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CONDI RICE CALLS KARZAI
michellemalkin.com ^ | March 23, 2006 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 03/23/2006 2:05:26 PM PST by the anti-liberal

CONDI RICE CALLS KARZAI

By

Michelle Malkin

  ·   March 23, 2006 03:28 PM

Following in Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's footsteps, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice phoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai seeking a "favorable resolution" of the Abdul Rahman case. Not sure why President Bush wasn't on the line. But at least someone called.

Fox News has the story.

More details from the NYT:

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke this morning with President Hamid Karzai and discussed the affair "in the strongest possible terms," said the State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack.

"She called specifically on this topic," Mr. McCormack said. "And she urged President Karzai's government to seek a favorable resolution to this case the earliest possible moment." Mr. McCormack said Ms. Rice also told Afghanistan's Foreign Minister, Abdullah Abdullah, in a 15-minute meeting in Washington today that she was deeply troubled by the case, and that the prosecution was "contrary to universal democratic values," which include freedom of religion. Ms. Rice said that the United States fought for those values in Afghanistan, and that the case was contrary to the Afghan constitution, Mr. McCormack said.

The same message came today from the White House, where President Bush's chief spokesman, Scott McClellan, said the Afghan case "clearly violates the universal freedoms that democracies around the world hold dear. And we are watching it very closely."

On Wednesday, President Bush issued a statement that the United States expected Afghan officials to "honor the universal principle of freedom" in the case. Germany, Italy and other countries that have deployed troops in Afghanistan have also issued statements of concern.



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdulrahman; condi
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To: the anti-liberal

Maybe if the president ran around the stage in WV, flailing his arms and screaming that the perpetrators will be hunted down and brought to justice, you'd be happy? Our president is not Chicken Little, nor is he Bill Clinton, who makes idle threats. There are diplomatic channels to work this out and he put his top diplomat in charge of fixing it. After five years I'd think you all would know that screaming and flailing is not the president's style.


21 posted on 03/23/2006 2:34:22 PM PST by rabidralph (We don't need no fancy book learnin,' now, get off the property!)
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To: don'tbedenied
Bush was silent on the issue for an awfully long time before now, and when he did speak on the issue, it was unexpectedly weak.

Perhaps he knows what he's doing and being deliberate, but all I can know is what I've seen.

We shall see.

22 posted on 03/23/2006 2:34:49 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: rabidralph
Screaming and flailing - no, forceful and firm - yes. Just be glad we don't have one of these in the WH:


23 posted on 03/23/2006 2:37:08 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: linear
If they do execute this guy, we should immediately withdraw our troops.

If we permit his execution, I want BUSH withdrawn from the Oval Office.

24 posted on 03/23/2006 2:50:36 PM PST by montag813
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To: calex59
What was the sense of freeing these people from the Taliban if they are going to be just as bad as the people they were freed from?

Freed? You must be joking. We traded Taliban Extra Strength for Taliban Lite. Douglas MacArthur is spinning in his grave at how we permitted medieval Sharia "law" to continue in a land we "liberated". What a bunch of pansies we have running this war. "Held to account" my ass...I cannot believe Bush is using the same expression he reserves for terrorists. Disgusting.

25 posted on 03/23/2006 2:54:11 PM PST by montag813
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To: montag813

I blame the Afghani constitution on our illustrious [sic] State Department, led by Colin Powell. These idiots don't give a damn about liberty - just making nice-nice with demagogues.


26 posted on 03/23/2006 3:07:00 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Freedom isn't free, but the men and women of the military will pay most of your share)
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To: montag813
"We traded Taliban Extra Strength for Taliban Lite."

Thanks, this is exactly what I wanted to say earlier, but I couldn't find the sources to draw from.

I remember reading the actual name of the Taliban leader responsible for this act of medieval act of barbarism.

27 posted on 03/23/2006 3:17:47 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: the anti-liberal

I'm getting more than a little sick of everyone suggesting they know what Bush should do, when he should do ... let THEM run for office.

He could spend his whole presidency like his predecessor and fell everyone's pain, leaving the door wide open for another 9-11, but, ah, the intervening PR and polls would be great !


28 posted on 03/23/2006 3:22:32 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA
"I'm getting more than a little sick of everyone suggesting they know what Bush should do, when he should do"

Like I mentioned earlier:

Perhaps he knows what he's doing and being deliberate, but all I can know is what I've seen.

