thinkprogress.org — According to New York Times reporter Philip Shenon's new book, Rice was more focused on becoming Bush's buddy before 9/11: "Whatever her job title, Rice seemed uninterested in actually advising the president. Instead, she wanted to be his closest confidante -- specifically on foreign policy -- and to simply translate his words into action."
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spickslayerFeb 5, 2008
lol 9/11
Closed AccountFeb 5, 2008
This business was old and boring years ago. We all know that terrorists crashed planes into the WTC, and that the government wasn't involved. Let's plz stop being homoz about it, kthxbai.
Closed AccountFeb 5, 2008
i'd love to see videotape of Bush drilling Rice. hot hot hot!
bohicatwentytwoFeb 5, 2008
Just asking questions = Troofer Lite.
Closed AccountFeb 5, 2008
From which shrillary clinton biography did you plagiarize those lines?
manicalldayFeb 5, 2008
This is because Rice didn't have Bush's ear. She like Powell had a completely different viewpoint of the war then the neo-conservatives. At the time Richard Perl, who had been largely ignored in past administrations, strongly convinced Bush that preemptive strikes would lead to democratic peace. Rice, as the polar opposite, believes in the Realist school of thought, which does not promote preemptive strikes, because of the chaos it brings. I've read some of her published work and I really think that she would have suffered the same fate as Powell if she would have stood up at the time. I'm just hoping that she gets her way over Iran.
manicalldayFeb 5, 2008
I agree. I think that once they started to see the makeup of the cabinet they should have just left. I still don't believe they made Powell make the case for a war that he didn't believe in. I would have left right then.