NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2007
Condoleezza Rice Talks To CBS News
Part I: Wide-Ranging Discussion Covers Iran, Iraq, Gaza And The Meaning Of A "Shrink Hour"
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss)
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Play CBS Video Video Rice And The Bush Legacy Glenn Kessler, author of "The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy", discusses his book and the role that Secretary Rice plays in the current administration.
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Timeline Iran Nuclear Chronology Events in development of Iran's nuclear program since it first came to light.
QUESTION: Can I ask one more Iranian question?
SECRETARY RICE: Sure.
QUESTION: And that is -- because we have a lot of us.
SECRETARY RICE: No, no, no. It's a fascinating subject. (Laughter.) Matter of fact, I would be endlessly fascinated if I were back at Stanford. (Laughter.) But to try to do something about it is --
QUESTION: So when you're chatting with Nouri al-Maliki and you're talking about Iran, the impression we have is they have a very good relationship, they're in bed with each other, these horrible IEDs that are coming in and killing our soldiers are coming from this Iranian special forces. Is al-Maliki -- do you have his ear in terms of that's not a relationship that we're crazy about?
SECRETARY RICE: Let me put it this way. The Iraqis are Iran's neighbor, but there is no love lost between Iraqis and Iranians, first. And secondly, there is absolutely no desire of the Iraqi Government to be thought of to be Iran's agent in any way, most especially the Shia members of that government want to be known as Iraqi patriots and they have gone out of their way to make clear that they expect and want to have correct relations with their neighbors, indeed friendly relations with their neighbors, but that when it comes to the interference of any of their neighbors in their internal affairs, that's where they draw the line.
I do believe Maliki when he says he's made that point when he has been in Tehran. I know that when we are at the neighbors conferences those points are made very strongly. And one has to remember that what Iraq is trying to assert, both Shia and Sunni, is its Arab identity at this point, which is why the Arab League has been important to them, why Saudi Arabia's decision to put a mission in Iraq is important to them. They -- the most -- very often, if there's any suggestion that there's undue influence of their neighbors, particularly their Iranian neighbors, you get a very unified response from the government that they do not want to be seen in that light.
QUESTION: Well, what about the people? You know, are national interests -- are they subservient, do you think, to religious fervor in some cases among the population?
SECRETARY RICE: Yeah. I don't -- I think the population wants largely what populations everywhere want. They want in this case, first and foremost, security, which is why where you're getting security you're starting to get people engaged in the second issue, which is reconstruction and development and jobs. Obviously, for -- that's the engagement in politics is not something that every citizen cares about in Iraq or in the United States, but there are any number of political figures in Iraq who care about engagement politically, particularly if you look at where we were in Anbar, where now that security is improving and they have turned on al Qaeda, you see that their interests have turned for the population as a whole to development and reconstruction, and for the leadership to political recognition and connection to the politics in Baghdad.
So yes, there are people who have strong connection to religious views and perhaps even want to see a connection between religion and politics. But I don't think it would be true of the great bulk of the Iraqi population and not even of the great bulk of its leadership.
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- Condoleezza who? Wasn''t she once Secretary of State?
Too bad the Bush Gang puts zero stock in diplomacy.
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- It''s sad to see a lady of such obvious talent--she was a child prodigy on the piano, it is reported--fall prey and buy in to such an evil group of co-conspirators. But you''re known by the company you keep, and Condie is the enabler of the Bushit regime that provided cover when Colin Powell quit the state department in disgust over the lies and incompetence of Decider-in-Chimp Bushit. She''s easier on the eyes than Rummy was, but that doesn''t excuse her role in the Evil Empire of Darth and his lackey Curious George. Well not to worry, when the Repugs get booted next year, I''m sure Rupert Mordork will find a nice safe warm place with a million dollar salary in some Rightie thinktank.
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- Why do people assume that because Condi Rice is BLACK, she must have grown up in an inner city tenement, without a father, and with a mother who scrubbed floors ? Posted by Iceman_1960
Maybe it is because of her thuggish, don''t snitch on the boss, kill ''em if they don''t toe our line attitude. I ain''t see no body kill no body''. It is straight out of Compton. Wes'' siiide! She would have been a great Crip member, except she works for a "White" sociopath.
Or maybe it is her slavish devotion to her "massa", and her willing blindness to Bush''s crimes against humanity, and the continued support thereof that invokes an image of someone who is still a "house slave", albeit one who has had a rudimentary education.
