I'm listening to Condoleeza Rice, who is speaking at Princeton, from the comfort of my apartment via webcast. I helped with the student protest of her speech by creating ribbons and handing out fliers. I'm surprised to find that I agree with almost everything she is saying. Dr. Rice is extolling the virtues of combating extremism and spreading democracy--the subtext is obvious. A person just waking from a 4-year coma, however, would think that we attacked (or at least heavily pressured) the blatant extremism of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, or Iran. She hasn't even spoken the word "Iraq" yet.
Oh, she's finally on Iraq. And she is not directly connecting Hussein's regme to Islamic extremist. Of course, you're not supposed to notice that she can't link those two concepts.
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