Increasingly irrelevant* US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has gone to the Middle East and, quelle surprise, will return to gloomy Washington empty handed. The Bush administration continues to walk in lock step with the Israeli government and refuses to recognise the free and fairly elected government of the Palestinian Territories, at least until they adopt a suitably subservient position.
*To anyone who disagrees with my assessment I challenge them to name one accomplishment that she has managed to achieve in her time at the State Department. (The North Korean negotiations do not count as she was detached from the process.) We are all aware of the swathe of destruction that she left behind as a result of her tenure as National Security Advisor.
*To anyone who disagrees with my assessment I challenge them to name one accomplishment that she has managed to achieve in her time at the State Department. (The North Korean negotiations do not count as she was detached from the process.) We are all aware of the swathe of destruction that she left behind as a result of her tenure as National Security Advisor.
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