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That's how the State Department is describing a surprising find inside the compound of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi: a photo album filled with page after page of pictures of Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state who visited Tripoli in 2008. The pictures were first highlighted here on PhotoBlog and went on to be published around the world.
The album is just the latest addition to a bizarre collection of loot discovered by rebel fighters ransacking Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound. Earlier this week, PhotoBlog published images of the Libyan leader's eccentric fashion accessories and his daughter's golden mermaid couch.
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Rebels examine a photo album of former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which was found in Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, Libya, on August 24.
The Associated Press reports:
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland on Thursday said she hasn’t seen pictures of the album. “I think I don’t need to see the photos, but bizarre and creepy are good adjectives to describe much of Gadhafi’s behavior,” Nuland said. “It doesn't surprise me. It's deeply bizarre and deeply creepy, though, if it is as you described.”
Though maybe the discovery isn't that surprising. Over the years, the Libyan leader's comments and actions related to the former secretary of state have raised a few eyebrows.
Consider how he talked about her in an interview with Al-Jazeera television in 2007, where he hinted that then-President George W. Bush's top diplomat wielded considerable influence in the Arab world.
Mahmud Turkia / AFP-Getty Images, file
Moammar Gadhafi poses with Condoleezza Rice prior to a meeting in Tripoli on September 5, 2008. Rice's was the first such visit in more than half a century, marking a new chapter in Washington's reconciliation with the former enemy state.
"I support my darling black African woman," he said. "I admire and am very proud of the way she leans back and gives orders to the Arab leaders. ... Leezza, Leezza, Leezza. ... I love her very much. I admire her, and I'm proud of her, because she's a black woman of African origin."
The following year, Gadhafi and Rice had an opportunity to meet when the secretary of state paid a historic visit to Libya — one that made steps toward normalizing relations after the United States went decades without an ambassador in Tripoli. (The U.S. "doesn't have any permanent enemies," she said during the trip.)
Gahdafi welcomed Rice in his home — one that President Ronald Reagan once ordered bombed in retaliation for Libya's attack on a German disco — for the traditional meal that ends the daylight fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Once again, he repeatedly addressed Rice — "Condi" to her friends — as "Leezza," her aides said.
During the visit, he presented Rice with a diamond ring, a lute, a locket with an engraved likeness of himself inside and an inscribed edition of "The Green Book," a personal political manifesto that explains his "Third Universal Theory for a new democratic society."
Together, the haul was worth $212,000. (Rules prevent her, or any other U.S. official, from keeping gifts from foreign leaders — they generally end up in a warehouse, and some may turn up years later in a presidential library.)
Flash forward three years, when Libyan rebels moved into Gadhafi's Tripoli stronghold and took control. There, left behind in the compound, was Gadhafi's dear Leezza, her image affixed to the pages of a photo book.
Sergey Ponomarev / AP
Rebel fighters look through a photo album they found inside Moammar Gadhafi's compound on August 24.
Rebels leafed through the album Wednesday after finding it as they rummaged through Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound.
AP photographer Sergey Ponomarev was with the rebels as they flicked through the album. "There were lots of rebels celebrating their victory," Ponomarev said. "It was still unsafe - loyalists were shelling the compound from time to time - but rebels were celebrating the seizure of the Gadhafi compound. They believe the victory is in their hands. Some of them even brought their children to the scene."
Rice did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the discovery of the photos.
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Slideshows of the Conflict in Libya and Moammar Gadhafi through the years
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Okay, that explains alot. Was someone saying something about oil or was this a "Please don't bomb me" plea.
You can bomb me all you want if you let Leeza oil me down first!
Oh well, Pres Obama could pet someone's puppy dog, and we'd have idiots saying he hates cats. You've just got to tune out the noise.
you are the greatest liar in the universe
kman you are the greatest liar in the universe
Not as bad a berry kissing the hands of terrorist kings, I thought the pictures were at least common.
Or as bad as W holding the Saudi Prince's hand like an old lover. LOL! Check the sheets for DNA.
The bowing and hand holding are all about customs and courtesies. The world is not America. When our leaders go to other countries, one of the ways to build rapport is to execute customs/courtesies their way. Power is the ability to influence. Although it sickens us to see it in action, sometimes our leaders have to "do as the Romans do" to open the door to discussions/negotiations/etc.
@ RiRiMac
Unfortunately, W held the Prince's hand while he led him into THE WHITE HOUSE!!! In WASHINGTON, DC, The United States of America. Maybe, THE PRINCE should have to "do as the Romans do" while visiting this nation. Yea?? While I agree with courtesy and custom, your arguement is moot and contrary to actual historical events.
Harry-2692525
TELL THE WHOLE STORY..!
