The 7th century Islamic conquest of Mediterranean North Africa by the jealous horsemen of the sword of Mecca was the beginning of the mass conversion to Islam or the beheading. 21St century Islamic fundamentalism no less is determined to delete all democratic principles and ideologies and replace them with their brand of Islam extremist. Absence of modern armament, are the same difficult patients people forward medieval blood of sacrifice of his adversaries.
First diplomacy
In the 18th century our first Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, in his altruistic consciousness, saw the scene when he wrote a letter to Thomas Paine: "Go doing with the pen what in other times was done with the sword". And so we are looking for his well-intentioned policy of peaceful negotiation and Secretary of State us 66th.
Israel and the Palestinian tragedy
Adding to the agony of the Palestinians, the defeat of Fatah Hamas in Gaza is the final nail in the coffin of Palestinian statehood; and possibly a giant step more close to civil war. While the Americans and Europeans lift the embargo that has cost thousands of Palestinians and poverty hunger, Israeli Minister Ehud Olmert remains as ineffective during the debacle of last summer with Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon. Where was the American diplomacy?
Celebrating victory of Hamas in Gaza, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will seek to ensure the West Bank with the help of American dollars. But Fatah forces have the will? It is not encouraging the United States invested millions of dollars to train the security forces of Fatah in Gaza. When push came to push, cut and ran from the surprise onslaught of Hamas, which should never have been a surprise. Where was the Israeli intelligence?
Even though President Abbas moves to form his new Cabinet of Fatah, Gaza is an Islamic State waiting to cut the throat of the Israel State. Do now an Espinosa thorn in the side of Israel, Gaza could become a safe haven for every militant organization Islamic, including Hezbollah Iran, whose reason being is to see that expired Israel?
To prevent it falling into the hands of extremists, leaving the Bank to Israel even more vulnerable Western, Israel needs leaders who can lead and a Ministry of defence who knows what to do with his generals. Minister Olmert, whose umbilical cord reaches all the way to the White House, still in worse state of paralysis that Ariel Sharon, who is comatose. Overwhelming unpopularity of Olmert at home ask themselves: why he is still in Office? That same question asked of the Americans.
Outside the inner circle
In a recent interview with Newsweek on Israel and Palestinians, Condoleezza Rice defended its efforts to assert that "the idea of a two State solution that establishes" was one of his achievements proud as a "conceptual breakthrough". Considering that rice replaced Colin Powell in January 2005, I suppose there's something to be said for ideas and concepts within a period of two years.
Dr. Condoleezza Rice became Secretary of State 66 on January 26, 2005. Given that he has done a lot for trips around the world, but to what end? Do it could be that his policy of peaceful negotiation not resonate with President Bush, or that she and Vice President Cheney not see eye for an eye? Is it possible that nobody says no to his face? Simply you are ignored?
Rice specializing in studies of Russia and Eastern Europe. She is a Russian expert who speaks Russian, among other languages. Would it was a disaster not it have been useful for Mr. Bush in his meeting with Vladimir Putin at the recent Conference of the G8? Notable by its absence, where was she? Was she invited to join Bush and Putin in the family home in Kennebunkport in July?
Remember distention?
Rather than use the talent within State to defuse a bubbling volcano, the hawks led by Vice President Cheney, filming please ask more questions later first Iran attack of policy! It makes no sense, but here is the American foreign policy of it in the hands of the band may not speak directly. In the past six years the Administration has learned nothing from the mentality of the East. His abrasive style and absolute clumsiness in dealing with foreign Governments all is so shameful as it has been unsuccessful.
Yes, Iran is the smuggling of weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan, apparently so. Yes, Syria is a player. Nancy Pelosi tried to break the ice with the President of Syria and its diplomats. The White House was reviled. What is wrong with a period of détente? I can't find that word in the dictionary of Bush-Cheney.
Condoleezza Rice was set up to fail. Without the support of backstabbing pals as Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams who refuses to sit down with Syria and others he dislikes or in accordance with, the attempts of Rice in the negotiation have been seriously undermined. They do not want or not has been able to play hardball Washington, peace initiative of Rice was a herring dead from the beginning, with the hard-line playing its own foreign policy, that stinks even more than the herring. A mockery of diplomacy.? As this written that rice had asked to meet privately with Bush on the volatile Iran issue. Let us hope that she has found her own voice. Colin Powell was destroyed by his eternal loyalty.
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