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John Manning
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 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: Rice: Military power is 'not the way to deal in the 21st cen |
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Rice: Military power is 'not the way to deal in the 21st century.'
Yesterday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sharply criticized Russia
for relying on its “military power” to accomplish its goals. Ironically,
she said that it “is not the way to deal in the 21st century.” From her
remarks yesterday en route to Belgium:
"But I just want to emphasize again, Russia is a state that is
unfortunately using the one tool that it has always used, that will make
it – that – when it wishes to deliver a message, and that’s its military
power. That’s not the way to deal in the 21st century. And if Russia
wishes to make a different strategic choice, as President Medvedev said,
this is a bad way to start."
Salon's Glenn Greenwald responds to Rice’s remarks: "Just during the
time Rice has served in the Bush administration, we bombed, invaded and
occupied Afghanistan; did the same to Iraq; repeatedly bombed Somalia,
killing all sorts of civilians; fed bombs to Israel as they invaded and
bombed Lebanon; top political officials (led by John McCain and Joe
Lieberman) have repeatedly threatened, and advocated, that the same be
done to a whole host of other countries, including Iran and Syria."
Links: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/19/rice-military-russia/ |
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vivapadrepio@aol.com
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Rice: Military power is 'not the way to deal in the 21st |
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On Aug 19, 12:54�pm, John Manning <jrobe...@terra.com.br> wrote:
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Why? Have people stopped bleeding in the 21st century? |
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JohnN
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Rice: Military power is 'not the way to deal in the 21st |
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On Aug 19, 5:59 pm, "vivapadre...@aol.com" <vivapadre...@aol.com>
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| Quote: | On Aug 19, 12:54 pm, John Manning <jrobe...@terra.com.br> wrote:
Rice: Military power is 'not the way to deal in the 21st century.'
Why? Have people stopped bleeding in the 21st century?
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How many tens of thousands did she and Pres Bush have to kill so she
could learn that lesson?
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John Manning
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Rice: Military power is 'not the way to deal in the 21st |
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Just James wrote:
| Quote: | John Manning wrote:
Rice: Military power is 'not the way to deal in the 21st century.'
Yesterday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sharply criticized
Russia for relying on its “military power” to accomplish its goals.
Ironically, she said that it “is not the way to deal in the 21st
century.” From her remarks yesterday en route to Belgium:
"But I just want to emphasize again, Russia is a state that is
unfortunately using the one tool that it has always used, that will
make it – that – when it wishes to deliver a message, and that’s its
military power. That’s not the way to deal in the 21st century. And if
Russia wishes to make a different strategic choice, as President
Medvedev said, this is a bad way to start."
Salon's Glenn Greenwald responds to Rice’s remarks: "Just during the
time Rice has served in the Bush administration, we bombed, invaded
and occupied Afghanistan; did the same to Iraq; repeatedly bombed
Somalia, killing all sorts of civilians; fed bombs to Israel as they
invaded and bombed Lebanon; top political officials (led by John
McCain and Joe Lieberman) have repeatedly threatened, and advocated,
that the same be done to a whole host of other countries, including
Iran and Syria."
Links: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/19/rice-military-russia/
Did Russia view Georgia as an imminent threat?
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The Georgians attacked South Ossetia, a stronghold of separatists who
align with Russia and don't wish to be part of Georgia. Russia came to
their aid.
Were they looking for
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This article will answer that question:
Georgia's oil pipeline is key to U.S. support
Associated Press, August 9, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/09/MNDG127U55.DTL |
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Just James
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: Re: Rice: Military power is 'not the way to deal in the 21st |
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John Manning wrote:
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Rice: Military power is 'not the way to deal in the 21st century.'
Yesterday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sharply criticized Russia
for relying on its “military power” to accomplish its goals. Ironically,
she said that it “is not the way to deal in the 21st century.” From her
remarks yesterday en route to Belgium:
"But I just want to emphasize again, Russia is a state that is
unfortunately using the one tool that it has always used, that will make
it – that – when it wishes to deliver a message, and that’s its military
power. That’s not the way to deal in the 21st century. And if Russia
wishes to make a different strategic choice, as President Medvedev said,
this is a bad way to start."
Salon's Glenn Greenwald responds to Rice’s remarks: "Just during the
time Rice has served in the Bush administration, we bombed, invaded and
occupied Afghanistan; did the same to Iraq; repeatedly bombed Somalia,
killing all sorts of civilians; fed bombs to Israel as they invaded and
bombed Lebanon; top political officials (led by John McCain and Joe
Lieberman) have repeatedly threatened, and advocated, that the same be
done to a whole host of other countries, including Iran and Syria."
Links: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/19/rice-military-russia/
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Did Russia view Georgia as an imminent threat? Were they looking for
WMDs? Why is the current admin paying this any heed at all?
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Just James
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