GW willingly took the LEFT HAND of the Saudi Prince!
In the Arab\Islamic world, offering you left hand to a person has the same value to them
as offering USED TOILET PAPER to a person would have in the USA.
Islam teaches that the left hand is impure & Muslims are taught to ONLY use the left hand in the bathroom.
When the photo of GWB accepting the Saudi Prince's with a smile was printed in Arab newspapers & shown on Al Jazerra TV to the viewers it was interpreted as either GWB willingly & publicly admitting he was of a lesser status than the Prince OR that he was admitting that he was "impure" & admitting him ....BOTH with a SMILE..!
BUSH was played like a fiddle in the Arab World Press, who wanted to show that "America & it's leader were stupid, filthy dogs subservient to Arab superiority". Georgie just kept smiling the whole time & played the role they cast him in by catering to the Saudi Royal Family's every wish & demand...right down to giving them "special safe passage out of the USA" when Saudi Nationals were destroying Manhattan with Jet Liners full of Americans.
It was the ULTIMATE disgrace of our country & our POTUS and WE never got a single whiff of it in our MSM, who were equally uninformed.
Gadhafi learned:
Once you had Condolezza, you don't want any other sleeza
THE HOLY GHOST
How dare you insult a pet rock!
Don't misunderstand me - GW Bush was the biggest mistake this country ever made. I believe he stole the election in 2000 and that he deliberately lied to the people of the US when he "justified" the invasion of Iraq. His legacy to America is a bleak fiscal outlook and seemingly endless war. Possibly the worst American politician since Senator Jefferson Davis.
Interesting fact: GW Bush is the most popular president in the history of the United States earning the most impressivee 90% approval rating topping even his fathers 89%. you all can bash him but he was never the worst president.
Don't you just like the picture of Rice with the ex-Lybian leader as you do of the picture of Rumsfield with the ex-Iraqi leader Hussein, or the photo fo Dubya holding hands walking with the Saudi Arabian sheik.
Oh ...., the beautiful memories of a time when we knew who were are true friends in the world.
Yes, just like the picture of Obama and his wife with their hands down while the Star Spangled Banner was played.
Roy far on the Right, a link to that video would be nice, NOT just a photo cause I can take a pic of anyone and caption it with whatever I want ya know what I mean.
Yeah Roy. That is so much worse than holding hands with the leader of the country where the majority of the 9/11 terrorists were from. Sooo much worse.
Or the photo of Obama bowing to the Japanese emperor or the photo of Obama bowing to the Saudi king...
Or the pictures of Obama bowing to Saudi king, Japanese emperor, English queen and Chinese president?
I think you're confusing the the Star Spangled Banner with The Pledge of Allegiance, because people normally have their hands down when singing the former. Criticizing and don't know what you're talking about and neither do individuals responsible for voting the statement up.
Those incidents were true....and they were highlighted on national news...when Obama took his "apology tour" around the world bowing to world leaders and apologizing for Americans. Thanks again, Barry. Oh...dont forget he painted over our American flag on his airplane when he was campaigning.and put "his" design over it. Change for the better??
No Ann, you're confused. Watch TV during a ball game, race, or event and when the Banner is played, where is everyone's hand - over their heart. You pull your cap off and place it over your heart.
Or the pictures of Obama with domestic terrorist William Ayers, convicted swindler Tony Rezko and Reverend "god dam America" Wright?
I don't normally place my hand over my heart when singing the Star Spangle Banner, now or during assembly when in elementary school. The Pledge of Allegiance, yes. And so what. I don't place my hand over my heart for either. Does this makes me a hater of my country or unpatriotic? No you've got it wrong too.
Oh please, can't you find someone other than President Obama to pick on or use in you'll arguments. Is you'll dislike for him that strong? Get over it.
Roy, you hit the nail on the head. Kinda. IF you are wearing a hat, then yes, the hat goes over your heart for the Star Spangled Banner. If you are NOT wearing a hat, putting your hand on your heart is, and always has been, (and in MY America always will be) optional. I am a veteran and proud of it, and I will defend anyone's right to choose. Even Obama's...
shaking hands with terrorists and bowing traditionally to our friends and leaders are not the same thing.
the apology tour was important because bush ruined our country in every way he could and made enemies out of everyone.
by the way, where was bush when they had a big get together at ground zero after getting osama? He was invited but declined!
I guess he was sad because he best friends son was killed
Awwwww
Because I never realized how wrong it was to show respect to other world leaders. In those countries (and with the Queen), that's how you formally greet each other, much like how in this country you shake hands. There are more than one culture in this world. the US is not all of Earth.
Stop being so ignorant.
