Condi's nuts.

Take that statement as you will...

Condi's Middle East "non"tour - a "diplomatic" trip on which she is refusing to talk to one entire "side" of the war - has taken some interesting turns. Note that I am writing this after reading 5 paragraphs of the Times story here.

- She got Israel to allow humanitarian relief into Beirut International Airport. Nice that she had to get Israeli PM Olmert to "promise" that Israeli forces would not destroy the planes.

- This Condi quote floored me, and inspired the title - again, taken as you will...
“It is time for a new Middle East,’’ Ms. Rice said, news services reported. “It is time to say to those that don’t want a different kind of Middle East that we will prevail. They will not.’’

WHAT?! Lady, since when does the U.S. get to decide what people living in other REGIONS, let alone countries, of this world do? WE choose what's best for them? Condi, you and your people can't figure out what's good for Iraq or Afghanistan, let alone America. What kind of Middle East are we going to...

... oh, that's right. We want the Middle East to be exactly like Iraq and Afghanistan: chaotic, war-torn, unstable... and (particularly with Iraq) not pumping much oil out of the ground. We have to keep those gas prices high so that ExxonMobil, et al., can break more profit records. We have to keep them busy fighting and using up their military might, so we can increase the profitability in the defense sector.

Never mind that you're running the actual governmental part of this country straight into the toilet, oh, who cares about that? Large government sucks, anyways... right?

When they talk about an "ownership" society, what they really mean is "We own all the money, and the rest of you, hell, you're on your own. We'd wish you luck, but luck can't help you not be peons."

This is what you are supporting when you support Republicans and their backsliding, corrupt policies.

I had to vent that. I'll have more info regarding the rest of the article in the next post.

-R.