Rice Tells Europe to Move Past Conflicts

[SillyGoose]

PARIS - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told European intellectuals Tuesday "it is time to turn away from the disagreements of the past" that stem from the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Rice was giving an address on U.S. foreign policy in Europe, Iraq, the Middle East, and elsewhere to an audience of French student and intellectuals. She chose Paris because France is a seat of recent criticism of U.S.-led war in Iraq and of President Bush's diplomacy in general.

In excerpts from her upcoming address at Paris's Science Politique, Rice said: "America stands ready to work with Europe on our common agenda and Europe must stand ready to work with America."

"After all, history will surely judge us not by our old disagreements, but by our new achievements," she said.

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[CalebHayes]

1. Thats easy for her to say n/t

[Gyre]

2. What a maroon!

Telling European intellectuals to "get over it". How American of her.

"They hate us for our freedoms."

[achtung_circus]

3. What an Ultra-maroon nt.

[Spazito]

4. Europe says to Condi....

"yawn.....whatever".

[dutchdoctor]

5. Europe: You get out of Iraq, we'll get over it..

after all, they've had elections ther haven't they?

[yellowcanine]

6. "Get over it! roar the arrogant Bushbots. Modest they ain't. We may be

feared but we aren't liked. And there will come a time when we will pay dearly for our arrogance.

[LynnTheDem]

7. Newsflash for condi; Europe doesn't "must" anything.

History judges supreme crime wars of aggression, especially when the overwhelming world majority opposed the supreme crime war of aggression, rather harshly, condi.

You haven't noticed, but the majority of the entire world hates us now, thanks to you and lover-boy bush.

[teakee]

38. Condi's a bossy bytch, isn't she?

:nopity:

[tabasco]

8. "Old Europe" has made it clear they will not cooperate ...

with Bush's plan for a new world order.

They saw exactly how much respect the Bush cabal has for them in the run up to war.

Europe loves the American people, at least those of us who respect and love them. Europe understands we are going through a dangerous time right now and they hope we can fix our own problems. But if need be, they will team up with Russia and China and destroy us economically, if that is necessary to bring down the corrupt regime.

Condi doesn't have a clue and will be remembered as the least-respected and least-qualified SOS in history.

[marmar]

9. How do you say...?

Go fuck yourself in French, German, Swedish, Walloon, Spanish, Greek and Russian?

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

10. Cheney probably knows (nt)

[marmar]

12. By the way...

That James Madison quote is awesome. I've never heard that one before.

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

14. Thanks - I first saw it on bushflash.com

and is pretty relevant with regards to current events...

[Ellen Forradalom]

21. Va te faire foutre

in French.

[BentleyJD]

32. espanol

va la cogida usted misimo.

[TyeDye75]

35. English will do

we are part of Europe too

[aneerkoinos]

37. It feels good! dadadadadadadada-UNGH!

French: Va te faire!
German: Mach es dir selber!
Swedish: Gå och knulla dig själv!
Flemish: Gaat 'm zelf aftrekken!
Spanish: Veta a la verga!
Greek: Ai gamisou!
Russian: Pashol na khui!

And for bonus,
Finnish: Painu vittuun!


http://www.insultmonger.com/swearing/

[marmar]

39. Cool!

I hope Condi's multilingual, so she could translate as they were yelling that at her!

:nopity:

[Pooka Fey]

52. Hi Aneerkoinos! Good to see you again!

:hi: :hi: :hi:

[applegrove]

59. How do you say it in Iraqi? or Arabic?

How do you say it in Iraqi? or Arabic?

[Pooka Fey]

51. Exactly.

[KitSileya]

70. Well, it might not be a language of the European Union,

but in Norwegian it would be something like, 'gå kn*ll deg selv' if you'll pardon my language.

Unfortunately, it's very unlikely the Norwegian government would say something like that, firstly because it's a conservative coalition led by a priest from the Christian People's Party, and secondly, because the Foreign Minister, from the CPP's main partner, the Right party, gets, to be very crude and vulgar and with a warning here for unsavory language, a h*rd-on whenever Bush talks foreign policy, and our Defense Minister spreads her legs whenever asked. I'm sorry to be so crude, but it's the truth.

Of course, they're heading for a major loss come September and general elections, and in the meantime, I can say it for them. "Gå kn*ll deg selv, Condi!"

[tanyev]

11. And what exactly are you going to do to them

if they don't "get over it", Condi? Hmmm?

[jmcgowanjm]

13. In excerpts from her upcoming address Rice told European intellectuals

Excuse me? Syntax anyone?

[jmcgowanjm]

16. Civility cannot long exist where savages rule.

In questioning the perennial prevaricator Condoleezza
Rice, Minnesota Senator Mark Dayton found it impossible
to keep up the pretensions of the upper chamber.  "I don't
like impugning anyone's integrity, but I really don't like being
lied to," Dayton said. "Repeatedly, flagrantly,
intentionally."

http://www.blackcommentator.com/123/123_cover_rice.html

Emperor George is about to lose the American empire and
Iraq its crown (oil) jewel. Be careful of what you wish
for.

