Condi and West Asia Diplomacy
All this news hoopla about Condoleezza Rice doing this enormous amount of work to stop the violence seems to be utterly pointless and makes the American press look extremely stupid. How can the main party in the war be a part of the diplomatic solution, unless she has a speciality in negotiating with herself?
It seems to be clear to the rest of the world that IDF is pushing buttons on weapons made in the US and hastily supplied to them via UK.
All that is needed, is for Mr Bush to pick up the phone and talk some Texan with Mr Olmert - the way he did with Musharraf a few years ago.
Using people like Rice and Powell to put a diplomatic face on military offsensives are an insult to the intelligence of most readers.