Rice turns on the charm to keep US allies loyal

[Tinoire]

Rice turns on the charm to keep US allies loyal
By Alec Russell in Washington
(Filed: 15/05/2004)

Condoleezza Rice, America's national security adviser, is appealing to Washington's allies not to panic over Iraq.

She said the prisoner abuse scandal was being dealt with and that there was no alternative to backing America in its war against terrorism.

Speaking ahead of her trip to Europe to bolster support for America's plans for Iraq's transition to self-rule, she said the scandal had been "a real shock, I think, to all of us to the American people, to members of the armed forces".

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She also urged America's allies not to follow Spain's decision to withdraw its troops from Iraq, saying that would not immunise them from terrorist attacks.

"They are not attacking countries because they are participating in Iraq, they're attacking countries because they intend to take down the civilised free world and impose their own political views on the world."

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05/15/wrice15.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/05/15/ixnewstop.html

Here's a good photo of that witch "turning on the charm".

[SoDesuKa]

1. The Charm Isn't Working

Maybe she's charming in person. Her photo doesn't do a thing for me.

[geekgirl]

36. She is scary!

I cringe every time I see her face.

[goclark]

2. Charm = No Way

Check out the hands. Doesn't it look like she is ready to testify at The Hague? LOL

The only person that she charms is GWB and that is because he is officially certified as an Idiot.

[MO_Dem]

3. Condi has charm??

Who knew? Not me.

[NMDemDist2]

4. agreed, she musta borrowed some from her co-wife's terrier n/t

[MO_Dem]

5. That's funny!!

Thanks for the belly-laugh.

[Redleg]

6. Jeebus- Condi looks evil in that picture.

I guess working so closely to Bush will do that to a person. Bush looks more evil and twisted every time I see a photograph.

[Kinkistyle]

19. Her head looks huge and she looks like Gollum.

She looks like she's kind of turning into Gollum. Her head looks like it was superimposed onto the body. Plus she is sort of hunched over. Maybe thats a wig she's wearing and underneath are just a few wisps of grey hair.

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[Kinkistyle]

23. Because she's a woman, or because its just wrong?

Is it wrong to criticize Condi's looks because she's a woman or because its just wrong to criticize people's appearance? Plenty of posts around that criticize the way Rummy, Cheney, Dubya, Perle and Colin look too.

All the horrible atrocities these villains are committing are taking their toll on them physically as well. I don't believe I've seen Rice without a scowl on her face in 2 years.

[depakid]

24. because she looks mean

and anything but charming.

Often what's on a person's face reflects what's inside and if you ask me, the picture conveys her beliefs as well as her actions quite well.

[dbt]

27. Hello, BiteMeFrance!

Welcome to DU! Enjoy your stay!

:party:
dbt

[Tuttle]

28. Dear BiteMeFrance

Agreed: then you MUST agree Mallard Fillmore is the most repellent comic strip in American papers, right?

BTW, what was that university in Germany where all the Nazis got sword scars on their cheeks? Looks like Condi's *charm* is showing hers in this photo.

I'll bet her husband,,, errr, the (p)Resident finds her charms to be very *warm and comforting*

Tut-tut

[Kellanved]

44. not a university

The Scar on the cheek is a tradition in German fraternities ("Burschenschaften") called "Schmiss". The tradition is older than the Nazi party and persists to this day.
Many German fraternities are extremely nationalistic and thus generally avoided by sane students, but they have not lost their power completely. Generally only the most extremist fraternities still use the old habits, but a good advice to all entertaining the thought of studying in Germany: by all means stay clear of German fraternities.

[robbedvoter]

30. Why should France bite you? remember, your hero is making nice to

France and Germany now - it's bail out time - so maybe you should update your handle: "Bite me...uh...Zarkawi?" or "Bite me, Red Cross"?

[natrat]

31. because

she is a lying devil like the rest of these gangsters---how's that for insecure---and i dont like freedom fries

[dbt]

35. Oh, MY!

People come and go so quickly here!



:evilgrin:
dbt

[submerged99]

7. I thought this was going to be an Onion article n/t

n/t

[whistle]

8. Nothing that any of the BushCo operatives have to say...

...means anything to me, except when I hear them all say, "We resign" or on November 3rd, I hear "Kerry wins and BushCo are all under arrest!"

[ecoalex]

9. Now That's Charm

The heat is incredible from this oil tanker namesake ! I bet Nanuck is writhing in his muclucs =)

[liarliartieonfire]

10. As Charming as Cruella De Riceville can be.

charming - as in pit viper.

