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Fred, Bos,
Totally agree with u. Sorry,but I meant "Bush's freedom/democracy" sarcastically. Thanks.

If you really want to know who planned Iraq war and personally benefited from it check this youtube link and then google for PNAC. Take note that this is a 1994 clip of Cheney discussing why it would have been stupid to invade Eye-rack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I&eurl=

Amazed? The only amazing part is that Cheney is still in charge and is planning yet another war on Iran to boost his friends’ coffers. That is also an indictment on the average American brain which your democracy and freedom has given you. It just shows that they all knew the full story and planned it all the way. Blame the dirty bits on Syrians, Eye-rakees, Eye-ranians, Eye-yatullahs and any half wit who lives in Afghanistan caves. Make up stories, honour our troops, cause chaos, etc. Who bothers to check? We have no lesser person than Bliar on our side. After all it comes from the best of US news stations. I heard it on TV, CNN, ABC, NBC, BBC, KFC, FOX. Right? Yeh, right! Did I say Fox, oops never trust a fox especially if you are a lamb!

Who said it was a conspiracy! Go back to your couch and keep watching that FOX all you lame lambs. Enjoy your KFC slimmer meal. Wanna a Diet Coke with that?

OR BE A VOICE FOR CHANGE & PEACE.

Asim:
Quoting "for Bush's freedom and democracy?"
While I do agree with your comments above I take exception to your notion of Bush's freedom drive.
It has never ever been about freedom and democracy.
The US and Israelis can not possibly afford a scant of democracy in the region for if it would put the 62 years of injustice done in the occupied Palestine in the spotlight permanently as well as the region's natural resources being looted by the West, primarily the US, too.
the Bush's drive into Iraq has always been about the three letters word. Oil, oil and more oil.
God bless.

Leslie,
I really wonder what brand of misguided Christianity and Freedom you believe in-it looks like Bush's destructive crusading Christianity.

I can care less about Condi's faith:why does not her "Christian faith" reflect on her deeds and actions? Condi is a hypocrate: what has she achieved as a secretary of state? Jet set,red carpets, photo sessions and fancy dinners.

Is this the same Condi who promoted the Israeli barbarities on Lebanon last year and described that destruction as "the birth bangs of a new middle east?"

What has her "Christian faith" done to the dispossessed Palestinian Arabs(Muslims and Christians)under the brutal racist apartheid Jewish theocracy in Palestine, while they, the Palestinians are starved to submission because they are resisting a 60-year occupation, the longest in modern history.

Is she the same Condi who loudly supported the disastrous war on Iraq and its destruction: nearly a million Iraqis have perished for Bush's freedom and democracy? Five million Iraqis are either refugees outside Iraq or displaced within Iraq. We never heard of civil strife, or of Sunnis and Shia, until Bush and his gang including "this woman of faith" decided to destroy a country and its people.

What has Condi done for America and the American people? Substantial contribution and support to kill over five thousand Americans-including American civil contractors-and tens of thousands maimed,trillions of US taxpayers money and a destruction of American credibility in the world.

Condi is no more than a ruthless and grand hypocrite and a power hungry politician-and not different from the likes of Cheney and Rove-otherwise how is it that she is so close to Bush.

Foreign Policy is the most potent and effective tool to serve America:Condi failed miserably as Secertary of State.

MIKE :

You took words out of my mouth.

My question is why the hell should we care, how deeply, these sorry excuses for human beings, believe in Bronze age myths and fables?

Did Jeremiah advocate ETHNIC CLEANSING of iraqis?
So far 1 million iraqis have perished in this war.
Overall over 3 million people in the middle east have perished in - liberating kuwait and liberating Lebanon by israel -
Not to mention the ulimate ethnic cleansing of palestinians for over 60 years.

BULLXXXX

So, Codo-leasing Rights is also God inspired to do what Joshua did? Is it any wonder that some Muslims also believe BinLaden is God-sent. Question: who is this God that seem to support both camps?

Perhaps next we see you Yanks paint Bush standing hand-in-hand with Jesus.

One hand on the Bible,
One hand on the gun.

You say you love the baby,
But then you crucify the man.

Some word I remember from Jim Croce's old song. Seems like you have not changed much, except that you now put the Bible in Bush/Rice's hand and the gun in Jesus' hand.

Shame on you.

Audrey,

What does Ms. Rice's being black have to do with anything at all in the world?

Do you see everything in life only in terms of a ghettoized black view?

If a black serial killer set a new record for slaughtering women, would you hold that up to children as some kind of an extraordinary accomplishment?

BTW, Do you know any white people?

One thing that helped me turn away fron the Democratic Party is their bias & their failure to be fair.They might not be in agreement with the politics of great people like Ms. Rice and Judge Thomas, however it is imperitive that our black leaders give them the respect that they are due for their achievements. They should use these two individuals as examples to our kids.This, they too can achieve with hard work, integrity and faith in God. Our kids should know that they don't have to be rap stars or sports icon to achieve the American Dream. Instesd of embracing these incredable bright and brave people, they demonize them. What a SHAME Black Democrats!!!

Remarkably, Condi is all sorts of things but the most important she is NOT is. . . effective. Can anyone point to any successes she has had -- a single one? -- as National Security Advisor and now Sec. of State? None. Not one. She may be a good and faithful servant, but a servant who nonetheless does her job extremely ineptly.

