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Former Aide Accuses Condi of ‘Misleading’ Congress

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Posted on Feb 14, 2007

Flynt Leverett, a former aide to Condoleezza Rice, has essentially accused the secretary of state of lying to Congress and the American people when she denied seeing a 2003 proposal from Iran. Tehran had offered a deal similar to what the U.S. wants now, but the Bush administration had no interest at the time. Leverett said former Secretary of State Colin Powell told him he “couldn’t sell it at the White House.”

Reuters:

Speaking at a conference on Capitol Hill, Leverett said “this was a serious proposal, a serious effort” by
Iran to lay out a comprehensive agenda for U.S.-Iranian rapprochement.

“The Bush administration up to and including Secretary Rice is misleading Congress and the American public about the Iran proposal,” he said.

Testifying before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee last week, Rice told lawmakers who asked about Leverett’s previous public comments and writings on the Iranian proposal: “I don’t know what Flynt Leverett’s talking about.”

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By Steve Hammons, February 15, 2007 at 1:33 pm #
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Rice is one of the many liars, warmongers and chicken hawks associated with the Bush administration and the neocons.

What are these people made of that they can so carelessly cause so much death, injury and destruction?

In trying to understand their psychology, take a look at:

Iraq War Psychology: Exploring hearts and minds of U.S. officials, press, profiteers

By Steve Hammons
Columnist, PopulistAmerica.com
Populist Party of America
February 15, 2007

http://www.populistamerica.com/iraq_war_psychology

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By Dale Headley, February 15, 2007 at 11:46 am #
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So what else is new?  Condoleeza Rice has steadfastly lied about everything - from her “mushroom cloud” allusion in 2003. to her recent claim that Hugo Chavez is trying to destroy the Catholic Church (it’s news to them!) in Venezuela.

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By Jeanine Molloff, February 15, 2007 at 9:52 am #
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Whether Rice is to be blamed or not is irrelevant.  She is not the President.  Lies were told to an indifferent Congress and a frightened people.  Blaming will not solve the problem at this time.  We must find a diplomatic solution to this quagmire, one that allows the Middle East leaders and Middle East people a chance to ‘save face’ while metering out a rational plan.  No White House Rose Garden ceremonies.  No pontificating by the Idiot-in-Chief.  We must find a responsible plan.  Unfortunately, to accomplish that goal will require first finding statesmen with some spine and even more scruples, qualities in dire shortage these days. God help us all.

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By Rodney Matthews, February 15, 2007 at 9:21 am #
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Condolezza Rice is only a mouthpiece. She has no power because if she disagrees she has no job. The same way they did to Colin Powell when he disagreed and began to question the crooks and liars that he worked for. If you disagree, you’re out of a job,this happened to Richard Clarke,General Shensecki,Paul Oneal along with dozens of others who refused to follow the war mongerers down this destructive path. Condi only cares about her legacy of being the first black woman to be Secretary of State ond National Security advisor. Plus all the money she will make when she finally leave office. I wonder how she can look at herself in the mirror after selling her soul,morality,integrity,credibility and who knows what else to Bush and Cheney.

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By LANCE, February 15, 2007 at 7:21 am #
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I suggest shock-therapy followed by many years in an insane asylum for Ms. Rice.

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By Chaseme, February 14, 2007 at 6:45 pm #
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It’s time for a military led coup, people! The reason it should be military is to lessen the bloodshed of innocent, caring American citizen.

This war is, in immediate fact, an aimless and fruitless slaughter upon the rights of the Iraqi people as well as the American people, the wounding and mutilation of American soldiers and the vast burning-up of material wealth. In the crazy fancy of this administration it is a “noble and significant struggle”. WTF?

Surely, we need not accelerate this craziness in Iran.  Unless they are imbeciles, they could have had no doubts of the fate to which they were sending the American soldiers. If they are not imbeciles, then they are criminally unwilling to learn and character-blind to suffering and waste. The mentality of this administration is still a matter for discussion.

So, if the military is not willing to carry out a coup, perhaps we can convince a group of well-trained mental health workers, with a well-stocked supply of strait jackets, to storm the White House and not leave until everyone in this administration is safely restrained and the White House is completely vacant.

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By Joseph Nagarya, February 14, 2007 at 6:22 pm #
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When Con[artist]di Rice says she doesn’t know what he’s talking about, she’s lying: he was his aide.

And those who’ve been attentive know about Iran’s proposal, and Iran’s repeated efforts to negotiate with a gang of bullies who have deliberately avoided all those efforts because they only know and intend brass knuckles and the public brass of brazen lying—even when only for practice.

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By dick, February 14, 2007 at 6:15 pm #
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Ms. Rice has little credibility. Her duplicity has been apparent on numerous occasions.

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By Quy Tran, February 14, 2007 at 5:14 pm #
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Don’t blame her. She is only a kind of rotten rice and the farmers are using its as fertilizers. When Bush/Cheney foreign policy became fertilizers everything from this administration will be stinking.

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