Rick Moran at Right Wing Nut House tallies up the political fallout as the war in Lebanon pauses briefly to let both the self proclaimed humanist elite, and the murderous Hezbollah Muslims feel triumphant in the moment.
Winners and Losers: CONDI RICE. By some accounts, Rice was a hindrance to the Israeli war effort. She apparently insisted on the temporary truce following the Qana tragedy and reportedly advised against any massive incursion by the IDF into southern Lebanon. For this, she was widely criticized in the Administration; so much so that her deputy handled the shuttle diplomacy between Beirut and Tel Aviv following Qana and she was marginalized to the point of being banished to the UN to work on the cease fire resolution. We know how that turned out. Rice lost prestige in the Administration because she has temporarily lost the trust of the President. And that makes her a big loser.
Wasn’t it last year about this time the draft Condi for ’08 mania was peaking? Lawrence Auster at View From the Right reduces liberalism down to the phrase: We’re guilty, AND nothing can ever harm us. Well we are not perfect and privilege and prosperity can be as transient as life itself, but you never get the feeling Dave Zweifel and his comrades believe there is a larger danger beyond a few misguided individuals.
