomenal. I couldn't find the link to Rice's recnet comments though, but remember reading them.
She also criticized Sharon for plans to build in Maaleh Edummin, a part of Jerusalem that has been included in every peace plan.
Please read the email I just sent analyzing Bush-Sharon and Israel's options.
The links in it as well as the article are phenomenal. I couldn't find the link to Rice's recnet comments though, but remember reading them.