From the New York Times, this essay by Helen Cooper, here
"... Now Ms. Rice is working hard to reshape her legacy in her remaining 16 months in office. Beyond trying to influence the historical record, Ms. Rice is trying hard to rewrite her legacy to include something more than Iraqzeroing in in recent months on Arab-Israeli peace, as a possible source of redemption...
...she has used those sanctions (Iran), along with tough rhetoric, to tamp down the national-security hawks in Vice President Dick Cheney’s office who have argued for greater consideration of military strikes against Iran...
... In Pakistan, while continuing to express support for elections, she has scrambled for ways to keep Gen. Pervez Musharraf, a military dictator who took power in a 1999 coup, in office...
... Her goals now appear to be focused on a face-to-face high-level meeting between Israeli officials and their Saudi counterparts, in what could eventually bring about the type of rapprochement not seen since President Carter brokered the Camp David accord between Sadat and Begin in 1978..."
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her legacy will be the same as Alberto GOnzalez's: "yes, Mien Furor..."
I will never cease to be amazed by the ineptness of this Administration. But what is far more damaging is the supine Congress with a democratic majority. What is the difference with the Republican Congress if the Democratic Congress is likely to sign off an on another misadventure in Iran this time. Rice's legacy is likely to be overshadowed by the coming war on Iran if all the 'leaks' are true. Where does Gates and the military stand on that?
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