Rice: Obama to follow Bush foreign policy

[onehandle]

Source: Financial Times

Barack Obama might have little option but to follow George W. Bush’s approach on a range of foreign policy issues, including Iran, said Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state.

Ms Rice told the Financial Times the new administration was likely to follow Mr Bush’s lead in the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme. During the president’s second term, the US has co-ordinated its approach with the European Union, Russia and China.

“When I talk to our allies they believe that that is the structure with which this is ultimately going to be resolved,” Ms Rice said, while acknowledging that the Obama administration would generally “do things in their own way”. She said: “The reason why there might be some elements of continuity is that what we’ve tried to do is to arrange or organise international groupings that can first manage and then resolve these very difficult problems in a multilateral way.” She was referring not just to the administration’s efforts over Iran but also its approach to North Korea and the Israel-Palestinian issue.

Ms Rice’s words could damp expectations that the incoming administration will represent a complete break with its predecessor on foreign policy.

Read more: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/99a2e8b6-cfa7-11dd-abf9-000077b07658.html

[truthisfreedom]

1. OR, ms rice's words could bore us to tears.

*yawn*

I'm sick of bushco trying to set the course for Obama.

[and-justice-for-all]

2. Stop talking and start packing Ms. Rice..

"Obama to follow Bush foreign policy" My ass..

[Buzz Clik]

8. exactly.

Hell, even Condi hasn't been following Bush's foreign policy.

Jan 20 is almost here. :party:

[Xipe Totec]

3. Since when has multilateralism been Bush policy?

What happened to:

Last remaining Super Power

Unilateral preemptive action.

The United Nations is irrelevant

Shut up an do what we tell you.

[ixion]

4. if Obama wants to avoid war crimes, he'll avoid BushCo foreign policy

like the plague.

Edit to add:

And YOU Ms. Rice, belong in the Hague. So STFU.

[Wizard777]

23. Bush has established the President can wipe his ass with any treaty he damned well pleases.

[tanyev]

5. Conservative thinking during the Obama administration:

Any successes--the credit should really go to Bush
Any disasters--Obama and/or Clinton's fault

[Demit]

6. Not the least of my happiness at seeing Bush and Cheney go is seeing Rice go along with them.

She is the embodiment of the Peter Principle and I hope she retreats to somewhere where her incompetence and ineffectualness won't matter anymore.

[bdamomma]

7. Condi a neo con to the end.

[LynneSin]

9. Oh yes please, let's continue our reign of HATRED thoughout the world - that's why we voted Obama

If we wanted more of the same shit we would have all voted for McCain-Palin.

[redstateblues]

10. Who cares about what Condi the Liar says?

As soon as I saw her face on Meet The Press I switched channels. UGH

[Broadslidin]

19. That makes two us who instantly, Flipped her off....

Interviewing a systematic liar...

Forget it NBC,
your 'Meet the Press' is a waste of time.

[ismnotwasm]

11. Fuck that n/t

[Doctor_J]

12. Will someone please shut this woman up?

I hope the entire Smirk Admin is never heard from again after 1/21

[2Design]

13. and what has rice done for the usa at all - nothing n/t

[Phred42]

14. If he does - I will be staying home on election day from now on

[Alter Ego]

15. Oh, Condi...the word "diplomacy" is just utterly foreign to you, isn't it?

[Broadslidin]

16. You are nothing more than a co-conspirator in imperial murder and misery, Ms. Rice.

How about slithering over to The Hague....

The Ducati Baydan Shoe Company has a lovely shop
on Nieuwe Doelenstraat Street.

Rose petals will be thrown to your feet,
we promise you.

[Ikonoklast]

17. Let me flip a coin to decide if Sec. Rice is correct on this.

Hold on a bit.










I'm back.

I flipped it 1,000 times, and it came up 'tails, she loses' every single time.

[tomm2thumbs]

18. he's also going to play piano for the queen

NOT

[treestar]

20. Go back to practicing your piano arias, Condi

"Little option?" You mean you and Chimpy have found a way to hamstring the next President? No, you are not that powerful, Condi.

[StudsT]

21. Rice's Words are just that coupled with delusions of grandeur

she better be lawyering up with the rest of her gang right about now would be my advise ;)

StudsT

[Doctor_J]

25. More like delusions of adequacy

when in fact she was a key cog in a historic

[dpbrown]

22. So after Bush is dragged screaming to multilateralism, Obama might be a multilateralist, too?

How painfully can you twist a point, Kindasleazy?

[tuckessee]

24. First time she's been correct in 8 years. n/t

[fbahrami]

26. I agree with you.

It's fun to believe that a president or emperor solely guides an empire, since an empire, like a corporation, wants to maintain/expand itself. I hope and believe that President Obama will be "better" than Bush (not so hard, is it?), but I doubt that America's foreign policy will drastically change. So I find myself in the awkward situation of agreeing with Rice. .

[legin]

27. the u.s. wants Iran to have nuclear weapons

because it will give the government an excuse they can sell to the population for invading Iran

(Another guess)