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"Midwife from Hell"
Condoleezza Rice: "Midwife From Hell"
By Matthew Rothschild
The Progressive
Friday 28 July 2006
After being one of the most inept national security advisers in the nation's history, Condoleezza Rice is now earning the same grade as secretary of state.
Her description of the conflagration in Lebanon as the "birthpangs of a new Middle East" was about as callous as it gets, matched only by Bush's remark that the conflict represents "a moment of opportunity." The 400 Lebanese who have died, an overwhelming number of them civilian and many of them children, were not feeling any birthpangs. They were feeling deathpangs.
Nor were families of the Israeli victims (about 50 so far, and most of them soldiers) cheering the new day, either.
Rice's cruel opposition to an immediate cease-fire has left the whole world outside of Israel (and Tony Blair's kennel) aghast.
And U.N. Ambassador John Bolton's sneering about a cease-fire not being "the alpha and omega" only reinforced the arrogance.
More than half a million people in Lebanon have been turned into refugees in just a matter of weeks.
Israelis are bunkered in bomb shelters.
And all Rice can do is issue hollow words of concern and then sabotage any immediate cease-fire?
The expediting of U.S. bombs to Israel at the same time sent an all too obvious message. Did they fly in carriage on the same plane that took Rice to the region? Is she bringing another load with her this time?
As Rice did in the lead up to the Iraq War, so she is doing now: She's drinking her own propaganda.
The Iraq War was going to redraw the map of the Middle East.
Now the Lebanon War is going to do the trick?
The Iraqi people were going to welcome the Americans with open arms.
Now the Lebanese people are going to rise up and somehow defeat Hezbollah when Israel can't even do the job?
Politically naïve, Rice also appears woefully jejune about human nature.
When people are being attacked by a foreign power, they rarely rally to that foreign power's side.
And when a group in their midst fights back against the invaders, that group doesn't lose support, it gains support.
The United States and Israel have succeeded only in making heroes of Hezbollah thugs.
Rice's green light for Olmert's spilling of red blood has managed only to further enrage the Arab and Muslim world and isolate the United States among its allies (except, of course, for Tony Blair, who is still wagging his tail and licking Bush's face).
It is not in the interests of the United States, and it is not in Israel's interests either, to show the international community utter disdain. And the war crimes of Israel, and Rice's blessing of them, will long be remembered.
Where was Condoleezza Rice when Israel bombed the only power plant in Gaza, bringing about a humanitarian crisis?
Where was Condoleezza Rice, when Israel inflicted collective punishment on the sovereign people of Lebanon?
Where was Condoleezza Rice, when Israel was killing more than 100 Lebanese children?
Condoleezza Rice was in Israel's corner.
For five and a half years, Rice did nothing about the most serious problem in the Middle East, and now she's done worse than nothing.
Rice believes in is the diplomacy of the F-16.
And that style of diplomacy is crashing and burning.
By Matthew Rothschild
The Progressive
Friday 28 July 2006
After being one of the most inept national security advisers in the nation's history, Condoleezza Rice is now earning the same grade as secretary of state.
Her description of the conflagration in Lebanon as the "birthpangs of a new Middle East" was about as callous as it gets, matched only by Bush's remark that the conflict represents "a moment of opportunity." The 400 Lebanese who have died, an overwhelming number of them civilian and many of them children, were not feeling any birthpangs. They were feeling deathpangs.
Nor were families of the Israeli victims (about 50 so far, and most of them soldiers) cheering the new day, either.
Rice's cruel opposition to an immediate cease-fire has left the whole world outside of Israel (and Tony Blair's kennel) aghast.
And U.N. Ambassador John Bolton's sneering about a cease-fire not being "the alpha and omega" only reinforced the arrogance.
More than half a million people in Lebanon have been turned into refugees in just a matter of weeks.
Israelis are bunkered in bomb shelters.
And all Rice can do is issue hollow words of concern and then sabotage any immediate cease-fire?
The expediting of U.S. bombs to Israel at the same time sent an all too obvious message. Did they fly in carriage on the same plane that took Rice to the region? Is she bringing another load with her this time?
As Rice did in the lead up to the Iraq War, so she is doing now: She's drinking her own propaganda.
The Iraq War was going to redraw the map of the Middle East.
Now the Lebanon War is going to do the trick?
The Iraqi people were going to welcome the Americans with open arms.
Now the Lebanese people are going to rise up and somehow defeat Hezbollah when Israel can't even do the job?
Politically naïve, Rice also appears woefully jejune about human nature.
