Condi vs. Cheney - Place Your Bets Ladies and Gentlemen
I'm no fan of Condi, but unlike Cheney, who is obviously channeling dark, satanic forces, I believe that Condi is merely criminally incompetent. But I do enjoy watching two right-wing psychos going pit bull on each other, and it's only more enjoyable when it's two folks in Bush's administration.
On one side we have the Cheney crew who agrees with me that Condi is incompetent, but they're angry with her for what they believe is her work to reverse the administration's national and foreign policy agendas. (Yes, I know, there's a serious flaw in this argument, for it to be true, that would mean the administration actually HAS a national or foreign policy agenda.)
So Gingrich, Richard Perle and Cheney buddies are asking Bush to pull the rug out from under Condi and send her the way of Clayton Powell. My favorite argument from one such Cheney buddie is that Rice has a "lack of understanding of the Middle East." I don't doubt that she has a serious lack of understanding of it. But come on guys, that's the one thing everyone in that administration has in common! If there's anybody over in that administration who has even an iota of understanding of the Middle East, they're keeping him or her buried somewhere safe so they don't have to listen to any actual helpful advice.
Gingrich has provided some much needed blustering testosterone (goodness knows the world has been quiet and peaceful for TOO LONG now) with his assessment of Condi's skills: "We are sending signals today that no matter how much you provoke us, no matter how viciously you describe things in public, no matter how many things you're doing with missiles and nuclear weapons, the most you'll get out of us is talk."
Damn! If only we had someone in this administration devoted to rushing troops into a situation without looking around first! Just think how much good we'd get done that way. Thanks Newt, now can you go back to whereever it is you've been hiding the past decade.
And as for Condi's work in the Israel/Lebanon crisis (what, you thought they hadn't done anything yet?) according to Stephen Clemons, director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, "Rice attempted to increase pressure on Israel to stand down and to demonstrate restraint."
Restrait? Oh no! Not that!!!! How DARE someone in this administration advise restraint to anyone in the midst of a violent conflict.
On one side we have the Cheney crew who agrees with me that Condi is incompetent, but they're angry with her for what they believe is her work to reverse the administration's national and foreign policy agendas. (Yes, I know, there's a serious flaw in this argument, for it to be true, that would mean the administration actually HAS a national or foreign policy agenda.)
So Gingrich, Richard Perle and Cheney buddies are asking Bush to pull the rug out from under Condi and send her the way of Clayton Powell. My favorite argument from one such Cheney buddie is that Rice has a "lack of understanding of the Middle East." I don't doubt that she has a serious lack of understanding of it. But come on guys, that's the one thing everyone in that administration has in common! If there's anybody over in that administration who has even an iota of understanding of the Middle East, they're keeping him or her buried somewhere safe so they don't have to listen to any actual helpful advice.
Gingrich has provided some much needed blustering testosterone (goodness knows the world has been quiet and peaceful for TOO LONG now) with his assessment of Condi's skills: "We are sending signals today that no matter how much you provoke us, no matter how viciously you describe things in public, no matter how many things you're doing with missiles and nuclear weapons, the most you'll get out of us is talk."
Damn! If only we had someone in this administration devoted to rushing troops into a situation without looking around first! Just think how much good we'd get done that way. Thanks Newt, now can you go back to whereever it is you've been hiding the past decade.
And as for Condi's work in the Israel/Lebanon crisis (what, you thought they hadn't done anything yet?) according to Stephen Clemons, director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, "Rice attempted to increase pressure on Israel to stand down and to demonstrate restraint."
Restrait? Oh no! Not that!!!! How DARE someone in this administration advise restraint to anyone in the midst of a violent conflict.
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