Rice says Russia on path to isolation, irrelevance

Source: The Associated Press

In scathing criticism of Moscow, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Russia Thursday that its policies have put it on a path to isolation and irrelevance.

Rice called on the West to stand up to Russian aggression following its invasion of Georgia last month. The State Department released excerpts of her comments, from a speech to be delivered Thursday.

"The attack on Georgia has crystallized the course that Russia's leaders are taking - and brought us to a critical moment for Russia and the world," she said.

The speech for a German Marshall Fund event reflected an escalation of rhetoric in a relationship that has deteriorated markedly since last month's war and Moscow's recognition of two breakaway regions of Georgia.

Rice mocked Russia for its international isolation and attempts to project its influence into America's backyard by cultivating U.S. foes like Cuba and Venezuela.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_russia

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HAHAHA :rofl: I guess its opposite day in condi-land

Professor....please...let the career officials handle this.

In 2001, they fucked everything up by declaring Al Qaeda "irrelevent" and obsessing over Russia. Now, Russia is making expansionist moves in Eastern Europe and the North Sea, and they call it "irrelevant."

:banghead:

Russia says Rice on path to isolation, irrelevance.

Idiocracy

in return a wee touch of the Kursks for its pains.

I can see those night witches gearing up in my mind' eye, 'cep it won't be old canvas biplanes they'll be a-flyin'.

How 6 000 nuclear weapons become irrelevant?

:rofl:

Opposite day...week....decade!

And they still have a few more months to go :hide:

Should have stuck to the piano, Condoleeza. There'll be a great need for cheap entertainment in many bars in the coming years.

Really, what else has Rice done these past 4 years other than expand her shoe collection?

I seem to recall that word being thrown around by Ari Fleisher et al after the 2000 theft. It looks like Al wasn't so irrelevant after all.

Enjoying your Nobel Peace Prize, Condi? Oh yeah, that was AL GORE, not you!!!!


:rofl:

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is emerging as the "anti-NATO," a real force for peace in the region, and this serves Russia's strategic interests. Rice is just farting in the wind.

And someone gave her a PhD? :puke:

to obtain access to their massive oil and natural gas reserves.

But then again, so is she!