Dr. Rice says what the president wants her to say.
Does it make any sense that Pres. Bush would come out and say this, but Rice can't? Or that she would continue to refer to Iran as a democratic gov't with democratic elections? Maybe Rice has been listening too much to Powell and Armitage?
Bush Challenges Iran, Syria to Adopt Democracy
Wired News ^ | Thursday, November 06, 2003 | Reuters
Posted on 11/06/2003 10:54 AM PST by yonif
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Thursday challenged Iran and Syria and even key U.S. ally Egypt to adopt democracy and broke with past U.S. policy by vowing Washington will not support Arab states that reject liberty.
"The regime in Tehran must heed the democratic demands of the Iranian people or lose its last claim to legitimacy," Bush said in a sweeping foreign policy speech. He said Syrian leaders as well as those ousted in Iraq had promised a restoration of ancient glories but instead left "a legacy of torture, oppression, misery and ruin."
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