Semi-News: Madeleine Albright Distressed by Talk of Victory

AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 6 Jan 2006 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says she doesn't like the way President Bush "repeatedly" talks about achieving victory in the Iraq war.

"I was very troubled recently, particularly by Bush's speech to the Naval Academy," the former top Clinton diplomat complained. "Victory for the United States means that someone else suffers defeat. This will make them feel bad. Making other countries feel bad is not good diplomacy. President Clinton never would have done such a thing.”

“When I heard the president say 2005 has been a year of strong progress toward a freer, more peaceful world, it reminded me that an earlier president had made similar bellicose statements that we would pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty,” she said. “This is the sort of cowboy mentality that will only cause others to resent us.”

The fact that President Bush was quoting former President Kennedy’s inaugural address didn’t blunt Albright’s criticism. “That was 1961,” said Albright. “Times have changed. Trying to stand up for liberty today is the height of foolishness in today’s world.”

Albright complained that it isn't fair for Democrats "to be called unpatriotic simply because their public statements on the war undermine troop morale and encourage our adversaries to hold out for an anticipated U.S withdrawal."

She also took some pot shots at her successor, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, suggesting that Dr. Rice may be in over her head, telling the DNC: "I think her relative youth reflects poorly on the United States. Our European allies expect us to send a more weathered diplomat -- a withered crone or desiccated geezer -- someone like me."

[Palpatine]

"I was very troubled recently, particularly by Bush's speech to the Naval Academy," the former top Clinton diplomat complained. "Victory for the United States means that someone else suffers defeat. This will make them feel bad. Making other countries feel bad is not good diplomacy. President Clinton never would have done such a thing.”

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it's always about 'feeling' with liberals, isn't it? Doesn't Halfbright realize that wars are about winning?

[kingu]

Liberals should always feel bad. Really bad. Because that means that a conservative won, and they feel bad because of it. And they'll whine that it isn't good politics, that the conservatives have to include them, because they feel bad.

And the more they whine, the more they demonstrate to everyone why they should never be let into the corridors of power again.

[YouPosting2Me]

"Semi-News: Madeleine Albright Distressed by Talk of Victory"


Such a long title.
Let me save some bandwidth:

"Albright Distressed"

[DBrow]

Note to all- the article is a parody, don't take it too seriously.

[pikachu]

Victory for the United States means that someone else suffers defeat. This will make them feel bad. Making other countries feel bad is not good diplomacy. President Clinton never would have done such a thing.” “When I heard the president say 2005 has been a year of strong progress toward a freer, more peaceful world, it reminded me that an earlier president had made similar bellicose statements that we would pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty,” she said. “This is the sort of cowboy mentality that will only cause others to resent us.” The fact that President Bush was quoting former President Kennedy’s inaugural address didn’t blunt Albright’s criticism. “That was 1961,” said Albright. “Times have changed. Trying to stand up for liberty today is the height of foolishness in today’s world.”

So don't make other countries feel bad and don't support liberty? And that's a foreign policy? Oye veh!

[silverleaf]

Scrappleface...right?

Article is just close enought to Mad Maddie's multi-polar diplomatic philosophy to be believable.

[Frenetic]

"Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says she doesn't like the way President Bush "repeatedly" talks about achieving victory in the Iraq war."

- Who is Mad Elaine Alltripe?