Our poor, incompetent secretary of state. Dr. Rice simply can’t understand why her boss’ words are so incredible to the American people:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied Sunday that the United States was bent on war with Iran and renewed an offer of reconciliation talks if the Islamic republic renounces its nuclear drive.
Interviewed on ABC television, Rice was pressed on a Senate resolution passed in September that labeled Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist operation — a step that critics said had brought war nearer.
She said that President George W. Bush was clear “that he’s on a diplomatic path where Iran comes into focus.”
“Obviously, it can be the case that he will never take his options off the table, but this particular resolution has nothing to do with that from our point of view,” Rice said referring to the prospect of military force on Iran.
I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that the administration claimed it wasn’t agitating for war with Iraq at the same time it was arranging the facts to go with the decision that had already been made. Surely the administration’s lack of credibility doesn’t come from almost seven years of saying one thing while doing another?
Surely not.
