You are right .. it becomes confusing who is working for whom! But Bush has got it all worked out - American national interests! That's what he just said in Benin! 1. "My trip here is a way to remind future presidents and future congresses that it's in the national interest and the moral interest, for the United States of America to help people," 2. "the world have got to understand that the United States wants to partner with leaders and the people, but we're not going to do so with people that steal money, pure and simple."
I think the budget was a bit tight and they left the speech writers at home! Or someone destroyed the tapes from which he was to memorise the speeches! Bush spent only three hours in Benin, before flying to the other side of Africa to stay three nights in Tanzania - right next to Kenya, home to the US's intelligence operations in East Africa and the Horn of Africa. And the stage of the embassy bombing. And now he is going to send off Rice to Kenya to go and sort out things there - and boy, is she talking tough! Sanctions and all, all entirely ridiculous: "The key is that the leaders hear from her firsthand U.S desires to see that there be no violence, that there be a power-sharing agreement that will help this nation resolve its difficulties," the president said. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer said the purpose of Rice's trip was to support former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is mediating the political talks. Bush does not need to go to Kenya, she said. "Right now, we don't want to supplant Kofi Annan's mediation. That is not the intention." She said both sides or the political crisis in Kenya understand the U.S. position that any individuals who obstruct the process will be subject to U.S. sanctions. "The message is to both sides that they have to find a deal that's credible and that will lead to reconciliation over the long term," she said. "I think that both have heard our message that there will be not be business as usual." Bush endorsed a power-sharing agreement to help resolve the dispute. He is dispatching Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to peel off from his entourage on Monday to make a quick trip to Nairobi, and said she would deliver his view. "The key is that the leaders hear from her firsthand U.S desires to see that there be no violence, that there be a power-sharing agreement that will help this nation resolve its difficulties," the president said. Kenya's political rivals announced a 10-point plan on Friday to resolve their political crisis after weeks of negotiations. They remained deadlocked over power sharing, however. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer said the purpose of Rice's trip was to support former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is mediating the political talks. Bush does not need to go to Kenya, she said. "Right now, we don't want to supplant Kofi Annan's mediation. That is not the intention." She said both sides or the political crisis in Kenya understand the U.S. position that any individuals who obstruct the process will be subject to U.S. sanctions. "The message is to both sides that they have to find a deal that's credible and that will lead to reconciliation over the long term," she said. "I think that both have heard our message that there will be not be business as usual." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/16/wkenya116.xml http://channels.attbusiness.net/index.cfm?fuseAction=viewNewsArticle&nav_id=33&category_name=International&article_id=7b139c63abd7513f6ed536845c045832 http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/02/16/bush-touches-down-in-africa/ On 16/02/2008, Leigh Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 16, 2008 5:31 AM, Ruy Lage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tend too US involvement as always interceding on behalf of the wrong > guy. > > Here I found an arrow that would suggest that line of reasoning. > > > > > http://spookterror.blogspot.com/2008/02/cia-plot-to-topple-kenyas-leader.html > > Except that - at least in the beginning - the US (and the one they > pick) > > always wins ... and Odinga supposedly did, but if he did and the US does > > want Kibaki out of the way - I see little effort by the US to get Kibaki > > out, which is out of tune with Condolezza Rice (flashing legs in > miniskirt > > and Colgate smile and all!) and her ... legwork ... for Bush's Africom! > > > > Rui > > > > > Some people just watch Condi's hair to see which way the wind blows: > > http://peteykins.com/sparklepony/HairdoElevatedBig.jpg > > (Albeit, personally, I like the legs and miniskirt...) > > Speaking of "...interceding on behalf of the wrong guy"... in Iraq: > > "...Patrick Cockburn explains that among the main outcomes of the US > troop escalation ("surge") was the Shiite victory in the 2007 battle > for Baghdad, which has left hundreds of thousands of Sunni Arabs > homeless and often in exile in Syria. > > He is also scathing on how the Awakening Councils are full of > ex-al-Qaeda fighters." > > > http://www.juancole.com/2008/02/4-killed-17-wounded-in-tal-afar-mosque.html > > I see no contest here from Juan Cole on that conjecture, which is most > likely the end result of a trend indicated by Sy Hersh in this New > Yorker article last year: > http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/03/05/070305fa_fact_hersh > > Transcript of interview w/ Woof (Roll over boy or we'll bomb your > Baghdad hotel again) Blitzer: > http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/25/hersh-qaeda/ > > al Qaeda is STILL working for U.S. goals, or is it the OTHER way around? > > ...or maybeeee, The goals and aims of these cretinous murderers (Bush > admin/AQ) are identical: > http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares (Flash player and > files) > > DVD-Iso file: http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmaresDVD > > Leigh >
