I was glad to read the other day that the State Department is working with Rep Keith Ellison to promote globally the fact that we now have a Muslim Congressman. Although Ellison's communications director apparently warned them that the Congressman & the Administration "don't agree on much," the State Department folks (Rice?) seem to have the sense to see beyond that.
Check out the article here
Heaven knows this administration has done so much to destroy America's image abroad, that if this is the best they can do for bridge-building, than I'm all for it.
In another, possibly related story, John Heilemann of New York mag puts forth the possibility that Condoleeza Rice is taking over from a deflated Dick Cheney as the pilot on US foreign policy - at least for the moment. He notes: "With the Middle East poised on a razor’s edge, it’s sobering to realize that the difference between bedlam and stability—between a shooting war with Iran and a diplomatic solution—may be determined by office politics. But, I suppose, it was ever thus." Although he notes that Cheney is far from down & out, Rice does seem to have the upper hand right now, at least on Iran. With any luck, that means diplomacy may yet win the day.
At least she doesn't buy Netanyahu's analogy of Iran to Germany in '38...
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