Of course you do understand that Condoleezza Rice doesn't say or do anything that President Bush doesn't approve of. That's the job of the Sec. State.
I don't know that. W is not a micromanager and has a ton of trust in Condi. Plus, she is a human being who is under a ton of pressure to come up with something. In the mean time, every time we say land for peace it becomes the expected thing that Israel MUST do. If she doesn't do it, she is being uncooperative and isn't interested in peace. If she does it, well, we have what we've had the past nearly 60 years. NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH TERRORISTS. IF YOU ARE NOT WITH US YOU ARE AGAINST US. The Lebanese voted Hezbollah into power. Hezbollah's reputation as a terrorist group is not new. They knowingly voted for people devoted to killing other people. I feel no compulsion to try to go way out of my way to save Lebanon. They are with them - which means that they are with the terrorists. Condi shouldn't be offering them squat - unless it is a bunker-busting-bomb on the head!