Rice to attend 3-way Mideast summit (We need a Madiline

[rodeodance]

Allbright type for the Work that needs to be done (intelligence)


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070115/ap_on_re_mi_ea/rice

Rice to attend 3-way Mideast summit
By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer
6 minutes ago



LUXOR, Egypt - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will bring together the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the coming weeks for a summit dedicated to exploring ideas for an eventual Palestinian state.

The announcement came after Rice met with President Hosni Mubarak in this southern Egyptian town following a three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Rice's talks were aimed at breathing new life into stalled Mideast efforts and bolstering the moderate Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in his standoff with the Islamic militant group Hamas.

Rice said her talks during the visits dealt with laying the groundwork for "a political horizon that will lead to a Palestinian state."

"I will soon meet with (Israeli Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert and President Abbas to have discussions on the broad issues of that horizon, so we can work on the road map and try to accelerate the road map to move to a Palestinian state," she told reporters in Luxor.

She said the summit with Olmert and Abbas would take place "relatively soon" but did not set a date.

[TomInTib]

1. "including the transfer of $100 million in frozen tax money "

But guess who keeps the interest?

[peacetalksforall]

2. "an eventual Palestinian state" Will somone please help me

understand why now and what is their evil, normally lying and deceptive rationale for finally travelling to say they want to do something?

No sincerity emanates from this WH - what the heck is she doing there right now? They haven't listened to anyone for all these years about Palestinians. I don't get it.

Do they want to try to keep Palestinians quiet while they go after Lebanon again? Syria, too?

Name one thing that they can be trusted to do?

Are we just building her image?

Has someone realized that the U.S., U.K, and Israel are kind of standing out there exposed through their stubborn aggression against the ME?

All guesses welcome. Please recommend some writers about this latest development.

[BayCityProgressive]

3. Madeline was a rotten little

beast as well. Her callous support for the Iraq sanctions was SICKENING.

[coalition_unwilling]

10. She thought the death of 500,000 Iraqi children through sanctions

was "worth it." I will never forgive her for that statement. It's a statement that will live in infamy down through the ages, right up there with Bill Clinton traveling back to Arkansas during primary season 1992 to execute a man with the IQ of 69 (Ricky Rae Rector).

[VegasWolf]

5. Actually this is not new. Bush downplays his desire for an independent

Palestine statehood because it is politically expedient. His lunatic Evangelical followers would choke on their bible. The Bush family has been and is tightly married the House of Saud. The Saudi's naturally want an independent Palestinian state. Bob Woodward's books clearly indicate that Bush has preferred Palestinian statehood from the very beginning, but couldn't advocate that position because of the crazy Evangelicals that comprise his base.

[wordpix]

8. I don't get why the House of Saud doesn't rein in BoyKing if they're so tight

Why didn't the House of Saud know the Sunnis would be pummeled, first by BushCo with "shock and awe" and then by the Shiite majority? Why didn't they tell Dimson to knock it off b/c this misadventure could lead to WWIII and the eruption of the whole region?

Could the House of Saud have wanted this chaos in Iraq? I don't think so ---but anyone knowing about the sectarian tension in the ME would know that with Saddam gone and a Shiite majority in power to run Iraq, the Sunnis would not like their new status and would strike back. Not to mention, there would be reprisals on both sides with a power vacuum.

[Spearman87]

23. It is in line with the recommendations of

.....The Iraq Study Group (work toward scomprehensive ME peace as I way to bolster stability in Iraq). Also, I suspect, in line with the private promptings from Saudi Arabia and others: Bush may need help from the neighbors to get Iraq stabilized, and he is now desperate to get on that road, so it makes sense to throw them a bone.

[GregW]

4. The words "Rice" and "3-way" in a headline brings up disturbing images

:puke:

[kskiska]

6. Trump is right about Condi

"In all fairness, I see Condoleezza Rice - she goes on a plane, she gets off a plane, she waves, she goes there to meet some dictator. ... They talk, she leaves, she waves, the plane takes off. Nothing happens, it's a joke, nothing ever happens. I think she's a very nice woman, but I don't want a nice woman. I want someone that's not necessarily nice."

[LiberalFighter]

7. Rice a nice woman?? Trump is being too nice and he is an idiot

[Marnieworld]

11. he is an idiot

And clearly now not the best person to evaulate a woman's worth let alone the nuance of diplomacy. I guess he would prefer she call the Iranians "digusting animals."

[wordpix]

9. yeah, we need an SOB like Trump to deal with the Iraq War and other ME crises

Maybe he'd be better than Rice, who hasn't had any success in 6 yrs.

[Heidi]

12. Kick.

:kick:

[rodeodance]

13. Rice says planned Mideast talks most ambitious in six years

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070115/wl_mideast_afp/usmideastdiplomacy_070115231013

Rice says planned Mideast talks most ambitious in six years


by Sylvie Lanteaume
Mon Jan 15, 6:21 PM ET



LUXOR, Egypt (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that a planned summit with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders could herald the most serious Middle East peace effort in six years.


Rice, on a whistle-stop tour of the region aimed at shoring up the ailing "roadmap" peace plan, announced a three-way summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas within a month.

"It has been at least six years since they talked about these issues," Rice said at a news conference in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor held jointly with Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.

Speaking after a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Rice said the three-way summit would "focus on what would lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state."

.............

Olmert welcomed the summit but stressed that any Palestinian government involved in peace talks should recognise Israel's right to exist.

[C_U_L8R]

14. that's not saying much.... at all

certainly they're an uninspiring bunch of dingalings

[citygal]

15. They are the most ambitious talks in six years because

this administration has not been talking to anyone since they took office. Just dropping bombs.

[DianeG5385]

16. nothing from nothing is still....

Nothing. The Israelis continue to build in the west bank with impunity. No outrage from Bush and Rice. They are too stupid to realize how stupid and idiotic they look.

[gristy]

17. In six years!

You mean, like, since Clinton was president? Dumb shit.

[citygal]

18. Intelligent reply...

I was referring to the talks Clinton held at Camp David during 2000.

[gristy]

21. So was I

It appears that in my previous post it was not clear that I was referring to Rice.

[MaryBear]

19. What they said!

What previous posters said. Comparing GWB to GWB is one thing. She should compare him to anyone back several presidencies.
Then her comparison might make sense! And it would not show improvement!

[NastyRiffraff]

20. The most ambitious talks since the Clinton Administration

So, now, they're actually talking after six years. Way to go! :sarcasm:

[Supersedeas]

22. bragging about how long it has taken to engage in her job Title...good one

[Zhade]

24. Madelaine "500,000 dead Iraqi kids are worth it" Albright?

:puke: