Rice Says U.S. Ready to Help Palestinians {dismisses Hersh accusation)

[maddezmom]

~snip~
In a German television interview, Rice also said the abuse of inmates by American troops at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (news - web sites) had not undermined U.S. moral authority.


Rice dismissed a report in The New Yorker magazine that the U.S. government, including herself, had approved a secret plan that encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners to obtain intelligence about the insurgency.

~snip~

The institutions of statehood need to get started now," Rice said.


Rice said she would tell Qureia that the U.S. offer of partnership depends on the Palestinians building political and economic institutions that include security services controlled by an "empowered prime minister," who can use them "to fight terrorism."


"We are ready to be full partners with the Palestinians in doing that," she said. "We need movement from the Palestinians on those elements of the road map."

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=2&u=/ap/20040516/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/germany_us

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Dismissed.

Not "denied."

[maddezmom]

2. "As far as we can tell, there's really nothing to the story," Rice said

who is the "we" condiliar keeps speaking of??? :shrug:

[bahrbearian]

5. I like Powell today saying the problems in Iraq .

will be fixed by the Bush administration.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. The "we" is the "we" who are implicated by the assertions.

Oui.

[Hand]

3. It's called cloud-cuckoo-land...

These people have completely moved out of reality. At one time I would have figured that this was just a cynical political move, but these are the same people who claimed that we'd be welcomed with flowers and candy and Iraqi oil revenues would pay for reconstruction--and actually BELIEVED it.

[Tellurian]

4. Interesting statement by Rice in the yahoo article:

Rice pledged a full inquiry into the prisoner abuse scandal.

"People will lose careers, people will be brought to justice," she said in a Sunday interview with the Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel. "The president has promised there will be a full investigation and we'll make sure this is not more widespread."

"The prisoner abuse investigation was "remarkably quick given that you need to pay attention to the rights of the accused," she told the paper."


Interesting her concern for the rights of the accused...not for the prisoners, but Bush, Rumsfeld, and maybe herself....

[MnFats]

6. the old non-denial denial....

....
During Watergate, White House lackeys got very good at issuing non-denial denials...

for instance:
Reporter: "Did you approve funding of (latest example of unlawful dirty tricks etc.)?
Nixon lackey: "Nothing like that ever crossed my desk!"

of course it didn't, jerk.
but you approved it, right?

[phoebe]

7. the Middle East situation is key to solving this whole ghastly mess.

All sides of this equation need to come to the process with detailed, viable ideas. The propaganda from all sides has gone on long enough. New faces are needed at the table - both in the US and in the Middle East - that is the only way this situation is going to be resolved.

[LibertyorDeath]

9. She is a disgrace to her to Office & the people of the USA

"Rice also said the abuse of inmates by American troops at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (news - web sites) had not undermined U.S. moral authority. "

Well that's a nice delusion.

Pathetic..............