Posted on 09/23/2009 7:52:35 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
Former Secretary of State is keynote speaker at Convention Center security conference.
ANAHEIM Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that the United States must remain vigilant in the fight in Afghanistan and help calm the drug battles along the Mexican border to help prevent the type of failed states that lead to more terrorism.
Rice delivered the keynote address to a crowd of more than 2,500 police and security professionals gathered in Anaheim for the 55th annual American Society for Industrial Security International Seminar, billed as the largest security expo in the world.
"Nothing has ever been the same since 9-11," she said.
Unless the U.S. leads the charge to stabilize Afghanistan and other volatile regions, "you can be assured you'll have (terrorist) attacks from there again," Rice said. "This is a long war, not a short one."
She emphasized that unpopular decisions may need to be made in order to bring about lasting peace.
"If you govern for today's headlines, you will not have history's judgment on your side," she said.
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And she credited President George H.W. Bush, for whom she served as a Soviet expert on the National Security Council, as a mentor. He taught her to "think about power wisely and with humility," she said.
Rice also urged everyday Americans to continue believing in the "national myth" that America is a place where any dream can be accomplished, to educate themselves and work toward achieving those dreams.
"We are admired for our national myth," Rice said. "A myth is not untrue, it's just oversized … And our national myth is the log-cabin myth, that it doesn't matter where you came from, it's where you are going.
Er, just how exactly does she propose to get those bad guys down there to calm down?
There is a way, but it might not sit well with some.....
Hey Condi,
Calm the mexican border to prevent terrorist?
How bout shuting down illegal entry into our borders to prevent terrorism.
What Would Teddy Roosevelt Do?
I know. We’ll spray Valium along the entire border.
http://www.mcso.org/include/pr_pdf/Chinese%20Arrest%20News%20Release.pdf
This is Arpaio press release, they caught 4 Chinese nations with Cuban money.
Thank God Rice is standing up for us.
Y’all ‘had your chance’ to SHUT THE DAMNED BORDER. Hellllooooooooooooooooo?
What DID Ike do!?
I know. We’ll spray Valium along the entire border.
That ought to calm them down.
BTW, what does calming the border down have to do with terrorism?
Or Afghan black tar heroin
BULLY BULLY BULLY!
How about it. Giving lip service to “terrorist” while her boss and the administration she was part of did everything they could to encourage the invasion. Secure the damn border.
Too little and 8 years too late.
Loooooooootus laaaaaaaaaand
Condoleeza Rice is absolutely correct.
If only she came to this conclusion when she could actually do something about it.
Condi, with your record, you can just shut your mouth about the border.
We should broadcast classical music to illegals or what?
Yeah, we should remove what little fence we have and replace them with loud speakers. Fences and border agents are very un-calming to those trying to enter our country ill-legally.
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