It seems that Condy never learned that once you have them in government, they are on the streets again.
Condy should sue her University and ask for the tuition back. Korbel who lectured her was a fraudster.
Posted on 11/06/2006 11:24:19 AM PST by Alouette
US secretary of state says Hamas government may be preferable to group 'running the streets, masked, with guns'
Associated Press Published: 11.06.06, 21:18
An elected Hamas government in the Palestinian territories may be preferable to the group operating outside the power structure and carrying out terrorist actions, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.
Rice, speaking to a pro-democracy forum, made the point in arguing that that the United States should not retreat from its advocacy of democracy abroad when elections do not turn out well from the US point of view. Referring to Hamas, Rice said, "I am not so sure that it is better to have these groups running the streets, masked, with guns rather than having them have to face voters and having to deliver."
While the election that produced the Hamas victory was free and fair, she said Hamas has failed in its responsibility to obtain international acceptability. The result, Rice said, has been that the Palestinian people basically have been deprived of international assistance.
"The interesting point is would we have ever seen Hamas confronted with that dilemma without elections and without coming in to govern," Rice said.
She added that the international community should do more to convince Middle East groups that enter politics to give up terror.
While expressing disappointment with the drift toward repression in Egypt, Rice said the 2004 presidential elections produced some lasting benefits. "I don't believe that Egypt will ever go completely back to where it was in the wake of competitive presidential elections," She said.
"The kind of open debate that took place in Egypt, everywhere from in the press to cafes in Egypt, I'm told by people who were there, you don't ever really put that back in a bottle."
Please. She had nothing to do with letting Sadr live. That bonehead decision was actually made in-country.
Don't expect it to last, however. There's a price for being an Iranian stooge.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Hey, whereya been?
DOS (and the Gang of Saud) has removed Condi's brain and replaced it with Folger's Crystals.
I do not understand why conservatives in the GOP have been so blind to the perfidy and incompetence of Rice, which has been so evident for so long.
Whether in the strret of or in a government position, hamas is still a terrorist organization. I will never forget the palestinian people dancing in the streets right after 9/11. Do we really want to support this type of regime?
Looks like Ynet is not so good with the English. "may be preferable" is not the same as saying "is preferable"
Perhaps they suffer from Clinonista whatizisitis?
I think Hamas is utterly despicable. At the same time, it may be preferable to have them in power. Now the rockets have a more definable sending address, all the better to faciltate returning to sender with bonus package attached.
It would not be wise for the Party to run a candidate in the top slot who has not served in a high elective office, preferably Governor someplace. National campaigns are tough these days.
I see Condi has been drinking the water at the Defartment of State again.
Rice's two big policy disappointments have been "the Palestinian issue" and racial preferences. Otherwise she's soooo smart ... but on those two issues .. jeeze.
Uh....you mean like the illegals in our country do? Condi's become a Muslim lover!
Yes, those Nazis were so much better once they gained power instead of just being a bunch of street thugs. /s
Rice is a globalist, not a nationalist.
"Please. She had nothing to do with letting Sadr live"
But it is that 'New Tone" mindset that has failed at every corner.
Let me remind you that the U.S. Gov pumped tens of milions of dollars into Arafat and the Paletenians and where has that gotten us.
Do you think we can BUY Peace? Peace only comes from victory.
You cannot, CANNOT, dictate to a foreign people who they will vote for. Now, if their elected government chooses to fire Katyushas and Kassams at Israel, as I suspect will probably happen, then all bets are off. Who the Pallies vote for is not our problem. What their government does to Israel will become their problem in short order.
Israel's problem is that it's led by Ehud Olmert. I am told that he intends to redeem himself in the next go-round. That's all that matters.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
We were talking about Sadr, not the PA, were we not?
Sadr gets his after the elections.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
It seems that Condy never learned that once you have them in government, they are on the streets again.
Condy should sue her University and ask for the tuition back. Korbel who lectured her was a fraudster.
Well, I think she's right on this. They look pretty stupid, don't they, trying to run the Palestinian pseudo-state?
Personally, I'd rather have them DEAD, though.
This is utterly juvenile. Time to revoke her driving privileges.
At least I hope so - it would be better that than Rice actually thinking this.
Regards, Ivan
Is that before or after the Border fence is built?
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