Condi backed down after Bush backed Olmert plan

World Tribune ^ | Wednesday July 19, 2006

[PetroniusMaximus]

Yea!

[Argus]

On July 15, Bush's national security adviser said the U.S. intelligence community did not have evidence of Iranian or Syrian involvement.

Words fail me. The President really needs to get these people playing on our team, or replace them. Our "intelligence community" might as well be the NY Times, and the same goes for the State Dept.

[gondramB]

>>Bush administration, after initial hesitation, has determined that the Israeli military campaign against Hizbullah was vital in the effort to reduce the threat from Iran and Syria in the Middle East.<<

I notice they didn't name the officials...

But assuming this is true it makes perfect sense now that we know how many and how sophisticated the Hezzbollah missiles were - what's the count now? 18,000?

[Enterprise]

"A ceasefire that would leave intact a [Hizbullah] terrorist infrastructure is unacceptable," White House spokesman Tony Snow said."

Makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over. Just one of many good things in this article.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Once again Israel does the dirty work the rest of the world seems incapable of doing. But thank God somebody is doing it!

[RobbyS]

Snow has made a difference.

[facedown]

Officials...Officials...another official...

BS

[LexBaird]

"A ceasefire that would leave intact a [Hizbullah] terrorist infrastructure is unacceptable,"

They keep using this word, "unacceptable." I do not think it means what they think it means.

[samtheman]

She should have read Krauthammer before making a fool of herself.

[MikeA]

I don't know what happens to someone when they go to work for the State Department, but they seem to lose all common sense or understanding of the nature of the threats facing the country. They think terrorists and rogues can be made to change their ways through endless jabber-jawing. I don't get it.

[Enterprise]

I would say that Snow brings a "coolness" to the PS job that has been heretofore lacking.

[gondramB]

>>Snow has made a difference.<<

I have to admit I underestimated him - he's more in his element in Washington than he was on a message board - the messages from the White House are clearer and have the right tone.

[Peach]

Bush said Iran and Syria were behind Hizbullah rocket attacks as part of Teheran's campaign to undermine the West. On July 15, Bush's national security adviser said the U.S. intelligence community did not have evidence of Iranian or Syrian involvement.

That's okay -- everyone else in the world knows Hezbollah and Hammas are merely proxy armies for Syria and Iran. If our intelligence community wants to look even more foolish, that's on them.

[kabar]

World Tribune? Quoting unnamed officials? More MSM disinformation.

[Truthsearcher]

Isn't it ironic.

That it's the Jewish state that is taking up the cross (pun intended) in a fight that almost the entire world of Christendom have decided to lay down their arms?

Sometimes I think God has too much sense of humor.

[in hoc signo vinces]

Tony has the "pair" that McClellan was missing.

[livius]

I was wondering about that, too. It seems that Bush is more out front and confident than he was before Tony Snow arrived.

I thought Condi would be great, but she has turned out to be yet another State Dept. creature. I realize that I don't know what's going on behind the scenes, and it's highly possible that she's making all sorts of big changes, etc., etc., but she hasn't seemed a lot different from Powell. I've been very disappointed in her Latin American non-policy, since the region is important to us and it doesn't seem to me that she's treating it that way. And she has been very "Powellish" on the ME.

[Sarah]

I was just thinking along the same lines:
"Officials said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice initially sought to halt Israel's massive retaliation against Hizbullah, which abducted two Israeli soldiers on July 12. They said Ms. Rice, in twice-a-day phone calls, pressed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to significantly reduce the operation to prevent casualties and maintain the Lebanese government."

When she first came in she was SO SMART, I was in awe, and then, I don't know if it's the job, or just the subject of Israel and the Middle East, that just turns people into stupid shadows of themselves.

[NutCrackerBoy]

The civilized world can't help but appreciate the weakening of terrorists' military assets. The Arab league happily throws Hezbollah under the train! Secretary Condi Rice was prepared to execute the usual diplomatic silliness of condemning and fettering Israel, as part of her job, but I feel that she knows this way is best.