The US is now cutting back social programs at home to pay
for war and its useless military bases around the
world. Eventually, the painful task will fall to Condi after no
more social programs can be cut and the useless bases
around the globe will have to dismantled and sold for
scrap metal to prevent an already impoverished America
from slipping further into
poverty.

The base closings should be announced
soon.

See: Mothballing CVS JFK and Florida's reaction
for details.

Condi has arrived just in time, desperately trying to save
an imploding empire of useless military bases and
a Ponzi-dollar-pyramid scheme that cannot be sustained.

[rocktivity]

15. Rocknation Tells Rice to Move Out of White House

:headbang:
rocknation

[gottaB]

17. "Bad things happen in democracies" --Sounds like Rumsfeld

Why isn't he in Europe making that case? Probably has a bad tummy.

[mojavekid]

18. Exactly what "New Achievement" is She referring to????...

"There, there Europe, sit down and behave....:crazy:

[Eloriel]

27. Probably the achievement

of having Europe do our bidding, after all. You know, come help bail us out of Iraq, that kind of thing. And quit bitchin' about things we do they don't like.

[koopie57]

19. I think that

once again, this administration has made things worse. Little by little they keep chipping away at the patience of the world.

[primavera]

20. That's right, it's time to move on to the conflicts of the future!

Like the world uniting to oppose US efforts to invade an ever expanding list of innocent nations!

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Does Rice want to get rid of NATO?

Rice said the United States and Europe should move beyond "a partnership based on common threats" and focus instead on a partnership based upon "common opportunities, beyond the trans-Atlantic community."

That sounds as if she's saying there's no point in NATO now. Would that be a good thing?

[Spazito]

28. The EU is looking at forming their own form of NATO...

which would NOT include the US. I would assume that is what her empty rhetoric refers to. It will be given 'due' deference, lol.

[applegrove]

60. Can Canada join the European Nato? Or are we next?

Can Canada join the European Nato? Or are we next? Perhaps our French Language will save us?

[Spazito]

63. LOL!

*

[driver8]

23. Condi says, "We were just joking...let's be friends again!"

Oh yeah, she was definitely the right person for the Sec. of State job. With that personality, she could sell refrigerators to eskimos!

Seriously, this administration is unbelievable...they just don't get it. They still don't understand that, despite the "New democracy" in Iraq we invaded and are occupying a country for no good reasons. (Reasons that have been true, anyway.)

It is getting to the point that I hate to pick up the paper because I am sick of reading about these stupid, self centered neocons.

[Ellen Forradalom]

24. Condi makes her point

"Forget about that stupid old war, Charlie Brown! You have to work with me now!"

[Blue_Tires]

45. lol

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

25. "The past" is still ongoing, Condi baby.

And she is surely not the one to lecture the world about learning things from history...

[Roland99]

26. "We ignored you and told you to stuff it. Time for you to get over it now

[clem_c_rock]

29. Come on guys. Let us rule the world and help us do it.

And if you don't - we will bomb the living *%$!*@! out of you.

And it will be all your fault!

[Snellius]

30. Like the tyrant ordering her subjects not to feel oppressed

Oh, that cute little smiley Condi. So smart and hopeful and ambitious and anorexic.

[anarchy1999]

65. She needs a new hair stylist. The flip has got to go. Then maybe

she'll get more respect when she demands that everyone needs to work with the US.

[VegasWolf]

31. Rice to world, "Get over it." World to Rice, "Screw you." n/t

[indepat]

33. Madame Secretary will get them set straight

[Supersedeas]

34. freedom can start in mundane ways?? - a mundane invasion??

then, she plays the Rosa Parks race card to back that up?

yep, high high intellectual marks for that one-two combo.

[cosmicdot]

36. while Rice is condescending in Europe, Bu$h** tells Congress ...

... to be frugal with tax dollars ...

just another orewellian day

:crazy:

Bush: Congress Must Spend Budget Wisely

February 08, 2005 3:15 PM EST

DETROIT - President Bush said Tuesday that Congress must bring discipline to the federal budget and cut failing or unnecessary programs even if they have laudable goals.

"It is essential that those who spend the money in Washington adhere to this principle - a taxpayer dollar ought to be spent wisely or not spent at all," Bush told the Detroit Economic Club.

http://start.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20050208/42084750_3ca6_1552620050208-46290137

[this_side_up]

40. Why is Chirac

going to Washington?

According to Sunday's Parade magazine (paraphrasing)
he has swallowed his pride and is going to kiss Republican butt

Frankly, I do not understand France and Spain's actions
toward Republicans/White House.

[denverbill]

41. Are we still serving 'Freedom Toast' on Air Force One?

I have no idea why Europe should bother 'moving on'. The petulant little boy running the country has pretty much told them to fuck off on Iraq, the ABM treaty, Israel, Kyoto, and Guantanamo. Then he has the audacity to let his staff and fellow Republican hacks run around calling France and Germany names for two years. Never once during that time did he take the high road and urge his fellows to get over it and be diplomatic.

Frankly, I have no idea what Europe has to gain by re-engaging with the US.

[Bouncy Ball]

42. Boy do I miss Madeline Albright

and the days when diplomacy was really diplomacy and not "fuck you" in fancier words.

