So Meat's diatribe about Condi and his facile Blogpimping has little intrinsic worth but to fan the flames of confusion about our nations chief plenipotentiary officer at a time when the team needs to be united. I think Condi is doing an admirable, skilful diplomatic job so far, all round. Meat is a headhunter and a pro Zionist who seems to want Pearlman to be Condi's stand in for a reoccupation of the 1967 boundary lands of Israel. This makes Meat's post here self serving to have Freepers visit his Blogosphere. I hardly consider his motive and stand very illuminating on any of the issues, nor his action very patriotic for a man proclaiming his US conservatism so self-servingly. Free Republic is not a very good place to head hunt one of our best when she is in the middle of a very important game that is played for keeps. In the middle of the fog of war and her work to evolve clarity, this blogsters approach is gauche at best and not much better than Spam at its worst.
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http://redmeatconservative.blogspot.com/2006/07/condi-discusses-israeli-war-on-foxnews.html **********************************************
Condi Discusses Israeli War on Foxnews Sec. of State Rice was just interviewed on Foxnews. On the positive side she once again definitively supported Israel while espousing the meaningless phrases of avoiding civilians just to placate the Europeans. On the other hand, she is still vociferously pushing for a Palestinian terror state even after everything that has happened?!! She made some disturbing references to "extreme elements of Hamas" numerous times. This means that she believes that there are moderate Hamas factions that can be legitimizing for the sole purpose of creating a state and cutting Israel in half!! Is there nothing that the Palestinian terrorist government and citizens can do that will convince her that the creation of the most violent terror state in the world will bring peril? Also, the Foxnews anchor kept hammering her about her tough talk on Syria and Iran and lack of deeds to back it up. She responded with the usual cliches and indecisive rhetoric that has become so typical of every beaurocrat. The US State Dep't needs to stop playing both sides of the fence and disseminating hypocritical policies towards Israel, Iran, and Syria. ****************************************
Hardly worth reading.
The goal of the U.S. should be to preserve a strong Israel, as the defeat of terrorism is in the best interests of the Free World and -- indeed -- in the best interests of all Middle East nations that wish to survive and thrive ultimately in freedom. The preservation of Israel is also a stand against the genocide of any people.
So, it is U.S./Israel/Britain/Australia and ??? versus terrorism, and it is Freedom vs. Tyranny. We're also dealing with a time-warp, Medieval vs. 21st century.
Currently, Israel is doing everything right, within their rights, and the battle has just begun. My concern is that I do not want to see Israel make any more concessions that would hurt her. "To everything there is a time... " and I do not think it is time for peace.
It IS past time for Hamas to return Gilad Shalit, and past time for Hizb'Allah to return two more IDF troops. Shouldn't that be stressed of utmost importance?
SECSTATE is apparently making an unplanned return trip to the ME as we speak and we may soon hear developments.
Some people think of FR as a blog, because an article is posted and comments follow. But I think of it as a discussion forum where post-and-run is frowned on, but defending and explicating one's stand is respected, especially as done point by point.