Condoleezza Rice says Bush made the Middle-East a better place

Condoleezza Rice says Bush made the Middle-East a better place

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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said she believes the Middle East is a better place for the policies of President George Bush.

Speaking to the BBC, Ms Rice insisted that a US-inspired "freedom agenda" had taken hold in the Middle East.

She told her interviewer she was especially proud of the situation in the Palestinian territories, and said: "I don't think that you have had an administration that has more actively been seeking a Palestinian state.

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Is it? Is it really?
I know that I hear all kinds of heart warming stories of peace and love coming from that part of the world every day on the news....?!?

Then why would it be necessary to say

the US would need to remain wary of Iran, but would still need to be prepared to negotiate on Iran’s nuclear push.

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Sure the Middle East is a better place.

I think the key word is "Better"

Since there is so much talk about people about to be homeless on ATS I'll try this analogy.

If you are living out of a 4X4 cardboard box and you find a 6X6 cardboard box....technically you are in a better place.

So Condi is right!

If Bush made it a better place...

...a better place from what? Before we got there?

is so, why the hell are we still there spending MY $?

Well... I hear the funeral parlour business is booming....