If you want to play the guilty be association game, you've already lost. There's no doubt in my mind you met someone in your life who knew a criminal or convict. Because here's a glimpse of reality, you can connect most people in the US within one or two degrees to a convicted felon.
Traditionally, men remove their hats while the Star Spangled Banner is being played. Traditionally, it is optional to place one's hand over the heart while the Star Spangled Banner is being played. Traditionally, one places his or her hand over the heart while stating the Pledge of Allegiance.
I have seen a picture of Bush with Cheney,Asgcroft,Condisleezy Rice and several more of his war criminals.
Re: http://mediamatters.org/research/200710240006?f=h_latest
As for holding your hand on your heart while singing the Star Spangled Banner, Roy IS correct. It is done because everyone, before a game or assembly, what have you, while facing the American flag. Ann, come on.
Ann, reminds me of the old saying: You want to know how to fool a Democrat? Use facts an logic. And you know how to fool a Republican? Use actual facts and real logic.
Sorry but I've never held my hand over my heart while singing the Star Bangle Banner, only when citing the Pledge of Allegiance and this was done many years ago. And I don't watch baseball or any other sport.
Thanks Roy, for taking us WAY off the beaten track with your stupidity.
Proper etiquette is when you are non military to place your hand over your heart as a salute when the National anthem is played or when pledging allegiance to the flag. The military would excercise a military salute. The salute is carried from the first note through the last note of the anthem.
Folks, one more time: you can NOT believe ANYTHING you see or hear anymore. Pics taken at any one moment in time can and often DO show you something different than another pic taken mere seconds later. People sneeze, they cough and if alive they DO move about. ANY pic can be doctored to accent whatever the pic taker wishes and to attenuate what they don't. And sound, well, that is my profession and I can do amazing things with audio, completely changing the meaning, nearly at will.
It is high time people stop pointing to ANY media as PROOF of ANYthing ANYmore. Proof is what we make it. Truth is a fiction. One should look and hear today mostly for it's entertainment value but surely NOT it's accuracy. Raining on Obama is getting sickening with detractors clutching at the merest of straws as "solid evidence" and "proof" of his flaws and un-American base. Rubbish. The man is very smart and so do you really think he'd allow such a faux pas to occur KNOWING that he is being photographed or recorded? But when you have 200 photographers clicking auto shooting cameras for 5 minutes, you think that YOU could stand up to such scrutiny? Yeah right.
Please find something else to gnaw on, like a bone or a grenade and stop using media as "proof" of anything.
The thing is Ann, theres nothing wrong with holding your hand over your heart during the Star Spangled' Banner, but there's nothing wrong when you don't do it as well. The reason why most Americans do place their hand over they're heart is because they don't know the difference between the Star Spangled Banner and the Pledge by title, they need to hear them to know which it is. Well, that's at least how the tradition for the Star Spangled Banner Began. Tee SPB was never written with the intent to cover your heat in oppose the pledge being done in that manner.
Small minded people find problems with everything. Our current president has done more for our country then the Bush administration could even hope for. If wearing a pin or placing your hand over your heart before a flag is what anyone considers being "American" then that individual is sorely mistaken. I do not say the pledge because of it's OBVIOUS religous overtones (seperation of church and state?) and I have never placed my hand over my heart singing a national anthem. Since when did being patriotic and loving your country involve some crazy form of idol worship? Ann, I might not agree with everything you say but I 100% applaud the fact that you're an individual with the ability to think for themselves, as opposed to SOME PEOPLE who can only repeat what the media tells them.
Wanna see all the pics of Bush, McCain, and other prominent GOP leaders not wearing a flag pin or with their hands over their hearts? Ever pay attention when the National Anthem is played during a televised sporting event and notice how many in the crowd don't have their hands over their hearts, or aren't even paying attention. Like to see a picture of Sarah Palin wrapped in a US flag in direct violation of the flag code? Think any of this actually means anything? Then you have zero clue what our national priorities should be.
I never held my hand over my heart during either one. When I was in elementary school, my mother made my sisters and I stop doing it because she didn't want us pledging adherence and loyalty to a flag or the country it represented. even though I love my country, I still find it unnecessary to commitment to it. That's just my opinion.
United States Code Chapter 36, Section 301:
(a) Designation. - The composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem. (b) Conduct During Playing. - During a rendition of the national anthem - (1) when the flag is displayed - (A) all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart; (B) men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and (C) individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note; and (2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.
Is it possible to get so wrapped up in partisanship that you take every discussion completely off track?
I'm glad that you have a political party that defines your every waking moment, but jeez.
You don't have to hold your hand over your heart during The Star Spangled Banner. Most people do because they think they're supposed to... they're wrong. Who cares, anyway?
