Rice says Sudan has credibility problem on Darfur

[maddezmom]

22 minutes ago



ABO SHOUK, Sudan (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday told Sudan's president his government had a "credibility problem" on the issue of Darfur and she wanted to see "actions not words."

In a meeting marred by scuffles involving Rice's aides and Sudanese security officials, Rice told President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to stop violence, especially against women, in the remote western region of his country.

"I said to the Sudanese government that they had a credibility problem with the international community I have said; actions not words,"' Rice said in a round of interviews with journalists at a Darfur refugee camp.

A senior U.S. official traveling with Rice said the secretary of state told Sudanese officials the situation in Darfur was getting in the way of improved relations.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050721/wl_nm/sudan_usa_dc

[bullimiami]

1. "pot is dirty" cries kettle.

[CottonBear]

3. You beat me to it. n/t

[rodeodance]

8. yes, Rice a huge credibility problem!

[Supersedeas]

7. unbelievable, these folks have no conscience-apologize to Rove immediately

[underpants]

2. What kind? Did something they did or didn't do cost thousands of lives?

Yeah that is a real credibility problem.

If ONLY someone had at least tried to do something about it... if only

[Pithy Cherub]

4. Irony will not be killed by this administration, they work hard though!

:rofl:

[nine23]

5. A "credibility problem"? With the President of Sudan?

How, pray tell, did she arrive at THAT conclusion? And her salary is how much???

[BeyondThePale]

6. What? Did Sudan not speak up for Terri Schiavo?

[section321]

9. The really interesting part of this is the "scuffle involving..aides"

It sounds like the Sudanese got physical with the Secretary of State's staff. They have absolutely no respect for the US and they know the US is too busy in Iraq to do anything about Darfur.

For all the (p)resident's rehtoric about fighting evil, Darfur is a glaring reminder that he is only interested in fighting evil if it will produce economic gains for his cabal (Halliburton, Carlisle, etc...)

If Rice and her staff we're tossed out the door (literally) they got the same kind of strong arm tactics they espouse, only in a more crude and direct fashion.

Serves her right.

[daleo]

14. They roughed up Bush's wife?

I don't know, that might cost them.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

10. She's one to talk. n/t

[malaise]

11. And she has one globally n/t

[Hobarticus]

12. Breaking: pot calls kettle black, too little too late

Where the hell have you been, Condi?

[applegrove]

13. Too bad, Ms. Rice, that you cannot use the ICC as a big ole stick

to get them into line.... because your administration does not believe in it!!

[Cha]

15. zidzi says rice has BIGMF

CREDIBILITY PROBLEMA!

IN fact..the only way she would be running around our planet snerking "credibility" with other nations is if there were no Orwellian Shadow cast over the USA by the Dreaded rovebots.

[cliss]

16. Poor Li'l Miss Condi....

In a world filled with danger and unscrupulous leaders, credibility is hard to find. She should know.

I think in her eyes, "credibility" is something that would be nice to locate and strip-mine, maybe like innocence, trust, good-will and all those subjective things so hard to find.

She's looking because she'll be taking. It's just another asset.

[anarchy1999]

17. Dear Condi,

I understand how you must feel about Sudan and their government's "credibility" issues. I do beleive though that the rest of this world we all live upon may have some "issues" with the US of A and this administration's credibility, ie, IRAQ!

[AlwaysQuestion]

18. Thankfully irony isn't lost on we progressives, but my gawd,

Can anyone here begin to explain why this alledgedly eruidite woman wasn't able to anticipate how the Sudanese government would react to a credibility lecture given by the likes of her.

And SHE TOLD THEM! Well, well, well. My word. Such tough talk from one whose stock and trade is fabrication. As I once heard someone say, the players in this neocon administration have finally evolved into caricatures of themselves. Have they no shame? At all?

[WhiteTara]

19. Kindasleazie should know all about

credibility issues considering her "mushroom cloud" statement. May she rot in hell after she is found guilty at the Hague.

[shantipriya]

20. credibility problem

Condi, stop lecturing. How about Bush and his administration? Don't they have a credibility problem?Or that doesn't count?!!!!!!