Rice: "Surge" will give us an opportunity to see whether or not "this" is working

[Bluebear]

I've rarely heard such confident and reassuring statements from a US Secretary of State. :sarcasm: So, we are sending 25,000 more targets to Iraq to "see if this is working"? To see "whether or not Iraqis are living up to their obligations"??? So now this is all the IRAQI'S fault? And what is she doing over in Israel is she has no proposals or plans? Shoe shopping? Ay yi yi yi.


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(AP) Americans' skepticism about Iraq will not change until they see progress, but the U.S. will not "pull the plug" on the war, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

Rice, at the start of a Mideast trip, would not detail any backup strategy if President Bush's updated war plan comes up short or if the Iraq government fails to hold up its end.

"We're going to get an opportunity to see whether or not this is working, whether or not the Iraqis are living up to their obligations," Rice said Friday....

Meanwhile....
Rice also is testing possible initiatives to nudge Israel and the Palestinians closer to a political accommodation. The United States wants to move more swiftly to shore up Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, locked in a power struggle with the Islamic militant group Hamas.

"I'm not coming with a proposal, I'm not coming with a plan," Rice said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/13/ap/politics/mainD8MKFC1O0.shtml

[Olney Blue]

1. Condi plays piano, while the Middle East burns.

Worst. Administration. Ever.

[Bluebear]

2. And figure skates. Don't forget, she figure skates.

:eyes:

[babylonsister]

3. You mean 'augmentation', right?