Rice tries to put positive spin on year of disasters

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/rice-tries-to-put-positive-spin-on-year-of-disasters/2006/12/20/1166290613394.html

WHAT many may see as turmoil in the Middle East is partly the result of the Bush Administration hastening historical forces that were destined to reshape the region, the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has said.

"The old Middle East was not going to stay," Dr Rice said on Tuesday. "Let's stop moaning the old Middle East. It was not so great and it was not going to survive anyway." The results would not be known for decades, she said.

In a year-end interview, Dr Rice emphasised the positive in a year that saw the radical Islamic groups Hamas and Hezbollah gain strength in the region, Iran ignore international demands to suspend its nuclear program and Iraq teeter on the edge of civil war.

She attributed the setbacks to "counter-revolutionary forces" seeking to undo US success in the region. Dr Rice likened the current period to the challenges the US faced after World War II.

[valerief]

1. I wish I had her meds. I'd be happy all the time. nt

[Avalux]

2. Mind-boggling.

Does she actually believe the crap she says?

"WHAT many may see as turmoil in the Middle East is partly the result of the Bush Administration hastening historical forces that were destined to reshape the region"

:rofl:

[KittyWampus]

7. like giving a gun to a serial wife beater will just hasten the forces that were destined

to reshape his family.

[ljm2002]

3. Have I mentioned today...

...how much I loathe Condoleezza Rice? No? Well, consider it mentioned.

Smarmy l'il puppet, jerking on a string, soft-spoken martinet, lying lying lying

[tridim]

4. "it was not going to survive anyway"

I assume the people of the Middle East are laughing their asses off at that one.

A 200 year old country has no business lecturing the cradle of humanity about survival and longevity. It's like a 2 month old telling his grandma that she doesn't know anything about life.

[KittyWampus]

8. she's also callously brushing off the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis

[Parche]

5. middle east

Yeah, after all of the CIA sponsored coups and regime changes, how do you expect them to feel?

[edbermac]

6. We could have 30,000 dead soldiers instead of 3,000.

That's positive!

:sarcasm:

[Bonhomme Richard]

9. I think the Crusaders were spewing the same logic to..............

the disgruntled peasants back home.

[GreenTea]

10. Rice, a person who studied the USSR as her "forte" and who obviously doesn't know jack-shit

about the "Middle East"!

The worst Secretary of State who ever lived!!