Momfo- This is America. We have the RIGHT to CHOOSE to place our hands wherever the hell we please no matter what song or pledge happens to be be playing on the loud speaker. By all means, display your patriotism in what ever fashion you think is appropriate, but don't condemn others for doing the same.
Only in America can we get so far off track arguing about sand when the topic is water. Obama and Bush both are proud Americans and those who think either is a criminal don't understand what the presidency is. You might not like their policies but to denigrate either as an American is lazy and ill-informed. I like how we were deluged daily with numerous personal attacks on Bush for 8 years, which was fine, but as soon as anyone even subtly attacks Obama those that were attacking Bush come out in force! Can you say hypocritical or ironic? If I was Rice I would be disturbed by this article, similar to how Jodi Foster was after a psycho committed murder to prove he loved her, which has nothing to do with political party affiliation.
And Mrs. Holly, you are most confused of all...you love your country yet "still find it unnecessary to commitment to it". Really? I love my wife but have no problem pushing her in front of me if someone starts shooting at me! what is a close second, "I do not say the pledge because of it's OBVIOUS religous overtones (seperation of church and state?)" yet you equate a simple hand gesture during our national anthem to "some crazy form of idol worship". I have never met a person who is religious finding fault with being religious. Its like saying I like ice cream but I don't eat it because it tastes bad...
I think teaching children to repeat a pledge that they don't fully understand is a form of crazy idol worship. I pledge allegiance to a flag, to american Idol, to North Korea- who knows the difference? No child does, that's for sure. No one sat down and explained what it meant to me when I was a kid. Also, being RELIGIOUS only means you follow whatever particular brand of bull@!$%# you buy into. I am not religious, far from it and very proud. My relationship with God needs no title, no book of instructions, no special location, and excludes no one. Does yours?
I've been to at least 12 MLB games and a couple AA games and several AAA games. Putting your hand on your heart is very hit and miss. People with hats always take them off and put the hat over their heart. Other than that, it varies. Not everyone even sings... which is probably for the best considering the number of professional performances that have been appalling. ;) I think it's kind of sweet if he was holding hands with his wife. You could think of it as sharing in the joy and pride for our country together. One could also argue that questioning the President's commitment to our country is borderline treasonous.
Back to the original post, are you suggesting the Bush aadministration was SOFT towards dictators in the middle east? The same people who invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, talked about bombing Iran and Syria? Is holding hands worse then bowing? Are you saying you wish Dubya would of taken out Gadhafi and started a third war? What was your point exactly?
AnnForTruth--- You must be a born and raised civilian. It is PROPER to stand at attention with your hand over your heart when the National Anthem is rendered-- as well as when the Pledge of Allegance is said. Also when TAPS is played.
I wholeheartedly agree that people have their free agency to choose to do whatever they please in this situation. Interestingly enough, I only posted the U.S. Code due to the controversy on etiquette during the playing of the Star Spangle Banner, and my own curiosity led me to do my research. I admit that I was not aware of the U.S. Code, so I thought I would share my finding since I learned something new! I never stated my belief for or against, nor have I condemned anyone for their statements, yet it has been assumed I have taken a stance on this issue. I have never commented online for this very reason, as it is impersonal and sometimes difficult to understand the writer's point or intent. I choose to be a positive person, and was not responding to anyone in particular, nor was there any ill will intended. To reiterate my previous statement in this post, I totally agree that you are all entitled to do what you feel is appropriate during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner.
what, I was a military brat as a kid in the 60's and yes, we all did know what we were pledging. I'm sorry your parents didn't do a good job of explaining things to you. Thankfully we didn't have reality shows then but even though I was a Star Trek fan I never was confused about whether I was pledging to the United Federation of Planets or not. I do agree with what you said about one's relationship with their god, and I guess my being older causes me to think of idol worship as being something quite different than some TV show where people compete to become singing stars.
I guess the folks that think dubya and his sidekick, deadeye dick were so tough on middle east despots forget that prior to 2005 mo was a pariah, shunned by the entire world (except of course the french and the brits who needed the cheap oil) for his part in the conspiracy to shoot down an airliner over lockerbie scotland resulting in the loss of 189 innocent american lives, and suddenly bush wrapped his arms around mo and welcomed him back to the world community as mr nice guy. guess theyre also forgetting that they gave kin jung il in north korea a free pass, KNOWING that he possessed nuclear weaponry (weapons of mass destruction, remember?), and essentially allowed syria and iran to slide, along with hosni mubarak, and pervez musharraf of pakistan (remember, he was leader in pakistan when they gave osama bin laden free reign to live where he wanted). and as fars as the obamas saluting during the national anthem, at least theyre not responsible for treating the only convicted murderer in the lockerbie mess to walk free, on the supposed excuse that he was suffering from terminal cancer and was being sent home to die, when in reality our chickensh*t allies the brits let him go for thirty pieces of silver (cheap gas). read a little history before you publish these dumb ass comments!!
