Posted on 11/20/2004 1:46:22 PM PST by El Oviedo
Nearly two years ago the Bush administration froze out Yasser Arafat. Their reasoning was straightforward: Arafat had no real intention of facilitating peace. Stirring his people’s hatred is how he kept himself in power.
In the post-Arafat era, the administration is again talking about the prospect of an independent Palestinian state. The person who will lead the historic accord will be the newly appointed Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. A strong advocate of multi lateral alliances, Rice will almost certainly reach out to Europe in the coming weeks, to launch a joint initiative aimed at strengthening ties between the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
Her leadership is desperately needed. On any given day along the West Bank and Gaza, mourners drag themselves across the sands in grim funeral processions and kids chant “I want to be a martyr.” It doesn’t have to be that way. I recall during a recent trip to Israel, a checkpoint guard told the story of a woman who recently detonated herself and four others at the border checkpoint. What went unreported was that the woman had been found to be having an adulterous affair. She was given a choice: be stoned to death or go on a suicide bombing mission. She chose the latter. That is to say, she chose to die not for a noble cause, but as a result of the oppressive social forces within the Palestinian society.
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Rice vs Clinton?
Dr. Rice has been saying that she wants to go back to Stanford and teach.
I'm wary of this. But I think what will happen is that the Palestinians will turn on each other in a giant power struggle until they have a new boss. Lots of violence, shootings, beheadings, and car bombings before the dust settles.
Condi will make offers, show goodwill, and get nowhere. But at least we can say we tried.
LOL. Well, we can dream :)
"Dr. Rice has been saying that she wants to go back to Stanford and teach."
I can't believe she would miss the chance to be the first woman President.
It does not matter. Clinton will not be the Dem candidate, and I'll stake money on that.
Bill Clinton looks to be on his last legs.
Without Bill Clinton, Hillary does not stand a chance of being elected dogcatcher!
Mark it. Carter and Clinton are both doomed to die within the next four years.
You don't think she'll run?
She might run. She won't win the nomination, though.
The problem for Condi is that people don't know about her credentials because the MSM constantly refers to her as Bush's "parrot," as emphasized by a racist cartoon mentioned earlier.
If it was there would be NOOOOOOOOOOOO CONTEST. Condi by a landslide.
MSM is dying anyway. There are too many other outlets out there...who needs the MSM?
As long as they keep it among themselves, that does not bother me. There will be fewer to deal with when that dust settles.
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