Would you have said the same thing with Jimma Carter?

IMO it's better to say something than say nothing... but in the end I just hope he does the right thing, whatever it happens to be.

29 posted on 03/23/2006 3:30:40 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: cgk

She's a heroine.


30 posted on 03/23/2006 3:33:57 PM PST by elhombrelibre (The MSM is "the propaganda arm of our enemies." - Jack Kelly)
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To: montag813
""Held to account" my ass...I cannot believe Bush is using the same expression he reserves for terrorists. Disgusting."

What's disgusting is people who expect the President of the United States to go on a flaming, spleen venting rant as if he was posting messages to some stupid web site.

31 posted on 03/23/2006 3:35:34 PM PST by Hound of the Baskervilles ("Well, Watson, we seem to have fallen upon evil days.")
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To: the anti-liberal

You said -- "As he's (Bush) is a Christian himself I'd expect a somewhat stronger statement from him."

Maybe he should have resorted to his Texas cowboy talk -- like "If you don't let that guy go, we're going to open up a Texas-sized can of whoop-ass on y'all."

I think that might work. :-)

Regards,
Star Traveler


32 posted on 03/23/2006 3:41:41 PM PST by Star Traveler
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles
"flaming, spleen venting rant as if he was posting messages to some stupid web site"

I think most people here are smart enough not to want or expect such behavior from a sitting President (at least, from a US sitting President).

I suspect most individual would be happy to see Pres. Bush take a firmer stand on this, without seeming to give lip service to 'tolerance' of Taliban or islamic Sharia law in the process.

That kind of 'tolerance' I'll leave to the liberal socialists.

33 posted on 03/23/2006 3:47:29 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: the anti-liberal

..things seen and said in public are often very different from what goes on in back-channel conversation--I'm sure GWB is leaning VERY hard on Karzai...


34 posted on 03/23/2006 3:51:25 PM PST by WalterSkinner ( ..when there is any conflict between God and Caesar -- guess who loses?)
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To: WalterSkinner
"I'm sure GWB is leaning VERY hard on Karzai"

I certainly hope so!

When this is all over, I would like to see the Taliban completely removed from Afghanistan and Sharia law stricken from, well, from existence.

35 posted on 03/23/2006 4:05:10 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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To: linear

Don't withdraw the troops. To do so plays into the hands of the bad guys. Have you forgotten why we conquered that country? Wont bin Laden be back there the day after we leave?

Roll a heavily armed US convoy down main street, Kabul, right to the jail where Abdul Rahman is being held & take him to safety, OUT of Afghanistan. In addition, tell Karzai the money is TOTALLY cut off til the constitution is changed, & OBTW, here is the list of changes.

If the Afghanis don't like it, declare martial law, throw out the current government & constitution, & tell them we will occupy their country until they learn to respect human rights - 100 years if necessary.

IMO, the US is the military occupier of a conquered country & the current gov't serves at the pleasure of the US, & if the US is displeased, out it goes.

Bush says he wants to instill democracy in these countries. Well, respect & protection of basic human rights is fundamental to democracy, & MUST be instilled in the people PRIOR to the formation of a democracy. I hope the US learns from this when installing the new gov'ts of Syria & Iran in the near future. Otherwise, why bother?


36 posted on 03/23/2006 4:13:16 PM PST by Mister Da (Nuke 'em til they glow!)
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To: the anti-liberal

Speak softly and carry a big stick. The stick has been used a few times already.


37 posted on 03/23/2006 4:17:03 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: the anti-liberal

When someone elects Michelle president, she can make all the phone calls, from ordering presidential staplers to threatening thermonuclear war. President Bush can delegate as he chooses.


38 posted on 03/23/2006 4:19:36 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Wimpy329
she invokes the diplomatic equivalent of "I'll tell Dad."

Or perhap she says, "I'll get the Internet after you."

Does anyone have President Karzai's cell phone number?

39 posted on 03/23/2006 4:20:52 PM PST by dinasour (Pajamahadeen and member of the Head SnowFlake Committee)
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To: Mister Da
"Roll a heavily armed US convoy down main street, Kabul, right to the jail where Abdul Rahman is being held & take him to safety, OUT of Afghanistan"

...and place him into a prestigious university where he and America can tell Yale where to shove it.

40 posted on 03/23/2006 4:21:23 PM PST by the anti-liberal (Hey, Al Qaeda: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent)
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