And what is wrong with President Obama bowing to the leaders of other countries? Have you ever seen orientals bowing to people-- and none of them is a leader of a country. It is a sign of respect.
No, you are incorrect. When a President meets another dignitary or country leader, he offers his hand and a look straight into the person's eyes. This is the only polite, yet strong way to greet anyone. An American President bows to noone and noone should bow to him.
While not germane to the article, it has been commented on frequently, and improperly by too many.
For those who are devoid of proper flag etiquette, you may see here that one is supposed to salute (uniformed salute, no uniform is hand over heart) when the flag passes by AND during the National Anthem. If you choose not to, you are displaying improper flag etiquette. It is not a choice. It is merely what is proper and what is not. Somehow, I expect far too many here could care less about what is proper.
How would you like know there was a photo album of you in the home of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Creepy!!!!
i think that george w.bush is going to get jelous of someone having pictures of his girl-friend on the side...smile
What kind of porn do you have hidden under your bed Kemp11, I hope its not pictures of three year old girls, You seem like the type.
Gee Wilber, how old are you?
Even psychopathic extremist dictators need love and affection! Or they can kidnap and rape their own people and then hand em over to their loyalists to further be raped, mutilated and then shot and put in a hole!
What red-blooded man doesn't have a few photo albums of Condoleezza Rice lying around their place?
Condi & Moammar sittin' in a tree....
I guess you made yourself. Most of us don't have that option. There are no ugly people, only ugly acting people. Rhette old boy, to describe someone as being ugly, shows that you are ugly and I don't care if you have Clark Gable features or Brad Pitt or any other handsome man. I'll bet you think your grandmother was ugly too. Mine was a hundred eighty pounds and may have lost a contest with a bulldog as far as looks go but to me she was the most beautiful woman in the world. Look not at the exterior of any woman or man for that matter but look at her or his heart, to judge whether they are ugly or beautiful.
N.C. Thornton- but their exteriors are so much easier to see!
Imagine that, an entire album yet. Wasn't he the smitten one. Pretty creepy. I'd hate to be her right now, with the entire world knowing I was the object of Gadhafi's affection. Eeeek.
I agree - creepy!
that was my first thought when I read the article----creepy
hahaha - my thoughts too!! I think I would immediately have to take a shower. YUCK!!!
Strange dude...got some wild outfits.
Indeed a strange arrangement there. I guess that bozo liked his women to be of African decent. Its not surprising that GW did too, because most southerners and especially white people from texas have a special place for African women. I don't want to go where I think it would take us knowing the fantasies of these men in Texas. Now the other bozo daffy, you know he was touching himself when he was looking at her photos, and some of that fantasy for her was that he knew he was going after one of GW's women. To think about politics and sexual fantasies is enough to make me puke. Its a shame it had to come out like this. This should of been kept quiet but I guess the rebels wanted the world to see what they know. I guess Lissa will go into hiding now.
You only put your hand on your heart when you say the Pledge of Allegiance.
Well most proud American people do...Obama would not be one of them...
Excellent point Cancunman! Guess everyone at every football and baseball game ever played is unpatriotic in ROTRs eyes.
Look around at these games. You will find more are proud of America than those who are not...
And who ever said liberals weren't sports fans anyway???
hahaha...you have no clue about Mr.Obama and proud Americans! You only listen to glan beck and his ANTI-AMERICAN rhetoric...sad!
WhereHasAmericaGone; state what you mean when you say the President of the United States of America is not proud of the United States of America. Regardless of how much you hate the man, likely because the rest of "your team" does, he got off his ass and made himself the President. You typed a few words into a computer from the anonymity of your little life. What else, besides bitching like like a little girl, ANONYMOUSLY, have you done for America.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, it would definitely improve the conversation in this country right now if people had to have something to say other than BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS PRIDE.
fritter-and-wait - great point!! Being President of the US is the most difficult job one can have - you give up your security and privacy for the rest of your life. You by default have to subject yourself to hateful criticism and your family as well. Its no easy task and I think that you would have to be very patriotic to take all of that on.
Yeah, but where do you put it when you're looking at Condi pictures?
