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Astrad Donating Member (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 07:54 AM
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Rice complains about lawlessness in the Palestinian territories
While the US supplies arms to one side (Abrams plan).


"Of course, in public, Secretary Rice appears contrite and concerned with “the growing lawlessness” among Palestinians, while failing to mention that such lawlessness is exactly what the Abrams plan was designed to create. “You can’t build security forces overnight to deal with the kind of lawlessness that is there in Gaza which largely derives from an inability to govern,” she said during a recent trip to Israel. “Their inability to govern, of course, comes from their unwillingness to meet international standards.” Even Middle East experts and State Department officials close to Rice consider her comments about Palestinian violence dangerous, and have warned her that if the details of the U.S. program become public her reputation could be stained."

http://conflictsforum.org/2007/elliot-abrams-uncivil-war/
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