Posted on 12/05/2002 6:16:26 AM PST by RCW2001
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice Lauds Muslim Women for Work in Human Rights
The Associated Press
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W A S H I N G T O N, Dec. 4 National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice praised a group of Muslim female lawyers Wednesday for their work in human rights, saying their efforts were vital in helping those oppressed by religious bias around the globe.
She told about 60 members of Karamah that the human rights organization "is a constant reminder that millions of Muslims contribute to all walks of American life from education to science, law, business, public service." Karamah educates people about Islam and advocates Muslim women's rights. Calling Islam a great religion, Rice said people should not be treated unfairly because of their skin color, ethnic background or religious faith. She noted there are many struggles under way around the world, including the fight against terrorism. "As human beings we know that on every continent, in every culture, people given the choice between tyranny and peace, will choose peace," she said. Rice said that democracy requires constant work, adding that it has been a continuous struggle even in the United States to live up to all the principles of democracy "Democracy is a journey not a destination," Rice told them after a feast-breaking dinner during Ramadan. Marked by fasting from sunrise to sunset, Ramadan ended Wednesday. Rice was presented with the Quran, the Muslim holy book. President Bush planned to give an address Thursday at an Islamic center in Washington. |
Seems pretty clear to me. And I don't think the colors they come in have a dumdiddly thing to do with it.
You are a whelcher.
I might be welsher but I am NOT a whelcher (sic).
Me neither.
Listen - don't get so angry because I disagree with you.
Suppose EVERYONE agreed with you, and then you changed your mind, then everyone would disgree with you.
At least with me you know that if you ever changed your mind, you would be in agreement with at least one person - me.
I think al qaeda, bin laden, and the nations/organizations that fund them are to blame. I don't think any agency or individual in the U.S. is responsible for "allowing" it to happen unless you are talking about the regulations put in place years ago preventing our intelligence-gathering agencies from effective communicating and cooperating with each other, or the political correctness which prevented agents from investigating leads pointing to arab terrorists for fear of "ethnic profiling" accusations.
Other than that, perhaps officials at top levels in the previous administration who refused a Sudanese offer to deliver bin laden to us a couple of years earlier. Condi had nothing to do with ANY of these items.
Yes, of course she was "sleeping at the switch", along with the rest of us.
I'm NOT denying that.
But there was a NEW team in town in January 2001.
yes
I don't think any agency or individual in the U.S. is responsible for "allowing" it to happen unless you are talking about the regulations put in place years ago preventing our intelligence-gathering agencies from effective communicating and cooperating with each other,
Yes - among other failures.
or the political correctness which prevented agents from investigating leads pointing to arab terrorists for fear of "ethnic profiling" accusations.
Yes
And the laws that allowed for terrorists to easily come to America.
And not taking threats seriously, and mandating that the CIA, FBI etc. concentrate on terrorism.
And not being proactive enough in going after terroist organizations.
Rice's job was to be alert "at the switch".
It was not our job to be at the "switch".
As a smoker, I think you are living in the past. Other than that, I agree with you :)
"Great"??
Is there NO end to the political pandering to adherents of the "Religion of Peace" from some members of this administration?? And all it took was 17 Muslim hijackers, and a paper-trail of fund-raising throughout American Mosques in support of Al Quaeda.
Oh that's right, I forget -- naturally, the GOP's 'big tent' must reach out to everybody...
Wow, she single handedly protects us from terrorists ? She is certainly doing a great job since then. She conquered Afghanisitan and arrested numerous terrorists. Is she really Wonder Woman ?
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