ADS80, yeah I can still hear those patriotic words of Michelle " This is the first time in my life I'm proud of my country". So please quit blaming Obama for anything God knows he doesn't.
fritter-and-wait and ads80, thank you. I am amazed at how unbased personal attacks on our current and last president are/were rampant. I must admit the attacks on Clinton being a liar were well based and factual (he was disbarred from being a lawyer and impeached for perjury and suborning perjury while prez) but other attacks show a lack of pride in the highest office of our land and the people who give up any semblence of normalcy to serve. While their motives for seeking that office might be a mystery to most the fact they care enough to put up with that pressure constantly without respite shows they do care. Attacks on policies are fair game as far as I'm concerned but personal attacks merely show the lack of character of the attackers.
wlee - that comment is so overused....I sure as hell wasn't proud of my country when we wrongly invaded Iraq against the wishes of the UN and a good chunk of citizens - but I was still proud to be an American. I don't think we are proud of our kids when they get bad grades, but we're still proud to be their parents...see how that works.
whowhatwhen - I agree completely. I think more people should stand up against the personal attacks on our politicians and their families. I remember how horrible the media was to Chelsea Clinton - she was a teenager and they were ruthless. I am her age and was horrified that adults could be that cruel.
TO whowhatwhenwherewhy-3184952 What about the attacks on Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame do you have the same opinion. They not only attcak thse brave americans they sent them to hell
Hawvyae, there were no attacks on Joe Wilson and Val Plame, that was a concocted fabrication out of DNC headquarters.
It has long since been established that the source of her name to Robert Novak was Richard Armitage in the State Dept, who liked to blab a lot. The mythology created by Democrats that it was a planned WH plot is fiction for stupid leftwing rabble.
Novak revealed his source as Armitage years ago, time for lefties to put their fantasies to bed.
OH!!! Hermitage was guilty. This means Bush Administration is not guilty !!!. I have with me a newspaper interview where Condi said that Bush had his mind invading Irak long before 9/11. Later the republicans cook the WMD and nuclear story, Joe Wilson declares that that wasn't true and you tell me that Bush has nothing to do.... Americans are not that stupid. Important things doesn't happen by chance. Public officials like Hermitage don't uncover for OOOPs !!! I like to blab a lot and then you start a war and thosands of americans die in Irak. Maybe the war in IRAK $200 billions + and thosands of americans lives is just becasuse Armitage likes to blab a lot, YES where hundreds of analyst of CIA agents work, even where there are some stupids, not all of then. Wars, like IRAK don't start because OOOPS somebody like to blab a lot.
Condi Rice must have shown Moammar a very good time..among other things! Who says republicans can't be nice when it comes to diplomacy?
I guess that means Jody Foster showed the guy who tried to kill President Regan a good time--guess you do not get the fact that some men are sick and if they have an album of photos of someone it is probable that this is their fantasy not that they had a relationship. Serial killers have photos of their victims in their homes--get it!
Yes, she kissed Bush ass, why not Gadhafi. Probably, right now, she is throwing Gadhafi's pictures. I have no respect for Bush presidency. Condi was the worst, she did for fame and money.
Javier, lets talk about your photo album of Hillary, you know the one who said that Pakistan aided us in getting Bin Laden. Have you unstuck the pages yet?
It would figure that Dubya's Secretary of State would best buddies with Gadhafi the tyrant.
beer, how exactly do you best buddies someone I suspect someone raided the fridge for a beer a little early today.
Do u think that it is Rice's fault? I do not think so? So do not make any joke at her. let's do if we find any photos of MG (ex Libian leader) in C. Rice's collection.
Do not make premature judgements.
MS Rice was representing her country while in Libya, presumbly under the directions of the then President George Bush. Some of you out there want to find fault with everyone of color, but fail to think of all the positive things that we bring to the table. Ms Rice was a diplomat, if you don't what this means, it means you represent your country with diplomacy. I didn't like in particular all of her missions, but she carried them out as she was directed to do by the President. When you attempt to slander her with innuendos and snide remarks, you are really doing the same to OUR beloved President Bush. Maybe we should jump on the Chief of Staff too, a black man, who saw us through a campaign in Iraq with the loss of less than a hundred men. I'm sure his picture was somewhere in Saddam's office, only as a hated man. America has progressed since the likes of Bilbo and Faubus. Judge on performance, not on outmoded rascism.
You're right. Mo was more like a stalker.
