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Bush and Rice at Odds on Annapolis and Israel Attack on Syria
2007-10-26
Usual qualifications
More salt?
More salt.
For the first time since they began working together, President George W. Bush and his secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice are visibly divided on two major foreign policy issues, both related to Israel: The Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, which is still sans date, participants or agenda, and IsraelÂ’s attack on the North Korean nuclear project in Syria on Sept. 6, which the president approved.

As she feared, the resulting exposure of North KoreaÂ’s proliferation activities stirred a hornetsÂ’ nest against her bid to bring diplomacy on PyongyangÂ’s nuclear program to a successful conclusion with signed US-North Korean contracts for its liquidation.
Time to start looking at "wanted" ads, Miz Dr Secretary?
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#7  FT.com > PUTIN INVOKES CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS, except its US GMD-TMD in Czech, Poland thats threatening Russia wid missles; + WND.com > IRAN PROMISES "MORE DECISIVE STRIKE/ACTION" AGZ USA IF IT'S ATTACKED. US officios say all options still on the table vv Iran, including military options -NOW DITTO IRAN vv TERROR PROXIES + AMER HIROSHIMAS [read - USG-NPE]???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-10-26 20:33  

#6  Sometimes if the Big Boss always takes your adivce you sort of grow to expect them to always take your advice. I agree with danking70, the North Koreans have been lying for a decade, exposing their lies is far better than sweeping them under the table and pretending all is well. That's how the hermet kingdom got the bomb in the first place.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-10-26 16:10  

#5  This is Debka making up the story of the day. These guys are Marvel Comics without the graphics.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2007-10-26 15:58  

#4  I hear Jim 'N Nicks BAR-B-Q in Birmingham has an opening.
Posted by: Besoeker   2007-10-26 13:51  

#3  Hey Condi, check the org chart and see who is in the BIG BOX.
(Hint: It ain't you!) Either get with the Boss's game or hit the road (IMHO, long overdue)
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-10-26 13:42  

#2  "As she feared, the resulting exposure of North KoreaÂ’s proliferation activities stirred a hornetsÂ’ nest against her bid to bring diplomacy on PyongyangÂ’s nuclear program to a successful conclusion with signed US-North Korean contracts for its liquidation."

Yeah, who cares if the NK's are still cheating and will continue to cheat after the ink's dried. Does GWB really need a peace in our time moment?

File under why I hate the State Dept. version 2,357.
Posted by: danking70   2007-10-26 12:16  

#1  "...diplomacy on PyongyangÂ’s nuclear program to a successful conclusion ..."

And here is what's wrong with diplomacy, especially the State Dept. version.

This is called being process blind. As long as the process is pursued to completion there has been success even if the reality is total failure.

I have seen this on numerous IT projects where all the process boxes get ticked off but the system can't go live for anyone of myriad reasons.

This is right up there with "The operation was successful; the patient died."

Bah!
Posted by: AlanC   2007-10-26 11:46  

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