Minsk Criticizes Condoleezza Rice Remark on Belarus--Interfax.ru

[Gloria]

From the new World Media Watch up now at http://wwwl.zianet.com/insightanalytical
Tomorrow at Buzzflash.com


Not even confirmed yet, but already sticking her foot in her big mouth...




1//Interfax, Russia Jan 18 2005 10:27PM

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10740527



MINSK CRITICIZES CONDOLEEZZA RICE REMARK ON BELARUS



MINSK. Jan 18 (Interfax-West) - The Belarussian Foreign Ministry has expressed displeasure with the fact that U.S. secretary of state nominee Condoleezza Rice mentioned Belarus among the countries she labeled as "outposts of tyranny" while speaking at Senate on Tuesday.



"The mentioning of Belarus in Rice's statement shows that her vision of the situation in Belarus is unfortunately too far from reality now," spokesman for the Belarussian Foreign Ministry Andrei Savinykh told Interfax on Tuesday.



"False stereotypes and prejudices are a bad foundation for pursuing an efficient policy in the sphere of relations between countries," he said.



"Only a constructive dialog based on common sense and the existing realities will help normalize relations between our countries," Savinykh said.



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[Cha]

1. con rancid rice is going to

be walking around the next four years with a big foot attached to her mouth!

[johnfunk]

13. Hey, don't insult Rancid

Rancid is one of my favorite punk rock acts! How can you sully a great band by using their name in conjunction with Condi-lies-to-ya Lice? That's just low-down mean!

[Cha]

21. Sorry, ol' Bean!

I didn't know..I'll have to think of another non-punk rock name to describe this kinda rice.

Maggot Infested?:)

[johnfunk]

22. Yes, maggot infested, but...

... you'd have to feel kinda sorry for the maggots!

[Cha]

23. Maggots have definetly come up a

notch or two when compared to neocon-di!

[bahrbearian]

2. She has a very large mouth, wait till "the rest "of them put her foot

in her mouth.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. That little fluff slipped right between those big gapped teeth

After all, this is a person who has no legitimate real world experience in anything, only bogus academic discussions of the past.

[NNN0LHI]

10. She is an "expert" on a country that folded up nearly 20 years ago

Where do the Repugs find these Dinosaurs?

Don

[ContraBass Black]

4. While were at it, why don't we start railing against

Those evil Red Chinese and those savages in Africa?

[stillcool]

5. The hole they're digging just keeps

getting deeper and deeper. So sad.

[ECH1969]

6. Belarus is no different then Russia

So what that the president declared himself president for life, we don't say this crap for Putin that basically did the same thing.

[lanlady]

7. Belarus IS a basket case--

--but it's not as bad as Saudi Arabia or China. It's the double standard that is so irritating with these people.

[johnfunk]

8. That was quick - not even confirmed, and one nation hates her!

Nice work, Little Miss Sovietologist Terror's-no-priority Dipshit Diplomat!

[Hardrada]

9. Actually

One and one-half nations.

[tedzbear]

11. Maybe she needs to brush up on her "Soviet" expertise...

Sounds like Rice hasn't cracked a book since 1988. Maybe she thinks Belarus is still part of the evil Soviet Union.

[Turley]

16. Uh, Belarus IS a dictatorship, isn't it?

Have I missed something?

[hector459]

19. Since when do we hate dictators? We supported them for most of our

history. We only hate elected heads of state and dictators who do not kiss our butt.

[NYC]

12. With insight, he named their true foreign policy foundation:

"False stereotypes and prejudices are a bad foundation for pursuing an efficient policy in the sphere of relations between countries," he said.

But, they are our only foundation.

[Supersedeas]

14. dialog based on common sense....did the Foreign Minister view the entire

proceedings with Ms. Rice.

I, for one, saw no common sense answers.

Legalisms...a plenty.

[Tempest]

15. Now I wonder why Kindasleazy didn't mention Uzbekistan?

Britain and the US claim a moral mandate - and back a dictator who boils victims to death

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1072407,00.html

[frankieT]

17. this is a war waged against Russia

the only remaining strategic enemy for the overwhelming power of US.
US is messing since 90's all around Russia borders : in Central Asia, Caucasus and Eastern Europe.
When they cannot buy the leaders like they did in Ukraine or Georgia they sponsor rebellions especially in Muslim regions like Chechnya by using Saudi Wahabbi proxies (80's Afghan method).
Until now, only the "weakest" (from a Russian point of view) pawns has fallen, but we should expect to see shit hit the fan when they get
closer to Russia's heart, for instance here with the historically pro-russian Belarus.

[makhno]

20. Exactly

Belarus is one of only two former Soviet republics that have not yet fallen under the US sphere of influence. The other being Armenia, and the US has been quite busy there lately as well.

It really shouldn't come as a suprise to anyone that Belarus was included on the axis-of-evil 2.0 list, especially considering that the US has already tried (but failed) to create a "democratic student movement" there last year based on the Georgian and Ukrainian models.

[shantipriya]

18. remarks about Belarus by Rice

Only in the USA can a person like Rice become a National security Adviser(ha! ha! ha!)and now the Foreign Secretary!!!What the hell did she know about National Security in the first place?

[louis-t]

24. Very, very, very,

little. Obviously. In bushworld, you don't have to do a good job. You merely must SAY you are doing a good job, be able to talk in circles, never directly answer a question, and kiss the butt of the fuhrer. It's hard work.