Zarqawi has similarly proved difficult to face, and the AQI war effort has suffered for it.

That sentence should have read “Zarqawi has similarly proved difficult to replace…”

Odd choices (Grant and Lee) to mention as comparisons- to a terrorist mastermind- by this supposedly bright lady.

Why not Goering and Himmler?

Or Beria and Brezhnev?

Or Mao and Chou En Lai?
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profitsbeard on September 27, 2007 at 2:44 AM

Those wouldn’t have made the point. Had the south lost Lee, it would have disrupted the Confederate war effort and he would not have easily been replaced. And as McClellan’s leadership had proven, effective US generals weren’t plentiful, hence Grant would have been difficult to replace. Zarqawi has similarly proved difficult to face, and the AQI war effort has suffered for it.

The Reich would have readily found replacements for Goerring or Himmler (in fact, the Luftwaffe might have actually fared better had Goerring suffered an early death). Beria and Brezhnev did in fact die and were readily replaced, and neither were wartime generals, so the anologies would be weak in the first place. Mao is a good alternative, though he’s more widely recognized as a political leader than a military one in the west, so Americans likely would miss the point. And nobody knows who Chou En Lai is.

Rice’s anology was meaningful and correct, which are two things that can’t be said for this “controversy.”

Why not Goering and Himmler?

Or Beria and Brezhnev?

Or Mao and Chou En Lai?

Why demean our guys by comparing them, in any context, with such low-life terrorist scum?

Condi isn’t very good as this game yet.

And it’s almost over.

I have always been somewhat amused by the Left’s claim that Bush is the most divisive president in US history, and the implication that it makes him the worst. Abe Lincoln was by far the most divisive, most hated president in US history. The GOP didn’t even waste their time putting him on the ballot in 10 Southern states. He got 39% of the popular vote and his election directly precipitated the Secessions that gave us the Civil War.
Now THAT’S divisive!
Even after his death, it was many years before history began to look as kindly on him as we do today. Grant was more popular and well-thought-of than Lincoln his whole life after the War.

{sigh}

doriangrey on September 26, 2007 at 2:09 PM

Rice is a mythical being, like a Unicorn. A self sufficient black women, intelligent, well educated, and a CONSERVATIVE. She does not exist.

Rice does the bidding of the President, a good Secretary of the State is not a maverick.

These people can’t even keep their own stereotypes straight. I swear I’d make a better Democrat propagandist than most actual Democrat propagandists…

Bush Derangement Syndrome makes it impossible for the leftists to be intellectually honest about anything.

doriangrey on September 26, 2007 at 1:51 PM

You have the order wrong.

jdawg on September 26, 2007 at 2:45 PM

Good point, and I think that LDS (Lincoln Derangement Syndrome) may have been even worse than BDS. Of course, it’s hard to imagine how much both parties have changed since then.

I’m with Mike D. Who’d of thunk that Bollinger would have made a better SOS than Rice.

What if Neville Chamberlain would have come back from speaking to Hilter and announced “I ripped him a new one.”

What if Condi had come back from speaking to the Saudis and said “I told them keeping women in burlap sacks does not preserve their purity.” Or told Syrians “Honor killing does not bring back your honor, and stop killing our soldiers or else” instead of just “Rice says she pressed Syria on securing its border with Iraq”

pedestrian on September 26, 2007 at 2:44 PM

Then she would be fully deserving of being prosecuted under the Logan Act. In case you missed this part in civics, the SoS DOES NOT SET POLICY. The SoS acts as an adviser to the POTUS and acts as the POTUS representative to foreign governments. SoS is not a decider.

Condi is a joke and disgrace, especially her coddling of the terrorist FATAH. Is she blind or stupid or both?

He was. He was thier candidate against Lincoln advocating cut and run from the Civil War – seriously

What if Neville Chamberlain would have come back from speaking to Hilter and announced “I ripped him a new one.”

What if Condi had come back from speaking to the Saudis and said “I told them keeping women in burlap sacks does not preserve their purity.” Or told Syrians “Honor killing does not bring back your honor, and stop killing our soldiers or else” instead of just “Rice says she pressed Syria on securing its border with Iraq”

I’ve always felt that McClellan was more their type.

Ms. Rice came to the job of SOS as a can’t-miss-sure-fire pro bowl prospect, but she has turned out to be little more than a bench-warmer who hasnt made a “play of the week” since she arrived at Foggy Bottom.

Mike D. on September 26, 2007 at 2:14 PM

Excuse me? what exactly is it you think the SoS does?

she has turned out to be little more than a bench-warmer who hasnt made a “play of the week” since she arrived at Foggy Bottom

She maybe a better advisor than decider. IMO it’s a history call.

It is better sarcasm directed at the MSM than at C Rice, so I’ll go with that.