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[devil]

I'm scared stiff that Condoleeza Rice, with her brutal mindset and lack of diplomacy, will upset the applecart here. I can just see her with Papadopoulos. What happens when the unstoppable object crashes into the immoveable wall?

[brother]

EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU MEAN, WHAT IS IT ABOUT RICE THAT YOU FIND BAD FOR US CYPRIOTS.......THANKS IN ADVANCE

[devil]

Simple: she will be telling us how to live our lives according to the tenets of US pseudo-democracy and how to achieve reunification without a clue of the real situation. Papadopoulos and co. will tell her she is wrong, that she doesn't understand a complex situation, and US-Cypriot relations will escalate from bad to worse as each raises his/her voice.

PS Please don't SHOUT!

[brother]

i was not shouting just had caps lock on and didn't realise until i typed the post and then couldn't be bothered to re-type it, so no offence intended.

The rightous americans love to tell the world how to live and do things, you are right hard times are firmly on there way and the macedonia situation was a good example of that.

[Bananiot]

You mean Skopje or FYROM at best, brother, unless you adopt the american terminology. Oh dear, what a mess! Pseudo democracy, then ... we have two pseudo states now, they have doubled, in no time. Its getting better all the time.

[brother]

With the 'princess of darkness' at the helm...

Turkish Daily News: 11/18/2004

By Yusuf Kanli

TDN- While Turkish eyes and ears are fixed on European capitals for signs of the possible outcome of a Dec. 17 European summit from which this country hopes to get a "firm date" for the start of accession talks "without delay" -- a clause Turks interpret as meaning "within the first months of 2005" while some Europeans, particularly the French, apparently prefer to take it to mean "sometime this century" -- the Texan cowboy president of the United States has designated as his new secretary of state Condoleeza Rice, who is likely to be dubbed the "princess of darkness."

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense "Prince of Darkness" Richard Perle probably won't object to Rice assuming the "princess of darkness" alias.

Were the photos illustrating the step-by-step murder of a wounded Iraqi by a U.S. Marine in a Fallujah mosque a pure coincidence or a divine warning sign of what the future holds with the "princess of darkness" taking over the helm of American diplomacy from Colin Powell?

We have been supportive of efforts in Iraq aimed at ending the insurgency and restoring some sort of sustainable stability to that country. But we were shocked by the cold-blooded murder scene aired by NBC. That should not be the American method of establishing "peace and order" and bringing "stability."

Of course, no one should come up with a claim of "That's how Americans treat others" to generalize the inhumane and heinous Fallujah mosque murder. In times of war, such sad incidents unfortunately can and do take place anywhere in the world. But this statement should not be generalized and viewed as if we are attempting to condone such a crime against humanity. What we are trying to say is that war itself is a crime and that it provides people with primitive instincts an opportunity to demonstrate how barbaric a person indeed can be.

Was not it just for that reason that the world put together the Geneva Conventions? But who cares for conventions and regulations if arrogance, cruelty and murder are portrayed as acts of courage and bravery...

Ambassador John Negroponte, the American governor -- pardon envoy -- in Baghdad expressed regret Wednesday over the barbaric incident -- which unfortunately became news not because the Americans revealed it but because a newsman captured the scene on tape and because there is enough freedom of the press in the United States to make it possible for NBC to air it.

Was this an "individual incident"? I don't think so, though in no way am I intending to claim that all American forces in Iraq have been engaged in inhumane acts.

With Rice officially taking over the State Department in few days' time, the "Punish France, ignore Germany and forgive Russia" mentality will become more prevalent in the Bush administration, which, after all, has a track record over the past four years of resolving world conflicts with brute force and nothing else. Unilateralism, we are afraid, will continue to outweigh the spirit of alliance in American foreign policy and will dominate its response to perceived threats.

God save all peoples of the world from being rescued through American "active engagement."