Rice warns Russia on democracy

[rodeodance]

She sure is throwing the threats around on her trop!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4239445.stm

Saturday, 5 February, 2005, 17:04 GMT

Rice warns Russia on democracy

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Poland
The US has been increasingly critical of Russia
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Russia must do more to show it is committed to democracy if it wants deeper relations with Western nations.

Speaking in advance of a meeting with the Russian foreign minister, Miss Rice said it was no secret that Washington had concerns.

She said Russia must show it is intent on strengthening the rule of law and permitting a free press..........

[cthrumatrix]

1. maybe becuase Russia is speaking out on the US $ and intends to favor the

Euro

[ewagner]

2. You gotta be kidding me!!!!!

she said:

She said Russia must show it is intent on strengthening the rule of law and permitting a free press..........

Shouldn't Putin respond with, "Okay....you first"

[ixion]

28. that was my thinking as well

pot meet kettle...:eyes:

[Webster Green]

3. Words fail!

"strengthening the rule of law and permitting a free press."

Heh!

[lebkuchen]

4. Condi is in denial

Russia must do more to show it is committed to democracy if it wants deeper relations with Western nations.

When she says "Western nations," she should not include the US in that mix. The EU has little in common w/the US these days.

[TahitiNut]

19. Since when does she speak for "Western nations? (Fuckin' chutzpah!)

The arrogant c*cks*cker! :grr: Condipatra needs her asp kicked.

[Emboldened Chimp]

5. There goes Little Miss Cold War rattling her sabres...

Cold War's over, Condi...

[Junkdrawer]

6. Kinda of like getting a lecture on sexual abstinence from Paris Hilton...

Words Fail.

[Coventina]

7. or else what?

what're we really going to do about it?

The Russians must be really rolling their eyes over that one!
I know I am!
:eyes:

[fshrink]

8. This is so stupid that I see only one

individual capable of pushing this one out. And as low is my opinion of the mouth-piece, I still don't see her that stupid.
I say this is stupid, because I don't even think it's planned provocation. Just plain stupid arrogance. Rings a bell?

[lovuian]

9. Dang she is warning everybody Isn't she!!!

:bounce:

[murray hill farm]

27. She is a bad joke!

jetting around...playing the overbearing school marme..telling all the bad countries that they better behave or else..and they are just shaking their heads and making fun of her..i like what Chavez said of her..that she is "illiterate"...and "apparently has dreams about him"...after some of her treats to venezuala...now she is on Russia...is she living in the past...apparently she is..and the world revolution against the used to be scary threats of the Usa..has already begun. What an ass she is to think she can bully the world. Those days are done, condi!!

[Rainscents]

10. Condi really need to shut her mouth!!!

[merh]

11. And Putin extends his middle finger, with a wry smile on his

face, and reminds the Lice lady, again, the he has nuclear weapons!

[chicagojoe]

12. Out of her fucking mind!!!

We have to "neutralize" these neocons, people. Our lives depend on it.

[Flagg]

13. Or else what ?

[Fridays Child]

14. So, when does the sabre rattling begin, Condi?

With the state department run by Condi, who needs the Pentagon?

[leesa]

15. As though we are part of the "western nations" anymore.

Hey, Condi...it's not 1980 anymore. Russia has vastly improved relations with the EU and Asia.

Are they going to invade everyone who drops the dollar??

[Krupskaya]

16. Rice warns Russia in her shaky little voice...

Seriously, she sounds like a kindergartner talking whenever she opens her mouth. Can't they get her a voice coach? Every time she says something, it sounds like she's either scared to death, or lying, or both.

Oh, wait.

[amandabeech]

17. I guess that she's not counting on Russian oil and gas

to help blunt the effect of Peak Oil and declining natural gas production on this continent.

Russia has the largest gas reserves in the world. And the Euros know it.

I cannot believe how stupid this Dr. is. She seemingly has a mind about as flexible as GW*. She cannot break out of that binary, cold war mentality.

When we take back the House of Reps in 2006, I hope that we defund her office so that she doesn't have the funds to run around the world stirring up trouble for us.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

18. These days Pravda prints more truth than ANY US media

Funny, that.

[aneerkoinos]

20. Who care's what she says

Rice don't speak for the Western nations. Sure, Putinland is as czarist as allways, nothing new there, but Putin's a player, not a whacko asshole.

