Rice, Straw In Iraq In Attempt to Break Government Deadlock

[Hissyspit]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_rice_straw_dc

Rice, Straw in Iraq to break government deadlock
Reuters - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday to press Iraqi leaders to form a new government and avert a civil war.

The visit came a day after members of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's ruling Shi'ite Alliance bloc broke ranks publicly and joined calls for him to step down to improve chances of ending political paralysis.

"The fact that we're going out to have these discussions with the Iraqi leadership is a sign of the urgency which we attach to a need for a government of national unity," Rice told reporters who traveled with the two ministers from Britain.

U.S. and Iraqi officials say a unity government, more than three months after December's election, is vital to averting all-out war after five weeks of spiraling sectarian bloodshed.

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[SoCalDem]

1. Is she wearing her dominatrix outfit?..and a whip?

Maybe that will get them in line:)





http://korlapundit.blogspot.com/2005/02/condi-rice-dominatrix_25.html

Friday, February 25, 2005

Condi Rice: Dominatrix!

Hey, it's not MY idea!

Blame the Washington Post, the same outfit that wasted ink on criticizing Dick Cheney's parka.

Now they insist on painting the Secretary of State as some kind of Catwoman:


Rice's coat and boots speak of sex and power -- such a volatile combination, and one that in political circles rarely leads to anything but scandal. When looking at the image of Rice in Wiesbaden, the mind searches for ways to put it all into context. It turns to fiction, to caricature. To shadowy daydreams. Dominatrix! It is as though sex and power can only co-exist in a fantasy. When a woman combines them in the real world, stubborn stereotypes have her power devolving into a form that is purely sexual.

I think they may have hit on something here. What would make our lukewarm allies (all a bunch of perverts any way) want to have summit after summit with our State Department more than a leatherclad domina? They would be eating out of her hands, possibly quite literally. She could be harsh and unyielding, and they would submit like the pathetic worms they are, and keep coming back for more.

Of course, it could have the unfortunate side effect of creating a whole new army of evil geniuses, who threaten to, say, take over England. This was the constant problem on the Avengers: madmen would concoct some crazy scheme that allegedly endangered the western world, but it was all a ruse to get Emma Peel or Cathy Gale to come over and kick their butts with a stiletto heel. Of course, only after being tied up in a kinky catsuit.

Yes, this is brilliant. What better way to advance the Bush administration's goal: World Domination?!

[saigon68]

8. Her beautiful Smile and Pleasant Countenance will win them over

countenance \KOWN-tuh-nuhn(t)s\, noun:
1. Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect.
2. The face; the features.
3. An approving or encouraging look or expression.
4. Favor, good will, support; encouragement.
5. Bearing; demeanor.

transitive verb:
1. To approve; to support; to encourage.

He was not so handsome as his brother, wrote Mrs Papendiek of the Prince as he approached manhood, "but his countenance was of a sweetness and intelligence quite irresistible."
-- Saul David, Prince of Pleasure



</sarcasm>

[leftchick]

9. no just the Ferragamos....

Iraqi president Jalal Talbani, right, chats with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, during a meeting at the presidential palace in the heavily fortified Green Zone Sunday April 2, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. The top U.S and British diplomats made a surprise trip to Iraq on Sunday to prod the country's struggling leaders to end nearly four months of wrangling and form a new government.(AP Photo/Ali Haider, Pool.)

[rodeodance]

2. well, well, she must have gotten my vives--as I have said she needs to

be over there doing her job.

[malaise]

3. Who is supposed to be

surprised? They have gone to impose their wishes on a sovereign people despite all their noise about democracy.

[truthisfreedom]

4. don't be stupid, people. they are delivering COLD HARD CASH. billions.

untraceable.

[greekspeak]

5. Do they sell Ferragamos there in Iraq?

Or does she save that particular shopping indulgence for botched disasters stateside?

[SoCalDem]

6. Ferra-BOMB-os... They're hot hot hot-blowing off the shelves

[tanyev]

7. You know, these surprise visits are becoming rather predictable.

*yawn*

[ovidsen]

10. AFP's version of the story

Rice and Straw make surprise visit to Iraq
Apr 02 4:57 AM US/Eastern

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart Jack Straw make a surprise visit to Iraq, carrying a sharp message of international impatience with delays in the formation of a new government.

The ministers flew in secretly from Britain under tight security and in pouring rain in a joint attempt to move forward political talks that have dragged on for months while sectarian violence escalated.

"We're going to urge that the negotiations be wrapped up," Rice said en route to Iraq. "It should be very clear to everyone that the time has come for these negotiations to produce a government of national unity.

[Ice4Clark]

12. I say it's time THEY negotiate with the American people

What some of our dems should be saying is it {b}should{/b} be very clear to everyone (hard for everyone to know what the hell's going on thanks to the media bias) that the time has come for THEM to produce a government HERE of national unity.

[Hissyspit]

19. I thought we weren't going to tell them what kind of government to have.

:sarcasm:

[Ilsa]

11. What's Rice going to do? Recite 20th Century Soviet history in Russian? nt

[onehandle]

13. Just merrily hopping around to country after country that hate her.

She has to be separated by thousands of shock troops and many miles to even survive this propaganda tour.

And the media is being totally compliant. Just showing how "easy" it it for her to flitter unmolested from country to country and even to the "free and safe" streets of Iraq.

[LibDemAlways]

14. Where are the photos of Condi out among

the Iraqi people accepting thanks for all the good the US has done for them?

There will never be a "national unity" government in Iraq.

[OKIsItJustMe]

15. Time running out to form Iraq govt: Rice

Time running out to form Iraq govt: Rice

Staff and agencies
02 April, 2006
By Sue Pleming

BAGHDAD - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Iraqi leaders on Sunday time was running out to form a new government.

"The Iraqi people are losing patience," Rice said after meeting Sunni, Shia and Kurdish leaders during a surprise trip to Baghdad with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

"What is more, your international allies want to see this done," Rice said she had told Iraqi leaders in back-to-back meetings that ended with a dinner.

...

[saltpoint]

16. I'm sure the Iraqis don't mind a little prodding from Secretry Rice

on forming a government. And yes, that's meant sarcastically.

I perceive Rice as part of the problem, not the solution. There is dwindling support in her own country for this terrible war, not to mention the international community.

She shouldn't be on Iraqi soil scolding Iraqis for a vacuum she helped create.

[acmavm]

17. She needs to adjust her watch. Time has already run out. It's later

than she thinks.

[DoYouEverWonder]

18. Sure Clueless Condi

The Queen shows up. Now snap, snap. She wants a government and she wants it now! This whole mess is getting in the way of her shoe shopping.

[Canuckistanian]

20. No, Condi, you've got it wrong

People are losing patience with a brutal occupier who imposes an invalid government on them.