Condi's double standard. One country's expeditious withdrawal is another's "apirational timetable."

[bushmeister0]

As far as Iraq goes:

Last week:

Appearing together at a news conference, Rice and (Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar) Zebari . . . mutually asserted that a final agreement between Washington and Baghdad on a broad document spelling out the nature of any future U.S. troop presence and Washington-Baghdad relations is close to fruition, but not yet complete. 'We have agreed that some goals, some aspirational timetables for how that might unfold, are well worth having in such an agreement,' Rice told reporters."

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834446,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics

In other words, 'we're going to keep dragging our feet.'

Yet, Condi's outrage at Russia's actions in Georgia know no bounds!!!!

"Now that (Russian) President (Dmitry) Medvedev has reportedly signed the ceasefire agreement, I assume that Russian forces are going to begin to withdraw expeditiously," Condi says.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August1014.xml§ion=theworld&col=

AFP: aug. 17

"US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Russia an 'outlaw' Tuesday as she fumed over the country's refusal to immediately pull its troops out of Georgia. . .

'It's becoming more and more the outlaw in this conflict.'

Rice said that the longer the Russian President Dmitry Medevdev was not keeping his word to withdraw troops from Georgia, 'the reputation's just going to get worse and worse and worse.'

Moscow, she warned, would 'completely destroy its case for integration' into international institutions."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/pl_afp/georgiarussiaconflictusriceoutlaw_080819214402

I think she must have meant "absorption" there . . . but, anyway, she's one to talk about 'outlaws' and 'reputations'!

Really! She's got some nerve!

Am I the only here marveling over the sheer duplicity being desplayed by both sides here?

It's like watching Hitler and Stalin slicing up Poland all over again. You thought Hitler was the ultimate in cynicism and then Stalin just totally out did him! Mind boggling.

[grannie4peace]

1. talking out of both sides of her mouth 'eh

[Disturbed]

3. In the Repub Cult hypocrisy is a virtue.

Ms. Rice is the worst Sec. of State in recent History. Thanks Dems for overwhelmingly voting for her.

[elleng]

2. Its not a double standard,

its politics.

ignore it; she's doing her job.

[bushmeister0]

4. That's probably what Joachim Ribbentrop would have said, too.

He was hung in 1946.

Politics is providing pork for your district.

Invading sovereign countries and killing tens of thousands of people is a war crime.

[elleng]

5. And you are doing WHAT,

by suggesting that my statement is analogous to joachim von ribbentrop?

You are NOT a friend of Dems, if you're not able to have a civil discussion on matters of the day.

[bushmeister0]

6. That's rediculous.

Don't put words into my fingers.

If you read further you'll see I'm saying Condi is a war criminal, not you.

My point is what this bunch does is hardly politicas as usual. She may be just doing her job, but that's what the Nuremburg criminals said, too.

That's all I was saying. Sensitive much?

[elleng]

7. Sorry if I misunderstood

your intention.

[bushmeister0]

8. That's alright. No harm done.

This sort of thing happens all the time it seems to me at DU. Everyone is in such a rush to scan and respond.