Friday
Nov142008
Condi's Interview: The Opening Reactions
Friday, November 14, 2008 at 14:59
CONDI ON CIVIL RIGHTS:
"I remember telling my European colleagues that I know they always think that America is going to be more aggressive on fighting extremism than they. But you know, we could never, within our context, have passed the law like the basic incitement laws that the British have passed.(4) The first amendment would have prohibited it."
READERS REPLY:
"Yes, because Bush Administration was known for respecting the Constitution..."
"...by introducing Acts such as the Patriot Act."
"Viva la Constitution!"
"She's right. Canada's hate crime laws also wouldn't be constitutional in the U.S."
"Maybe this quote should be read as a lament on her part or an expression of envy?"
CONDI'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
"It’s really recognizing that this is about a single answer to what is the right form of government, and that’s democracy."
READERS REPLY:
"Thanks. You've set a fine example the last eight years. Don't let your door hit you on the ass on your way out."
CONDI ON THE FREEDOM AGENDA
George W. Bush deserves credit for recognizing that the terms were now going to be set for the next big historical evolution. The president recognized that freedom was something that was not just desirable but essential for the United States; that it meant not just freedom from tyranny but also freedom from disease, from poverty. And that if you were going to have democratic leaders, they had to be able to deliver for their people. Thus the president supported the millennium challenge and the H.I.V. AIDS and Malaria project. And linking up the great compassion of the United States with our security interests. Making it about democracy, defense and development. We’re at the beginning of that historical transformation, and yes, sometimes it’s lonelier at the beginning than at the end.
It’s really recognizing that this is about a single answer to what is the right form of government, and that’s democracy. It takes different forms: there is Japanese democracy, and there’s American democracy, and there are fragile democracies, and there are emerging democracies, and there are states that are trying to find some form of popular legitimacy.
READERS REPLY:
Could this be more vomitous?
"I remember telling my European colleagues that I know they always think that America is going to be more aggressive on fighting extremism than they. But you know, we could never, within our context, have passed the law like the basic incitement laws that the British have passed.(4) The first amendment would have prohibited it."
READERS REPLY:
"Yes, because Bush Administration was known for respecting the Constitution..."
"...by introducing Acts such as the Patriot Act."
"Viva la Constitution!"
"She's right. Canada's hate crime laws also wouldn't be constitutional in the U.S."
"Maybe this quote should be read as a lament on her part or an expression of envy?"
CONDI'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
"It’s really recognizing that this is about a single answer to what is the right form of government, and that’s democracy."
READERS REPLY:
"Thanks. You've set a fine example the last eight years. Don't let your door hit you on the ass on your way out."
CONDI ON THE FREEDOM AGENDA
George W. Bush deserves credit for recognizing that the terms were now going to be set for the next big historical evolution. The president recognized that freedom was something that was not just desirable but essential for the United States; that it meant not just freedom from tyranny but also freedom from disease, from poverty. And that if you were going to have democratic leaders, they had to be able to deliver for their people. Thus the president supported the millennium challenge and the H.I.V. AIDS and Malaria project. And linking up the great compassion of the United States with our security interests. Making it about democracy, defense and development. We’re at the beginning of that historical transformation, and yes, sometimes it’s lonelier at the beginning than at the end.
It’s really recognizing that this is about a single answer to what is the right form of government, and that’s democracy. It takes different forms: there is Japanese democracy, and there’s American democracy, and there are fragile democracies, and there are emerging democracies, and there are states that are trying to find some form of popular legitimacy.
READERS REPLY:
Could this be more vomitous?
tagged Condoleezza Rice, interview in US Foreign Policy, US Politics
Condoleezza Rice, interview in US Foreign Policy, US Politics
Reader Comments (3)
"It’s really recognizing that this is about a single answer to what is the right form of government, and that’s democracy. It takes different forms: there is Japanese democracy, and there’s American democracy, and there are fragile democracies, and there are emerging democracies, and there are states that are trying to find some form of popular legitimacy."
Yeah, and Kosovar democracy (and development). Clinton and Bush can share the award for that one.
Democracy is on the move. That's why most of my British and American Muslim friends don't talk politics on the phone anymore. They've been left behind.
Mo,
The West has gone out of its way to help European and American Muslims. Muslims and those of all other faiths enjoy their religious freedom, a freedom which is denied to non-Muslims in many parts of the Middle East. Britain now recongizes Sharia courts and polygamy. Universities across America now have Islam Awareness Week. Britain provides plenty of funds for Islamic religious and cultural institutions while ignoring its own national church. Sharia banking is another recent import. The West has stepped up the fight against 'Islamophobia', curbing the rights of its indigenous peoples and jailing them for offenses against Islam. What more can the West do for its Muslims?