http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1052<snip>
Sitting bravely behind concrete walls while visiting Iraq this weekend, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice chose to channel her boss (circa 2003) by responding to Muqtada al-Sadr's latest threat with an official "taunt" from the U.S. government:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers.
"I know he's sitting in Iran," Rice said dismissively, when asked about al-Sadr's latest threat to lift a self-imposed cease-fire with government and U.S. forces. "I guess it's all-out war for anybody but him," Rice said. "I guess that's the message; his followers can go to their deaths and he's in Iran."
We can now expect a State-issued "double-dog dare" within the next 24 hours. I realize that Rice is looking to strengthen Maliki's position, but I fail to see how this will help. In fact, this schoolyard taunt by Rice actually provides a huge piece of propaganda for Sadr, who can now use it as a rallying point for his followers who will view this as a challenge to their honor.
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Condi should resign.