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Rice: Military power is "not the way to deal in the 21st century"

Bush's secretary of state sermonizes against the use of military force as a means of delivering a message.
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  • Tuesday, August 19, 2008 04:14 PM

    Rice Krispies

    Madame Supertanker has a definitely talent for this kind of doublespeak. It was almost as good as this one:

    "Rice, in Egypt, said that the U.S. is no longer willing to tolerate repressive regimes to bolster regional stability. She flew next to Saudi Arabia."

    Wall Street Journal

    June 21, 2005

    I mean the set up on that gag was damned near perfect.

    —Billmon Read Billmon's other letters

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