Condi is getting more and more delusional...

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1578010,00.html?xid=site-cnn-partner

If this is the best we can do for world diplomatic efforts, it is time to fold 'em.

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. She would not rule out the possibility that U.S. troops might cross the Iraq border into Iran in pursuit of Iranians suspected of moving weapons to Iraqi militias. But she said she trusts the expertise of Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, who believes that the Iranian arms networks can be broken up with intelligence and interdiction inside Iraq.

—She recently questioned Chinese officials about their plan to invest $16 million to develop a natural gas field in Iran. "We've made clear the downsides of investing in Iran," she said. While the secretary hasn't asked China point blank to abandon the plan, she has let Chinese officials know that investing in Iran while it is under U.N. Security Council sanctions for refusing to stop its suspect nuclear activities is "a financial risk and . a reputational risk."

—North Korea may soon return to multilateral negotiations aimed at dismantling its nuclear weapons program in exchange for economic aid. Despite an inconclusive round of talks in December, with China "putting pressure on the North Koreans do to more," Rice said, "it's certainly the best alignment of forces for a possible solution that I've seen in a while."

"She recently questioned Chinese officials about their plan to invest $16 million to develop a natural gas field in Iran. "We've made clear the downsides of investing in Iran," she said. While the secretary hasn't asked China point blank to abandon the plan, she has let Chinese officials know that investing in Iran while it is under U.N. Security Council sanctions for refusing to stop its suspect nuclear activities is "a financial risk and . a reputational risk." (sic)

What the hell is that? And why would China listen to ANYTHING this WH says? I thank my lucky stars each night that China isn't openly exploiting our current weakened military state.

as in "we might have to make an air strike against iran and it would be a damn shame if any chinese investment were to get caught in the middle of that sort of thing."

all seem to belong to some strange ideological cult but it's hard to pin down what exactly is at the heart their delusion.

At least with Hitler he wrote a book (Mein Kampf), gave his cult an unusual name - "The Nazis" - and made them wear special uniforms with a strange symbol on it so that we could tell they were the bad guys.

When is a "surge" not a surge?
When is an escalation not an escalation?
When the Secretary of Mistatement says it's an AUGMENTATION!
That's when.
Thank god they didn't let the Shrub try to pronounce that.