Rice raps Spain for 'hasty' Iraq pull-out

[IChing]

Source: Ireland on line

Rice raps Spain for 'hasty' Iraq pull-out
02/06/2007 - 08:44:34

Spain’s decision to pull its troops out of Iraq in 2004 was made hastily and without giving its allies time to prepare for it, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has said.

Rice was interviewed by Spain’s state television TVE at the US embassy in Madrid last night, at the end of her six-hour trip to Spain.

Earlier she had met King Juan Carlos, prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos.

Rice said that Iraq was and continued to be a very dangerous place, adding that US troops were facing danger at the time Zapatero withdrew the Spanish troops. She said the US should have been advised beforehand to prepare for such a move.

Read more: http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=94651028&p=9465y33x

[hobbit709]

1. How to win friends and influence people

She's an expert at it. NOT!

[IChing]

2. With the given head-line

I saw a Rodney Dangerfield joke in the making.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. Spain didn't even want to cuddle afterwards. nt

[IChing]

8. No she was just using a psychological projection of her real issues

[Demeter]

25. My First Thought, Too

Nothing like adding insult to injury, I always say!

[bumblebee1]

39. She uses way too much vinegar and not enough honey.

Our allies a flying away just like bees.

[Supersedeas]

41. neo right wing hacking hag diplomacy

[bemildred]

3. Ah, brilliant diplomacy. Rake them over the coals in public. nt

[Waya]

4. They were advised.....the dude said..........

........right upfront that if he was gonna be elected, he will pull out the troops. Washington not paying attention again, it seems.

[bemildred]

5. Yeah, and that was part of what got him elected, too. nt

[cliss]

11. You beat me to it.

The U.S. knew FOR MONTHS that Spain was going to pull out its troops. In fact, it was Mr. Zapatero's campaign promise.

Guess what? It was enough to get him elected...(are they really that stupid in Washington?). He got his nomination. He fulfilled his promise. He pulled the Spanish troops out, and that was the end of the story.

Apparently not!

NOW watch CondaLiar blame Spain for the entire mess in Iraq.

[Demeter]

26. "Are they really that stupid in Washington"? Sigh

Do you have to ask, or is this a rhetorical question?

[youngdem]

6. She's quite the diplomat, isn't she?

The most incompetent Sec of State ever, plus...

People hate her so much everything she advocates is immediately on the world's shit list. So even if they were to ever come up with a decent idea (which hasn't happened to my recollection) she is such a horrible bitch and represents such horrible people other countries are loathe to participate to allow us success - lest they further embolden the neo-con crazies with a taste of actual success.

The world and two-thirds of this country just want them to go away so badly that every time they open their mouths to insult someone who didn't fall in line, the world's (and our) reasons for hating these incompetent thugs is laid bare.

[tanyev]

9. Flying all over the world, scolding people.

What a charmer.

[peaches2003]

10. It's always Me, Me , Me with Condi and her King

What ever happened to all the Repug hype about wanting Condi to run for Pres in 2008? I thought she would be unbeatable. Now she just flits from country to country and no one pays any attention to her. Laura must have had her sent on the road permenently.

[Snarkoleptic]

12. What sort of idiotic rhetoric can we expect next?

Are we going to rename Spanish Peanuts...Freedom Nuts?

[LynnTheDem]

13. DEMOCRACY sure SUCKS, don't it, rice.

See, the Spanish people -97% of them- OPPOSED your bush-gawd's illegal war of aggression against the people of Iraq. But the Spanish government ignored the will of 97% of its own people -NOT democracy- and were then soundly defeated by the current Spanish government who promised the 97% of Spain they'd pull Spanish troops out of bush's illegal war & occupation.

The current Spanish government listened to the 97% will of their people and kept their word.

Rice again confirms the fact the bush regime & the Republic Party DON'T CARE about democracy; they care about total blind support for the US government.

DEMOCRACY SUCKS! whines rice.

[Vexatious Ape]

15. You nailed it.

What she really said was "Democracy sucks".

[BeyondThePale]

14. I could not be prouder of Spain and the Spanish people

What a great country - not to mention, it is beautiful with wonderful cuisine and great wines

So, fuck you, Condi!

[Ghost Dog]

20. Aw, Shucks.

:blush: :hi:

[BeyondThePale]

23. My pleasure... I cannot wait to go back! n/t

[go west young man]

22. And great artists!

[bahrbearian]

16. I'm sure Spain is regretting it too,, after Condi showed them the error.

[rocktivity]

17. What's Spanish for

"We never should have been PULLED IN, you lying thieving twit!"

:headbang:
rocknation

[Orsino]

18. As opposed to the hastiness of the invasion? Baloney.

Lying Condi.

[krispos42]

19. Three years too late, she bitches?

Can somebody say "sour grapes?"

Jeez, like we would have pacified Iraq if ONLY that battalion of Spanish troops hadn't pulled out in an orderly fashion over the course of several weeks!

(or however many Spanish troops were there. Brigade, division, whatever)

[Thor_MN]

21. A scheduled timeline for withdrawal?? She's saying Spain should have announced one?

Well, if you publish a timeline, you give away too much information. All the enemy has to do then is wait you out... That's been talking points for years now...

[snappyturtle]

24. Condi needs to go to finishing school....what grace ! nt

[bumblebee1]

40. Perhaps, Mo'Nique has room for Condi at Charm School?

n/t

[Hissyspit]

27. HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, AH, HAAA, HA, HA!!!!!!

Hasty????!

That Condi Rice. She is such a card!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa!

:rofl:

>sniff<
heh...

whew...

Good one.

[rodeodance]

28. Spain used their BRAINS!

[rodeodance]

29. that is one BAD photograph of Rice at the site!---alrough it fits her to a tee!!

[saigon68]

33. This One?

[Dervill Crow]

37. The eyes are the window to the soul, they say.

That's assuming a person has one.
:scared:

[rodeodance]

30. recall the election---Jr didn't think they would toss out the old pm!

....Zapatero pulled the troops out of Iraq a month after taking office in 2004. The war has been deeply unpopular in Spain, particularly after a terror attack by Islamic militants killed 191 people on Madrid commuter trains.

The militants said they targeted Spain because of its participation in the peacekeeping force in Iraq.

[David__77]

31. She rapped Bush for a hasty pullout too...

...or so it's been insinuated!

[billbuckhead]

32. Why did she meet with the king?

When did the US government become so pro monarchy?

[miyazaki]

34. 6-hour trip? lmao.

were all the shoe stores closed or something?

[Grandrose]

35. There goes our...driveby SOS and 3 years late!

I repeat...Condi's picture should be in the dictionary next to the Peter Principle!:eyes:

The Peter Principle is a colloquial principle of hierarchiology, stated as "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." Formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter

[lpbk2713]

36. A graduate of the Cheney School of Diplomacy.

It's plain to see she has read "Diplomacy for Dummies" cover to cover.

[itcfish]

38. Hasty?

LOL Funny, Zapatero ran on that if he won, he would withdraw Spanish troops. He won. Rice should keep up.

[Roland99]

42. I can't use the word I prefer to use for that #$^@#$^@#$

[Dukkha]

43. living up to her cartoon fascist image