The battle has been joined, it's he-said, she-said to beat the band, and easy to see how the NY TImes could have taken a quote out of context to make it appear that Ms Rice was inferring that much more than Gaza had to be evacuated in order to please the Palestinians as well as the rest of the free world. Well, free as long as you're not a Brazilian electrician in London, but here are the links that allow you to follow the tale and judge for yourself:
lgf: the dogs bark, but the caravan moves on
Jewish Current Issues: Condoleezza Rice and The New York Times
The quote in question?
"The other thing is, just to close off this question, the question has been put repeatedly to the Israelis and to us that it cannot be Gaza only and everybody says no, it cannot be Gaza only. There is, after all, even a link to the West Bank and the four settlements that are going to be dismantled in the West Bank."
Nothing new here, Condi is saying what everyone agrees upon, namely the fact that four other settlements are being dismantled and must go, and I agree that the FOCUS of her talk was to emphasize that FIRST the Palestinians must renounce terror, as she said this no less than 4 times, BUT the SWINES, strike that, TIMES, chose to stress something that WAS far, far, out of context. Sort of like, Well yes of course Gaza cannot be the end of negotiations towards a lasting piece, there must be more.
Hey, it's the TIMES, okay. Royal scumbags who make their living distorting facts to please a ragged constituency of rapists, murderers, and madmen, and no, I'm not just referring to Ted Kennedy, so this doesn't surprise me in the least.
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