[peterh]

11. Charm is in the eye of the beholder….

I believe Eve saw an amount of charm in the snake….

[Eye and Monkey]

15. Would that be the "historical" Eve?

[Zero Gravitas]

12. We still have allies?

I'm amazed.

[2cents]

13. Charm my a**

She'll be carrying a checkbook, or at least, promissory notes.

[PartyPooper]

14. She never attended charm school...so, how could she be "charming"?

:eyes:

BTW, I do believe she attended a school that begins with "B"...but, good manners and DU rules prohibit me from mentioning the word.

;-)

[liarliartieonfire]

16. Photo shows condi's Clingon charm

Is that NOT a Clingon forehead??

Sorry, but she is creepy!
Gives me the heebie-jeebies, man.
Spine tingling freakin evil!

[snippy]

33. She does sometimes have that "Worf" look.

[UTUSN]

17. Charm? She Sang "Old Man River"?

(That's what she sang for Shrub the weekend after 9-11 at Camp David, in addition to "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen".)

[calimary]

18. Hey, that's a GREAT idea! Let's give this one to contradicta!

We put the coordination of post-war Iraq in her hands. We put our national security in her hands. We put our terrorist watch in her hands. Wow, what a gal! Can she make things happen or what?

[kodi]

20. gracious, that woman is one hell of a liar.

i hope her foreign counterparts laugh in her face.

[progressivebydesign]

21. Charm? Why does the image of Medusa come to mind? N/T

[lebkuchen]

25. She has had to draw on reserves since the day she took office

Why is she still on the taxpayer dole? She should have been gone after 9-11.

[truthisfreedom]

26. there is "no alternative to backing America in its war against terrorism."

how charming. translates nicely, don't you think? she has such a soft touch.

[robbedvoter]

29. How much is this charm costing us? You do remember how the "Coalition"

came to be in the first place, non? Fleischer was ran out the room by reporters asking my question....Ah, the charms of Tony Soprano....

[54anickel]

32. "These are not people with whom one can negotiate or whom you can appease"

That's sums it all up nicely doesn't it? That leaves this mal-admin with only one option - kill or imprison them all. Yet their tactics just create more "terra" and more "terrist". Anyone with the audacity to take up arms against the Empire are considered "terrist" or at the least "insurgents". But Shrubco doesn't really differentiate between the 2 anyway.

[snippy]

34. Perhaps she will found the international chapter of OTOFTC for US allies.

Some might find that charming.

http://www.takeoneforthecountry.com/

[Darranar]

"Loyal" to what?

US aims, even if they are contrary to their nation's aims?

The point of an alliance is mutual benefit. If the mutual benefit ends, what's the point of the alliance?

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[bacchant]

38. I think they meant "SMARM"

Man I hate that broad

[Media_Lies_Daily]

39. She is the laughingstock of the international community...

...nobody takes her seriously.

[Just Me]

40. Oh, Tinoire, that picture is a gem *LOL*!!!

Would someone please point out that it is the neocon PNACers who are imposing their political views on both this country and the world.

:grr:

[0007]

41. Perpetuating the goodness of junior and the will of America

What a joke!!

Has Condi ever talked about the Halliburton abuse, the American women soldiers that are being raped by fellow American male soldiers? Or the high rate of suicides amongst the military.


An overly educated fool can fool only the ignorant

[Politicub]

42. Charm just oozes from her

How will our allies (the two or three that are left) be able to resist her particular charms and wicked, wicked ways?

She's a veritable garden of delights for the senses and the soul. (/sarcasm)

[54anickel]

43. She's turning to Putin for help with the UN

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/breakingnews/view.asp?msgID=5828

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday the United States wanted Russia's cooperation in working out a U.N resolution on Iraq.

"She made it clear that we want to work closely with the Russians on the text of the Security Council resolution which we will soon be drafting and sharing with our Russian friends," a U.S. embassy spokesman told Reuters.

The arrangements for the June 30 handover were the subject of intense discussions on Friday in both New York and Washington involving foreign ministers of leading industrialised states and diplomats at the United Nations.

Russia made it plain on the eve of the talks with Rice that it was willing to work with Washington on a U.N. Security Council resolution to underpin the handover, but said it wanted a clear outline of post-occupation arrangements.

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Her mission focuses on persuading Russia, a permanent Security Council member with veto power, to back a new resolution to enable a multinational force to maintain security as long as possible.

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