Is This What We Pay Her For?

Condi really wooed them at 39th Asean ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, and by all accountants the air utterly reeked of symbolism. Nice, I guess, but what the hell does that accomplish? She hurried from ineffective talks in Rome pertaining to the Mideast turmoil for this? I guess it is a case of "What else could she do"?

Afterall, she already hugged and kissed Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora last week!
























Keeping in mind that Hezbollah has been allowed to hold something like 14 political seats in the Lebanese Parliment as well as have a multitude of military installations and organizational headquarters within Lebanon (which are off limits to Lebanese police and military), why wouldn't Condi want to be all lovey dovey with old Foolwad, anyway?

A friend sent me a (maybe photo-shopped?) re-creation of how a more realistic assessment of PM Siniora actions (or lack thereof) might have been delivered.


























We need to stop telling ourselves stories that we want to hear. If these people align themselves with terrorists, they are terrorists, too. Didn't President Bush explain that to everyone quite awhile back on September 20th, 2001?

"Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."