[jdj]

43. So the soldiers dying in Iraq today don't count? Sorry, troops,

we've moved on.

[cboy4]

44. lecture lecture lecture

"Europe 'must stand ready'...Are you F'ing kidding me?!?
You little inferior Europeans do what I say and nobody gets hurt. What a bee-ahtch.

[Massachusetts]

46. Rice A Roni The Diplomatic TREAT

Whatever you say Condi.

[texpatriot2004]

47. LOL thanks Mass. How funny. I was just thinking she should

shut her pie hole. WHATEVER CONDI! Like you said, whatever you say Condi. Don't bother with reality Condi.

[daleo]

48. This must be amusing to Europeans.

To have Rice tell them that differences about the Iraq invasion are somehow "old disagreements". Two years and they already want to treat it as ancient history. In Europe (and the middle east) you don't just wish away history with a wave of your hand.

[zara]

49. America is Ready; But Europe "Must"

The power dynamic is wielded explicitly. There is no subtlety here.
Or else.

[anarchy1999]

50. I heard it on NPR this afternoon. ARROGANCE KNOWS NO BOUNDS!,

was the first thought that came to mind. Its time for Europe to "just get over it and move on". Where have we heard that before?

These people are robots, clones, not human! I just don't know.

[yorkiemommie1]

53. i would think that would be their call

how dare the US insult them and then tell them to get over it.

some diplomat she is.

[Kimber Scott]

54. "Get over it!"

Seems to be the Republican Mantra du jour.

[Dave Reynolds]

55. Her diplomatic skills

are fucking *breathtaking*.

/sarcasm mode off

[Solly Mack]

56. So Rice tells Europe to "Get over it"

everyone has to "get over it" ....Bush Inc doesn't have to stop screwing the world up...everyone else has to "get over it"

[applegrove]

57. Perhaps Europe worries about "Patriot the Patsy" Conservatism

Rice & co still plan to cut the achillies tendon of the UN. Perhaps Europe has feelings on that? Perhaps they have feelings on this new conservatism based on Disraeli - this "Patriot the Patsy" Conservatism. Where you tie people together in a "tight bundle of wood" (which is where the term fascism comes from) based on nationalistic tendencies.

Now why would the Europeans have some fears about Nationalism? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ....

[applegrove]

58. I think this is what people were afraid of when they didn't want her

I think this is what people were afraid of when they didn't want her confirmed. She is nothing but a little toy for the Neocons to play with.

Great trip Condi!!

Please - someone - don't let the Palestinians & the Israelis go to Washington before they make a deal. Someone - stop it from happening. Don't let them near Condi!!!

[stepnw1f]

61. Tells?

You'd think she would be begging by now, since it is she who lied to her country and the rest of the World. Yes Condi... your integrity has been compromised by your own actions, so sh*t the f*ck up.

[bvar22]

62. I'm sure Europe will be glad to "move on"....

right after the War Crime Trials.

[demigoddess]

64. these Neocons just don't keep up with the times. they think that europe

is still reeling from wwii and willing to do anything we say. One day not too far distant, the euro will be stronger than the dollar. and they will have a surplus and we will have a huge debt and then the world will ignore us and listen to europe. so much for our superpower status. these stupid neocons don't realize we only had that power because our nation had a strong dollar. bush etc just threw that away.

[War Pigs]

66. What's a quarter million dead, wounded, and mentally fucked-up

people between friends? Don't these elitist bastards realize that if you're going to bake (destroy, then rebuild) a cake (country or 2 or 3), of course you're going break a few(hundred thousand) eggs (people)? The King has sent his token, now bow down. No wait, make that bend over euros. Genius is NOT to be trifled with.:wtf:

[applegrove]

67. I'm thinking that for "security reasons" it may not be a good idea

I'm thinking that for "security reasons" it may not be a good idea for any Western nation to accept "visits" by representatives of the Bush White House.

You wouldn't want a bomb to go off or something. That is what I would say if they tried to come to my house!!

[applegrove]

68. And the sad thing is that for many Republicans - the fact that

And the sad thing is that for many Republicans - the fact that Rice is encouraging peace in the Middle East - will look to them like she had a hand in it.

This is simply 'new policy' for republicans and old policy for Democrats - to encourage democracy nomatter who ends up running the show - the fact that the practice of democracy takes place is more important than who gets into power for 8 years.

Iran, Iraq are only two of the countries whose democracies the right wing US has interfered in.

Drive me nuts!!

[laylah]

69. My first thought when I heard this was

maybe the healing will start as soon as *dumbass' and HIS 'murika apologize for the slights, insults, and ridicule heaped upon the French when they refused to participate in an ILLEGAL WAR. Oh, I forgot, apologies are not in this misadministrations operating manual. They don't do ANYTHING to apologize for! Silly me.

Jenn

[applegrove]

71. No they do not apologize since they never do anything

No they do not apologize since they never do anything on paper or on camera. The whole point of being invisible is that nothing sticks. Because there is no 'record' you just march on - as if whatever the complaint never took place.

Bunch of lying Monsters.