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August 16, 2006
Whither Condi, Part II...(Or Should That Be: Whither GWB?)
Condi (Warren Albright) Rice's latest on the cease-fire in Lebanon (via Andy McCarthy at The Corner):
"I don't think there is an expectation that this (U.N.) force is going to physically disarm Hezbollah," Rice said. "I think it's a little bit of a misreading about how you disarm a militia. You have to have a plan, first of all, for the disarmament of the militia, and then the hope is that some people lay down their arms voluntarily." If Hezbollah resists international demands to disarm, Rice said, "one would have to assume that there will be others who are willing to call Hezbollah what we are willing to call it, which is a terrorist organization."
Emphasis is Andy's, and he nails it. Is she even hearing the words coming out of her own mouth? Is the Secretary of State of the United States of America pinning her hopes on voluntary disarmament? This is the high point [ed. So far.] of Hizbollah's 25-year existence; to expect them to lay down their arms voluntarily is delusional. That's like Chamberlain expecting Hitler to disband the Wehrmacht after Munich.
And what's with the assumption that "others" will be "willing to call Hezbollah what we are willing to call it, which is a terrorist organization"? What is this, first grade? "Mom, he called me a poopy-head!" Is this the extent of the power of the US--calling Hizbollah a terrorist organization? Bloody hell.
And Rice works for George W. Bush. As a sharp Instapundit reader observed:
"I grow more and more convinced the Republican majority will end itself by 2006 if the Left will just shut up for five minutes."
True, and that's saying a lot.
I guess the only hope is that Rice and Bush know that the cease fire will not last, the Olmert government will fall, and new P.M. Netanyahu will prosecute the next war properly. I simply cannot believe the alternative--that this is the true sentiment of the administration.
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Is it just Floyd, or is the Bush Administration's second term playing media politics instead of prosecuting policy as they did in the first term?
Posted by: Floyd Yeah at August 16, 2006 12:54 PM