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- Trump was right. SecState Rice has one big advantage - she looks good. But, nothing else. It is difficult to discuss the message and not the messenger but here goes. Global warning probably outranks Iraq as an immediate issue but we simply lack the credibility to be of much use. The UN meeting was the place for all to meet and try to arrive at an international understanding and not the ad hoc Bush meeting which was a distraction/impediment. At the end all Bush/Rice could do was to encourge the setting of goals. Goals without consequences are of no use whatsover. We still must join other nations in setting goals with teeth in them. To do this, we will have to wait for the next President.
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- "Actually to have risen to her current job from the most humble of origins is quite a career accomplishment in itself."
- Posted by donbl1 at 09:24 PM : Sep 29, 2007
Why do people assume that because Condi Rice is BLACK, she must have grown up in an inner city tenement, without a father, and with a mother who scrubbed floors ?
"Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up in the neighborhood of Titusville. She is the only child of Presbyterian minister Reverend John Wesley Rice, Jr., and his wife, Angelena Ray. Reverend Rice was a guidance counselor at Ullman High School and minister of Westminster Presbyterian Church, which had been founded by his father. Angelena was a science, music and oratory teacher at Ullman."
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- donbl1,,, Condi was overwelmed from the 1st day on the job as National Security Advisor, she ignored the paper in front of her warning about Bin Laden using aircraft to attack the USA...
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- donbl1,,,, Condi''s beginnings where anything but humble,, Her parents where quite successful.. I can''t see how any one can call her good at her job successful,,, Mushroom Clouds, WMD''s, etc...
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You need not worry about Rice being correct. She has not been right in a very long time.
When she was Bush I''s primary Russia adviser, she had it all wrong, beating the cold war drum while Russia was collapsing around her feet.
As National Security Adviser she had it all wrong with Al Quida and the threat to the US. We all saw the result of that ignorance.
As Secretary of State she has been mostly wrong on most foreign policy deals. No great diplomacy, nothing of merit but lots of banging the "FEAR DRUM".
Her value has fallen so slow that major TV stations refuse to interview her live or publish her ''ideas''.
Read her words; she is eloquent as she speaks in circles but says nothing. Nice person with a Peter Principle factor of 10.
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- J,
Actually to have risen to her current job from the most humble of origins is quite a career accomplishment in itself.
Sure, she has some opinions of the world and what should be but so has every other person who has ever had her last two jobs. Some of those people have been right for the time and some wrong. Takes years to figure it out.
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- Talented and bright lady who has given her all in the job and seems to have the backing of State Department employees.
Will be comfortable returning to private life.
Posted by donbl1 at 06:23 PM : Sep 29, 2007
Not to mention she is a lesbian. I said not to mention it, doesn''t quite fit in with your little vision of good king george. More like cocaine-snuffing rich boy king george, surrounded by his perverts. But don''t let truth stand in the way of your right-wing fairy story. - Reply to this comment
- donbl1,,, You''re kidding aren''t you ?? "Mushroom Cloud Condi" should be placed in irons in the brig of the Chevron ship named after her for the grave damage she''s caused our national security & country bro.
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- The Secretary of State, Candy Rice, was interviewed by the CBS News editoril board and there were virtually no revelations in the interview, aside from the discovery of a "shrink hour" that astronomers had never heard of before.
After discussing the state of affairs (or perhaps non-state of affairs is more correct) in the Middle East, Rice then went on to discuss that the "appointment" of George W. Bush as "Emperor" by the Supreme Court of the now defunct USA, was the best thing to happen to this country since "sliced bread and Reganomics". Towing the usual royal White House line of how evil all Islamic fundamentalists are and that the policies of the Emperor would be successful (although perhaps a bit misunderstood even by the Emperor), Rice was confident that the USSA would prevail in its "War on Terrrror" (although the military would be a bit "banged up") and the Middle East would be transformed by the Emperor into a right-wing, neocon "paradise" with Iraq becoming the vacation spot of the new breed of billionares!
After the interview, Rice left with her retinue of Blackwater bodyguards whistling the old Strangeloves tune "I Want Candy"!
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- Rice has had a pretty good career and probably been one of the more eloquent voices in the Bush administration.
Certainly, much better than Powell who was a big disappointment. Not a leader - just an administrator.
Talented and bright lady who has given her all in the job and seems to have the backing of State Department employees.
Will be comfortable returning to private life. - Reply to this comment
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