Where's Ari when you really need him?
Busy, Busy, Busy has indeed been busy. First, Mr. Beard gives us Mr. Bush's answer to the burning question of the day. I, troublemaker that I am, was unsatisfied with that, so I decided to see if I could approach the source. I tried to get in contact with Ms. Rice. I figured, you know, a sista might give a brotha some rhythm, knowwhatI'msayin?
Nope.
So I did the next best thing. I went to The Unofficial Official Simulator, authorized by the Official SImulation Act of 2002:
The Official Simulation Act of 2002 created the Dept. of Official Simulation (DoOS) and tasked it with minimizing time wasted on media availability by certain U.S. Government officials who have been designated as essential to national security.
DoOS makes available for press conferences and interviews simulated officials virtually identical to the originals with regard to talking points, lucidity and veracity.
I just had to
Ask Condoleezza Rice! This is what I got back:
Your question was:
How did those 16 words get into the SOTU?
Answer:
I think you'll see more of that kind of activity, a kind of deepening of the relationship at various levels. That was the nature of this. Every regime in the world needs to be responsible, and every regime in the world should be responsible to its own people. Look, the truth of the matter is, though, unless you know where you're going, unless you're clear about where you're going, you will go nowhere.
We've not yet been in a position where the parties were ready to come together in a rather high-profile way because conditions on the ground have just not permitted it. I mean, there's a big agenda there.
We do have a number of instruments of national power and we are employing them already. As the president has said, "The one option that we do not have is to do nothing." The United States is unequivocal in its resolve to do what we must to insure ourselves. As the President said, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.
Now that's what I expected.
posted by Prometheus 6 at 7/17/2003 08:44:15 PM |
Posted by P6 at July 17, 2003 08:44 PM
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