When people are being attacked by a foreign power, they rarely rally to that foreign power's side.
And when a group in their midst fights back against the invaders, that group doesn't lose support, it gains support.
The United States and Israel have succeeded only in making heroes of Hezbollah thugs.
Rice's green light for Olmert's spilling of red blood has managed only to further enrage the Arab and Muslim world and isolate the United States among its allies (except, of course, for Tony Blair, who is still wagging his tail and licking Bush's face).
It is not in the interests of the United States, and it is not in Israel's interests either, to show the international community utter disdain. And the war crimes of Israel, and Rice's blessing of them, will long be remembered.
Where was Condoleezza Rice when Israel bombed the only power plant in Gaza, bringing about a humanitarian crisis?
Where was Condoleezza Rice, when Israel inflicted collective punishment on the sovereign people of Lebanon?
Where was Condoleezza Rice, when Israel was killing more than 100 Lebanese children?
Condoleezza Rice was in Israel's corner.
For five and a half years, Rice did nothing about the most serious problem in the Middle East, and now she's done worse than nothing.
Rice believes in is the diplomacy of the F-16.
And that style of diplomacy is crashing and burning.
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So let's say the Israelis unilaterally stop bombing and pull back.
Hezbollah (and the MSM) will spin this as "victory" and flood back all the way to the border again and start the "cycle of violence" all over again with more rocket attacks.
Nothing will be solved because their political party/terror arm don't want peace with Israel, they want to annihilate Israel (which is why they invade Israel, blew up a tank and took 2 soldiers hostage to begin with.)
And as for innocent civilians - those kids weren't allowed to leave by HEZBOLLAH. They're human shields - purposely crowded in buildings that the terrorists launch rockets and shoot guns from....
Look at the photos - Israel isn't carpet bombing villiages.... it's not every building that's hit. Civilian deaths are the direct result of LEBANESE HEZBOLLAH ACTS.
And an Israeli cease-fire won't stop this.
Hezbollah (and the MSM) will spin this as "victory" and flood back all the way to the border again and start the "cycle of violence" all over again with more rocket attacks.
Nothing will be solved because their political party/terror arm don't want peace with Israel, they want to annihilate Israel (which is why they invade Israel, blew up a tank and took 2 soldiers hostage to begin with.)
And as for innocent civilians - those kids weren't allowed to leave by HEZBOLLAH. They're human shields - purposely crowded in buildings that the terrorists launch rockets and shoot guns from....
Look at the photos - Israel isn't carpet bombing villiages.... it's not every building that's hit. Civilian deaths are the direct result of LEBANESE HEZBOLLAH ACTS.
And an Israeli cease-fire won't stop this.
# posted by 
: 8/01/2006 10:41:00 AM
: 8/01/2006 10:41:00 AM
PROVE TO ME THAT ISRAEL WAS NOT ON THE LEBANESE SIDE OF THE BORDER WHEN THE FIRE FIGHT BEGAN AND TWO SOLDIERS WERE CAPTURED?
Ya see, I had the t.v. on when the breaking news appeared about this incident. FOR TWO HOURS IT WAS BEING REPORTED ON ALL STATIONS THAT ISRAEL HAD CROSSED OVER THE BORDER INTO LEBANON AND CAME UNDER FIRE BY HEZBOLLAH.
That would put Israel in 'war crimes' mode because they intentionally provoked Hezbollah and Lebanon to get involved with them and the Palestinians!
The more interesting part? After two hours of this original scenario....the media changed their story after Israel put a press conference stating they were innocent in their actions!
Uh ha! Explain why Israel had a hard time getting their dead soldiers and their equipment after this whole thing broke out! Because............they were on the Lebanese side of the border and were not on their own territory!
More war crime trials along with Bush and Cheney!
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Ya see, I had the t.v. on when the breaking news appeared about this incident. FOR TWO HOURS IT WAS BEING REPORTED ON ALL STATIONS THAT ISRAEL HAD CROSSED OVER THE BORDER INTO LEBANON AND CAME UNDER FIRE BY HEZBOLLAH.
That would put Israel in 'war crimes' mode because they intentionally provoked Hezbollah and Lebanon to get involved with them and the Palestinians!
The more interesting part? After two hours of this original scenario....the media changed their story after Israel put a press conference stating they were innocent in their actions!
Uh ha! Explain why Israel had a hard time getting their dead soldiers and their equipment after this whole thing broke out! Because............they were on the Lebanese side of the border and were not on their own territory!
More war crime trials along with Bush and Cheney!
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