http://www.yourish.com/2009/01/19/6071 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.yourish.com/2009/01/19/6071/comment-page-1#comment-35811 gunjam Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:38:16 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=6071#comment-35811 Of course, a HUGE amount of the credit -- and at tmes I seem to be the only one saying it -- for the shocking restoration of Hezbollah following the Lebanon War of the Summer 2006 goes to .... drum roll, please: Ms Condoleeza Rice, who not only palpably pressured Israel into prematurely curtailing her efforts in Lebanon, but also fairly PIMPED for the farcical UN-monitored cease-fire that "ended" that War. Does no one recall Ms Rice's bold-faced assertions that she was confident that said cease-fire would be a "robust" arrangement in which the UN would work to prevent Hezbollah from rearming under the nose of the central Lebanese government. http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2006/August/20060816122957eaifas0.1131403.html Whether the woman is simply an incompetent naive or a truly cunning, Islamist-sympathizing anti-Semite, only the L-RD knows, but now that the dust has settled -- some two-and-a-half years hence -- with Lebanon's throat firmly within Nasrallah's steel grasp, what difference does it make? In fact, I believe history will show this to be one of the terrific failures of the Second President GW Bush Administration. (I suspect that even President Bush -- in a candid, private moment -- would admit as much.) Of course, a HUGE amount of the credit — and at tmes I seem to be the only one saying it — for the shocking restoration of Hezbollah following the Lebanon War of the Summer 2006 goes to …. drum roll, please: Ms Condoleeza Rice, who not only palpably pressured Israel into prematurely curtailing her efforts in Lebanon, but also fairly PIMPED for the farcical UN-monitored cease-fire that “ended” that War. Does no one recall Ms Rice’s bold-faced assertions that she was confident that said cease-fire would be a “robust” arrangement in which the UN would work to prevent Hezbollah from rearming under the nose of the central Lebanese government. http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2006/August/20060816122957eaifas0.1131403.html
Whether the woman is simply an incompetent naive or a truly cunning, Islamist-sympathizing anti-Semite, only the L-RD knows, but now that the dust has settled — some two-and-a-half years hence — with Lebanon’s throat firmly within Nasrallah’s steel grasp, what difference does it make? In fact, I believe history will show this to be one of the terrific failures of the Second President GW Bush Administration. (I suspect that even President Bush — in a candid, private moment — would admit as much.)

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