Well apologies in advance if I'm p*ssing on the parade but Condi Rice's performance in the Middle East recently wasn't exactly a blazing success and she suffers from a similar affliction that Senator Mrs. Bill Clinton suffered from prior to her election to the junior Senator's seat from New York in 2000, which is:
Condi Rice has never been elected to ANY office, none whatsoever, and has absolutely NO experience in running as a candidate in a national campaign.
Now don't misunderstand, I like Condi Rice, but this is one of the very rare occasions where I disagree with our esteemed Vice President - I honestly don't think she's ready for prime time as a presidential candidate, in fact I'm not sure if she ever will be - her persona when speaking in public (at least for me) tends to project uncertainty, nervousness, and does not inspire confidence.
In my view, the only difference between Condi Rice as President and Colin Powell as President is the obvious gender difference and the fact that Powell has the military credentials that Rice does not and will never have.
OK you Condifanatics, flame away.
Ahhh, I see it was Lynne Cheney advocating for Condi, I stand self-corrected and I note that Lynne Cheney likewise has never been elected on her own merits to office.
Neither had The Hilderbeast when she ran for the Senate.
I think Rice & Bush know what they are doing with Israel. Our defense team is not stupid.
If the Israelis had just kept invading Lebanon - in very little time the whole world would have been calling Israel the "aggressor" and "baby killers" - totally forgetting what started it. (The world has a very short attention span). We know and Israel knows that the other side is not going to live up to the UN agreement.
Israel has already said that if there are any more attacks by Hezballah - Israel will destroy Lebanon.
They are just biding their time. When Hezballah resumes the attacks Israel can completely wipe them out and the UN and the rest of the world won't be able to say boo.
At least that's what I would do if I were running things.