No, she did not
bc at thoughts on the eve of the apocalypse pointed out what may be the most shameful statement Ms. Rice, a survivor of the Birmingham church bombing, could have made. 
Rice Touts Democratic Hopes for Iraq National Security Adviser Likens Iraq Path to Civil Rights Struggle
By Scott Lindlaw
Associated Press
Thursday, August 7, 2003; 1:54 PM
National security adviser Condoleezza Rice likened Iraq's halting path toward self-government to black Americans' struggle for civil rights in the 1960s, imploring black journalists Thursday to reject arguments that some people are incapable of democracy.
"We've heard that argument before, and we more than any should be ready to reject it," Rice told about 1,200 people at the National Association of Black Journalists.
"The view was wrong in 1963 in Birmingham, and it is wrong in 2003 in Baghdad and in the rest of the Middle East," she said.
"We should not let our voices waver in speaking out for people seeking freedom and never, never indulge in the condescending voices who say that some people in Africa or the Middle East are just not interested in freedom -- culturally just not ready for freedom," she said.
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