Finally, there looms Iraq, where the only recent tactical successes have involved building up tribal warlords, not creating a beacon of democracy. This war has been Rice's war as much as anybody's in the administration. Long after her celebrity and charm have been forgotten, her epitaph will endure: She pursued democracy at the expense of stability, and achieved neither.
“This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.” ― Euripides, The Phoenician Women
Monday, November 05, 2007
Fred Kaplan on Condoleeza Rice
News from Pakistan makes this article from Sunday's Washington Post Outlook section seem particularly timely: