Friedman notes in today's NYTimes regarding Condi:
"Does she have the toughness to deal with Ariel Sharon? She has not shown it up to now. If the Bush team lets Mr. Sharon trade Gaza for the West Bank, the whole U.S. democratization agenda in the region will be set back. Does she have the moxie to restrain the Kurds and Shiites from overreaching in Iraq? The steel to deal with the Syrians? The will to move the Egyptians? Too soon to say."
Condi seems to be the Secretary of State that the NYTimes loves to hate.... Now even Friedman is complaining about Condi's choice of shoes while reviewing the troops!
But what about Condi's REAL POWER to influence things in the world. Now that Dubya's unilateralism and imperialism has fallen flat on it's face....?
Indeed, Dubya himself has become something of a global laughing stock...and by implications the Americans have been dragged down "by association."
That True Facts are that The US is a Bankrupt Super Power now. Really like Rome in the 400's AD. Like the Ancient Romans the only people who respect us are the ones we pay off..!
Know this: The Kurds will do whatever they want to do....they don't fear Condi or Bush. So too with the Shia, the Lebanese and the Iranians.
The North Koreans are dancing around bragging about their bomb....what can Dubya do? And China and Japan own us...even while OPEC controls our highways.
Sharon will take the West Bank for Gaza if he wants to....and nothing Condi can say will stop it.
In truth we do not have a Uni-polar world now....or even a Multi-polar world.
We have a Micro-polar world...... By choosing the Road to Stupidity and Bankruptcy Americans have forfeited their moral and political high ground. And what can be done about it now.....? BUSH BOMBS WORLD.....?
I don't think so..... We have had a magnitude 10 geo-political earthquake because of Iraq and American unilateralism. The Neocons were the last straw for American influence in the world.
No one will respect Condi because world leaders do not respect Bush....it's just that simple. We need a better President.....
