Rice: US has 'no permanent enemies'

[ProSense]

Rice: US has 'no permanent enemies'

By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday held out the prospect of improved relations with the remaining two members of President Bush's "axis of evil," Iran and North Korea, as long as they meet international demands over their nuclear programs.

Rice said the Bush administration in its remaining year would welcome fundamental changes in its dealings with the two countries, as well as with Syria, and as an example pointed to warming ties with Libya, which renounced weapons of mass destruction in 2003.

"The United States doesn't have permanent enemies, we're too great a country for that," she told reporters at a State Department press conference.

But she stressed that neither North Korea nor Iran would benefit from closer relations with the U.S. unless they come clean about their weapons intentions.

The third member of the "axis of evil," Saddam Hussein's Iraq, did not do so to Bush's satisfaction and was invaded in 2003, although no weapons of mass destruction were found. The administration has said it wants to deal diplomatically with the threats it sees from North Korea and Iran.

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Has she been sniffing Bush dust?

[Squatch]

1. Apathy, paranoia, and corporate greed run amok.

:shrug:

(Changed because "Cuba" was a dumb reply)

[tavalon]

2. Bush?

BFEE has been an enemy of the US for as long as they have darkened our shores.

[undeterred]

3. Iraq?

They'll forgive and forget that we've killed a million civilians... "collateral damage"

[KittyWampus]

4. I'd say the NeoCons are America's permanent enemies. Thus, the import of finally exposing them

their agenda and holding at least some of them accountable.

It's not about political "payback". It's about honesty and acknowledging the sickness so it can be cured.

[fascisthunter]

5. Wrong... We Have People Like You Rice

You are America's enemy.

[edbermac]

6. I think she meant 'No permanent enemas'

:sarcasm:

[RC]

7. Rice, you this reality challenged like this all the time?

How many countries that were our good reliable friends 8 years ago, now can not be relied on or even trusted now?

When the hell is Impeachment going to be put back in the table? How many more people will have to die for these giggling murders.

[datadiva]

8. What planet is she living on? n/t

[tavalon]

9. Recommended to highlight the stupidity of Bush's girlfriend.

[tularetom]

10. Maybe they aren't permanent yet but there are

a lot of people in the world that hate our guts, and if we don't do something to show a little humility to the people who are financially keeping us afloat we will soon have a shitload of permanent enemies. And they will have the means to destroy our economy for years perhaps centuries. So condomsleezy and her buds better tone down the "we're too great a country" bullshit before we piss off the people who own us.

[Demeter]

11. I Can Think of 2: Bush and Cheney

"We have met the enemy, and he is us"--Pogo

[symbolman]

12. Love the little tossoff there

"although weapons of mass destruction were not found there.."

Ooopsy! They did no DO as Bush SAID.. Cute..

Forever is a long time. Remember Bush said that he didnt care about History because once he died it was all over anyway..

Psychos who have put a target on each and every American for the rest of their lives...

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. Reminds me of a scene in The Magnificent Seven

Vin: After awhile you can call bartenders and faro dealers by their first name - maybe two hundred of 'em! Rented rooms you live in - five hundred! Meals you eat in hash houses - a thousand! Home - none! Wife - none! Kids... none! Prospects - zero. Suppose I left anything out?

Chris: Yeah. Places you're tied down to - none. People with a hold on you - none. Men you step aside for - none.

Lee: Insults swallowed - none. Enemies - none.

Chris: No enemies?

Lee: Alive.

[pansypoo53219]

14. course not.

we are the enemy.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. Good. Can we eliminate the "defense" budget and do somehting useful with the money?