But they got the oil, they got the gas, and we euros depend on Russia. Realpolitik is realpolitik, there's general understanding about the mutual interests and the great strategic importance of EU-Russia relationships, which in fact outweights the importance of trans-Atlantic relations with Bushland. Especially Schröder has been active in building and nurturing relations with Putin. Putin plays pretty open and straight game, according to European standards, "you wan't this, I wan't this, let's make deal", so we give them nod on WTO, they sign Kyoto. No doubt eventually a deal will be cut for Russia to sell oil against euros.

[Technowitch]

21. In a related story, pot calls kettle black... Film at 11

[LisaL]

22. LOL. What's she gonna do? Did they make plans to liberate

Russia next?
:eyes:

[JAbuchan08]

23. Or else what, ya gonna play the piano at them?

or lecture them on Cold War era Russia? Watcha gonna do Condi glare that scary petulant spoiled toddler glare that you seem to have in common with all the other Republican "leaders"

[Jack Rabbit]

24. I've heard of the pot calling the kettle black

However, this is one pot calling another black.

[DELUSIONAL]

25. This must be for the people "back home"

Because the world is well aware of the theft of the 2000 elections -- and the endless crap that bushie has pulled.

The village idiot has a sister who is also an idiot.

[Lorien]

26. Now THIS is a story that we should be writing newspaper editors

about. The sheer nerve after stolen election, no respect for OUR rule of law and paying off members of the corporate press while threatening others-it's about time WE set the agenda and called them on their hypocrisy!

[freethought]

29. Hold on a minute!!!

Didn't * say he looked into is soul? What exactly did he see?

[Nightwing]

30. Obviously $$$$

That's the only language he truly understands.

[Rex]

31. Is this going to be Condi's crusade?

Rummie the Mummy has his Iraq, is Russia gonna be Kinda Sleazy's prize? These people want to carve up the planet like a roast!

Rice was head of the NSA and knows how the Russians operate. Was this a setup?

[JDPriestly]

32. The culmination of Rice's career

Ah, a confrontation with the great Satan, Russia. Isn't this the moment Condi has waited for all her life? Isn't this what she has dreamed of and hoped for since graduate school?

[VegasWolf]

33. The ugly little terrier is barking up a storm, hope she doesn't get

squashed by a real big dog.

[Laurab]

34. Ah the new U.S. diplomacy in action

Running from country to country, threatening each one. Like, what is she gonna do if they don't do what she says? This "woman" needs to shut her mouth, and I hope the countries she's threatening are telling her that.

[Disturbed]

36. The Bush Junta

probably thinks that having a black woman spouting threats is more effective than the Shrub spouting them. These vapid people need to be purged. I believe that within two years that the Bush Junta may meet an accident in the skies. The Amerikan Oligarchy are not going to allow these little Fascists to plunge Amerika into a Depression worse than the one in the '30s. The turn to Euros of Russia and China will be the last straw.

[cliss]

40. Eggs-actly.

Who gives a shit what she says? Answer = no one. They all know she's just running around, inflating her own fragile ego, talking up a storm while no one is listening.

No one cares. Conda-loser can talk all she wants.

Also, it was really a faux pas of Einstein to appoint her as Sec. of State. I just read that muslims do NOT like dealing with women, when it comes to politics, governance issues. It supposedly makes them angry.

Come to think of it, maybe he did do it on purpose. You just never know, with Bush.

[ckramer]

35. I guess Putin would love to slap t he *****

[TomClash]

37. Like we have a free press and rule of law in the US?

eom

[yorkiemommie1]

38. sure is diplomatic, ain't she?

has a chip on her shoulder and goes from country to country daring them to knock it off.

russia should tell her to shove it.

[Malva Zebrina]

39. Her much vaunted and reputed "expertise" lies somewhere in the era of

cold war Russia. She is way behind--but since she thinks she knows a lot about Russia, she spouts off the old talking points with which she is familiar, making it appear that indeed, she "knows her stuff"

She, a known liar, and countries knowing and aware of her continued lies and double speak, must surely be laughing at her behind her back.

They may play the male female game though, because it is inevitably disparaging , an actual insult, to this woman and her postion as conduit to Bush's ideas, and not her own. They will string her along, knowing full well how she lied and continues to lie.

I suspect they view her as a fawning, weak shill for Bush.

Her appointment means nothing to them, because it is built upon the fragile house of lies. She has no power, no standing, no respect from any of them , but they will play the game.