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January 5, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/16387096.htm

Rice Comes Up Short

[Miami Herald] Ike Seamans - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is making another trip to the Middle East seeking a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian tussle. Her influence and expertise are so minimal, there's not a snowball's chance in Gaza she can do it. Rice has nothing to show for her infrequent forays into the Holy Land. ''How long have American secretaries of state been shuttling back and forth trying to get a Palestinian state?'' she ponders. "Has it ever worked?'' In November, while President Bush conferred with Arab leaders in Amman, on his orders Rice dashed over to Israel where she spent a half hour with Abbas, praising him as one ''who supports resolving the conflict peacefully'' at the very moment Palestinian terrorists rained rockets on southern Israel.

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