I once asked a Salewoman why she smiled at everybody and her response was, she was in marketing and in order to make a sale she had to smile to all her prospective customers. So I entirely agree with NC Thornton that what a diplomat means, is that "you represent your country with diplomacy"
EXCUSE ME !!! I don't even compare Obama with Condi same color but very different person. Condi was more than following orders from Bush. She was kissing his ass. I still remember her on TV showing the aluminium tubes, WMD (weapons of mass destructions PLEASE!!!!!). She is not that stupid She wants fame and money and kissing Bush ass was the best way to get it. Obama follow his convictions and is very honest I like Obama I dislike Condi
Javier, really I would have never guessed, your order of chap stick is ready
Javier, you obviously have no idea how government works and are blinded by what you determine to be charisma. Too bad you probably are a voter. You also might want to do some research about Iraq and WMDs, after all we did find mustard gas as well as a squadron of MIG-29s and outlawed SCUD missiles outfitted for aerosol attacks. Iraq did use mustard gas (a WMD) to kill thousands of Kurds in a few hours in the 90's and all available intelligence prior to us attacking, most from Clinton's personnel, showed an active program in Iraq to develop nukes. Both Dems and Reps voted to send us in, as well as enough evidence at the time for a coalition of several other nations to join us. Now, care to discuss Libya? As far as policies in the Middle East all I've seen so far is that Obama is just a darker shade of Bush. Hmmm, maybe our presidents actually know something we don't?
Please you don't your last history. US invaded IRAK not because the gas that Saddam spread out among his peers (of corse weapons sold by the US). We invaded Irak because the Bush administration lie about the Uranium to build NUCLEAR WEAPONS. An if this refresh your poor memory Joe Wilson told the truth about the uranium The Bush administration send all-american Valerie Plame to hell. If this is your idea of the great administration.... you must be out of your mind. You don't betray americans, you don't send thousands of americans to die..... just by lieying to the american public. The real truth about that war is coming out even Bush has some regrets about his decisions.
javier, I take it your blind hatred of Bush keeps you from commenting on the Dems that agreed with the intelligence that was presented by NSA, CIA and other spy agencies about what they believed was going on in Iraq. Just because some things prove to be faulty later it doesn't negate what was believed at the time. Even Clinton was lobbing Cruise missiles into Iraq and Afghanistan when he was prez, probably because Bush as governor of Texas at the time lied to him as well? Now please address whether you believe whoever is president they might just know a thing or two more than we average citizens do when it comes to perceived threats against our country.
Does not surprise me, GB,DC ,CR!Where's the plane wreck from the Pentagon? Why there's not an investigation into that false claim is baffling to me?There all crooked!!!
I personally like Condolezza Rice, even though I dislike Gadhafi. As a diplomat, she was required to have diplomatic relations with all kinds of creeps. Remember Hitler and Mussolini. legions of foreign diplomats attended tea parties with them, until the day the war broke out. I recall that Joseph Beck, the Polish foreign minister, was courting the wife of Hermann Goering drinking tea with her at every opportunity. Sometimes Hitler and Goebbels were also present. And of course many others later dubbed war criminals. That is how diplomacy works. You go into the lion's den to gain some advantage for your country! I don't see why Condolezza should be different in time of peace.
Talk about strange relationships - the madman of Africa and the wicked witch of Washington. Putting those 2 together is like Frankenstein meets the Werewold. Ha,ha,ha!!!!
Is this Eddie of the Munsters
This album deal wouldn't have happened with Madeleine Albright. Clinton did one thing good!
Or the way Obama gives millions of taxpayer dollars to terrorist countries like Somalia and Pakistan.
Perzi, you ignorant F**k. If you want to talk about misused taxpayer dollars? Consider this that taxpayer dollars armed the Taliban, funded Bin Laden, placed Sadam Hussein in power and paid for the gas Hussein used on his people. So the millions that Obama gives to terrorist countries, as you put it, is nothing or at worse, par for the course.
Foreign aid to those countries has been going on for many, many years. So if you're going to go after Obama for that, you have to also go after pretty much every President in the 20th and 21st century.
You think Obama STARTED this? Read. Learn. Oh, and lose the blue hair and big red nose.
no, he worships at he House of Gaga
Just so that you know: Ghadafi had visited the African American communities in the past....he's good friends with Min. Farrakhan....Ghadafi was a strong figure on the African continent...although his skin is "white" he considered himself African.
Agreed. A former friend of mine once bragged that he'd had his picture taken with Mo. I doubt he does it now.
Sally, just so that you know - the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. What's your point?
Uhhh...Sally? He is African. Libya is on the continent of Africa.
LOL! Just so you know: Obama has visited American states in the past...He's good friends with Rahm Emanuel.....Obama was a strong figure on the North American continent....although his skin is "dark" he considers himself American.
Scott and all 57 states know it.
Scott-E83... I'm not quite sure that I understand your point. Mr. Obama IS the President of this country, so yeah, he will visit our states... Rahm Emanuel WORKED in the White House for the President... President Obama IS a strong figure throughout the world and he IS AN AMERICAN.
Please explain?
Yes there are 57 electoral contests.
Jimmy, I believe he said all 57 states, get use to it....DA DA DA DA heyyy goodbye
wlee... can you be any more of a douche today?
How am I being a douche as you say ,by reversing the asinine comments thrown at Rice. I guess it's true you can dish it out but can't take it. Maybe you should try reading the accomplishments of Rice and while your at it learn a new line . Douche is so passe
How bout F*cktard then? I wasn't commenting on Condi Rice's accomplishments- I'm neither here nor there with the woman. What I was commenting on was your obvious hatred and belittling of anyone with a dissenting opinion from your own. That's what makes you a douche- passe or not!
p.s. If F*cktard doesn't work for you, then let me know. I'm sure we can find something that fits.
I would say Liberal but you're already using that word, I must admit you have quite the vocabulary . BTW I noticed you're OK with all the asinine comments made about Rice could you be that possible racist that Liberals like to throw around. Just asking
Again, I never said anything one way or the other about Rice. I really don't care who has pictures of her or what they do with them. Her skin tone has no bearing on the matter whatsoever. I find some of the comments funny, just as I found one of the comments about Hillary Clinton and Vladimir Putin funny. Better try elsewhere on the racist label, sport. That doesn't fly in my family. Methinks you doth protest too much...
Well at least it wasn't pictures of Hillary...eeeeeek.
Those are on Vladmir's nightstand. Hildog's a freakin' babe in Russia!
Where...
Hillary was actually cute 25-30 years ago. She just didn't age very well.
Cute like Chelsea when young? Or really cute?
The article didn't say, but I would be willing to bet my middle testicle that there was a box of Kleenex and a bottle of Jergen's lotion on the night stand with the photos. The pages of the album were probably stuck together, too.
Condi probably has a little album with Gadhafi photos on her nightstand, too. I certainly hope that Condi has been able to return some of G"s affection over the years. In her locket she has a little........wait, someone's at the door...............Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Exchanging one dictator for another - probably MUCH WORSE is sooooooooooooooooooo smart....yep..... but of course this administration has done nothing smart this far so why would things change now? LOL.......
NOBAMA = 2012!!!!!
Four More Years!!
Ohiofan,
What are you saying???
Are you saying the US should be backing the Gadhafi regime because you think whoever the next Libyan government is led by will be worse than the 40 years of his insanity???
Is that your idea of a "Smart" play???
Troll
Ohiofan, you're nothing short of pathetic and clueless.
Just another ill informed hater.
You're obviously in pain over another great decision by our President. Learn to enjoy our country's successes no matter who's president. Don't be so down on America.
Ha, Ha, more of the Bush, Cheney, Rice conspiracy to start another war with the aid of Gadhafi!
And I guess that Janet Reno and Hilary Clinton never had or have their photographs taken with people that they are trying to have a dialogue with about diplomacy. All three women are to be respected for the difficult job that they have filled and to even insinuate a personal relationship is not only the product of a twisted and bent mind but crazy .Speaking only of ms Rice can you imagine that a lady as beautiful as her would be interested in someone as ugly as Gadhafi. What..the beauty and the beast remake by low life comment.
Janet Reno was not a diplomat, she was the Attorney General.
Trust me. Janet Reno tried to get out of ANY photo op. she could. She looks like an offsping of Frankenstein and Raggedy Ann.
It fits in with Bush's overall attitude toward terrorists. He didn't care about bin Laden, and was all cozy with Kadaffi, a known terrorist.
Can America really afford to have Republicans in positions of responsibility?
Harbinger, yeah he was cozy with terrorist, he just loved them to death. How's Obama's old friend Bill Ayers doing. Can America really afford to have genius's like you voting.
I think a better question is : Can America afford to have any politican in a position of responsibility?
first off Obama was not bowing to the enemy. He's traditionally bowing to our friends leaders. The names mention before that with Rumsfeld and rice shaking their hands are terrorists. Big difference!
the apology tour was needed because bush ruined our country and made us look like thugs.
where was bush when they had a big party at ground zero after Osama was killed? I guess he was sad because his best friends son was killed.
Yeah that apology tour has worked out so well so has his economic plan. What I love most is his plan dealing with terrorist, you know the implementation of Gitmo, rendition, patriot act,military tribunals,surge of forces,continued presence in Iraq, and Afghanistan not to mention increased drone attacks and incursions into Pakistan and Libya as well as Yemen, he's nothing like Bush.
It's going to take a lot of time to repair the damage done by idiot Bush and his evil team.
It just amazes me how much mainstream news has become tabloid news. It really does degrade their performance and respect.
Roy on the far Right: You are an Anencephaletic Mongoloid Moron (like most of the 'Baggers) and need to be sent to your room!