Rice offers Lebanon U.S. election help

[ckramer]

"Events in Lebanon are moving in a very important direction. The Lebanese people are starting to express their aspirations for democracy ... This is something that we support very much," Rice told reporters at a London conference on the Middle East.

"We will focus very much ... on what we can help the Lebanese do. That means support for free and fair elections, that means election observers if necessary, monitoring if necessary," she added, alluding to general elections in May.

Barnier echoed Rice's demand that Syria comply with U.S.- and French-sponsored U.N. Security Council resolution 1559 demanding an end to foreign interference in Lebanon.

"There cannot be any pretexts, any excuses, not to carry it out," Barnier said. "It demands the sovereignty of Lebanon, the retreat of foreign troops and (intelligence) services."

reuters

[todwest]

1. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

No, really.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[comsymp]

5. Second verse, same as the first

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!

Jeezus, it's amazing, isn't it? These fooks are so deep in their own hypocrisy that they've just quit trying to play it straight- as if they honestly believe everybody buys their bullshit.

(oh, and welcome to DU)

[DELUSIONAL]

6. My first reaction was uncontrollable laughter

Do these idiots (Der bushita gang) even listen to themselves? They might control the US press but they DO NOT control the International press.

Nor do they control the music writers, singers and entertainers overseas . .. .

[bahrbearian]

12. Same here nt

[IndianaGreen]

13. Condi really takes the cake! She is a better propagandist than Goebbels

We don't even elect the President by direct popular vote in this country, so who are we to tell anyone how to conduct elections? America is turning into a pathetic third world religious oligarchy.

[otohara]

2. Time To Take To The Streets Again Lebanon

do not let the US come near your country with Bush's version of democracy and fair elections!

Scream bloody NO FUCKING WAY!

[punpirate]

3. Not reported:

"Hysterical laughter was heard after Rice's assertion of US "support for free and fair elections."

[uppityperson]

4. Pound my back to help me stop choking

hhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha

[burn the bush]

7. Just tell us who ya want to win. The good ol US of A elections for sale

department.

[applegrove]

8. Does she just not read the papers? How could she say such a foolish

thing. Ahhhhhhhhh this must be a "new reality".

[Q3JR4]

9. .....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Amazing isn't it?

[daleo]

10. We'll help you count the votes - Rice.

No, no, don't bother thanking us...it's all in a day's work for The Democracy Show.

[sweetheart]

11. Last time the US helped Lebanese elections, we started a decades civil war

Not only is this ironic that the US is pathetic holding fair elections,
but the specific history of instigating a civil war by throwing an
election deliberately in lebannon hardly gives the US street cred.

Rice is an asshole to even suggest it... what a wanker.

[YDogg]

14. Gotta drum up more business ...

... for Diebold.

[chlamor]

15. Would that be the National Endowment for Democracy

Time for more spontaneously orchestrated demonstrations, youth groups demanding freedom, let's brand it the "cedar" revolution and ask the "Open Society" to chip in a few mill.

[saltpoint]

16. The witch offers Snow White an apple.

[ignatius 2]

17. Oh man..they are sooo screwed.

[Zhade]

18. My electronic vote-rigging system has a first name, it's E-S-&-S...

Yeah. Election "help" - as in, we'll help ourselves to the election!