Watching all these lefties heads explode when Giuliani hammers Hillary into Next Week in 2008 will be a treat, especially since Rice will probably be his running mate.

The average guy is turned off by hate, people. However, it's what we're counting on from the Dems next year!

Re: missiongwp

Excellent!

Re: Well done, good and faithful servant

Yup, responsible for the deaths of thousands.

Potentially responsible for the deaths of thousands more if the drum beat against Iran heats up.

And you call this poor example of African American womanhood a good and faithful servant.

More like satan's handmaiden!

most of you posters
you're like a mad mob who'd like nothing better than to stone Ms Rice if you had a chance,and enjoy doing it.
She's an amazing woman of high intelligence who's
in an impossible job with impossible goals,and she's doing the best she can.She just threw in with the wrong crowd.
Why'd you all enjoy tearing people to pieces for?
You sound like a christian mob looking to hang someone.

"a nation where anything’s possible through Christ."

Excuse me, Ms. Montgomery. That phrase is horrendously bad Christianity, not to mention bad constitutional principle.

Christ is ruler of the universe, not just of the USA. If something is possible THROUGH CHRIST, it is possible anywhere, not just in America. And separation of church and state means we have NO business invoking Christ's name on our political system.

Isolating verses from Jeremiah and reading them like horoscopes or fortune cookies is also bad Christianity. It would behoove you and other faith-based Republicans to go back and read Jeremiah in context: a book where the prophet weeps over his nation because of the corruption and arrogance of those in power.

We won't change the world through Christ. We will change the world when we elect mature, intelligent leaders, and when they appoint a competent staff.

We've killed and maimed tens, possibly hundreds of thousands innocent men, women, and children with this war. And yet you drone on as if in some detached, narcotized haze, unconcerned about Rice's role in this tragic fiasco.

When you join the real world, we will welcome you, for there is much work to do.

Many people have overcomed the trials and tribulations of the Rice family. This is a glowing description of a person that enabled the deaths of thousands of American soldiers through non existent WMD's. A person who stood silent while the prestige of America was sullied by torture and denial of Habeas Corpus. A person who's ultimate loyalty lies with a person so obviously unfit to lead this country and not the country itself. If these are Christian values, please keep them to yourself. The rest of us have had enough.

you have entered into a place on the same level as a mad max movie when you decided to write here. GOD bless you.

The Devil's Handmaiden? More like the Idiot's Enabler. When we needed someone solid to stand in front of Cheney and Rumsfeld, and back up Powell, she folded like a lawn chair. Jeremiah did not have her in mind, sadly.

Do ya think there was stuff like this written about Hitler in Germany?

This woman is so dumb and so arrogant and no matter how many times she gets everything wrong, she acts like she's God's gift and fools like this twink-christian-author and the Washington Post continue to reinforce her status as a role model.

Yeah, she's the greatest leader since William Bennett and his "Book of Virtues."

Shame on all of you. You are as bad as Islamic Fundamentalists and as dumb as dirt.

Now, as I recall, the Post also recommended invading Iraq.

How about this scripture: "When there is no vision, the people will perish."

Take the newspaper away from your eyes, now is the time for your tears.

"Katherine! Katherine!"

Please come back and rescue these fools from themselves.

For "James Pease". One of the huge failures of mainstream media has been to deliberately downplay the career truths such as you've given us a glimpse of. It was general knowledge around Stanford what kind of provost Ms. Rice was, yet upon her elevation to prominence in the Bush Administration, not a single major newspaper paid the slightest heed. "Cold, self-serving, devoid of personality, not the slightest faith or indication of faith". Yet all we saw were puff pieces, like the current Montgomery book, praising her for her alleged accomplishments.

One might as well have hoped for media investigation of Bush's AWOL from Air National Guard duties, his drunk-driving charge, the abortion he reportedly arranged for a girl friend, and the small frogs he used to blow up by putting firecrackers up their behinds.

Sad but true -- the media are becoming as worthless as TASS or Izvestiya in the Soviet era, larded with propaganda, trivia, infotainment and very little substance on the kind of people who rule us. If you don't think so, check European papers or news channels and be prepared to be shocked how much worse are their American counterparts.

God spoke to the Isrealites through the Prophets and their prophesies are therefore timeless. It was Jeremiah who forewarned the Jewish people of the destruction of the Temple and the diaspora. Given the current relationship between Israelis and Palestinians Jeremiah's words are especially relevent today.
"For if you truly amend your ways and your doings,
if you truly execute justice one with another,
if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow,
or shed innocent blood in this place,
and if you do not go after other gods to your own heart,
then I will let you dwell in this place,
in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever."
Condoleezza should take note.

I knew Condi when she was at the Hoover institution at Stanford. I never saw any faith or indication of faith. She seemed very selfserving, and devoid of personality, she was not liked by her staff. I often asked the people there,What's her problem...but they said they were in no position to answer. I was never sure what that means, except that she had powerful friends insureing her success.

Please, please, remember the many suffering innocents in Iraq that lead me and others to ask how such suffering could be the way of Jesus? Clearly, Ms. Rice lacks compassion and selflessness. This essay is an affront to all spiritually alive people around the globe.

Please, please, remember the many suffering innocents in Iraq that lead me and others to ask how such suffering could be the way of Jesus? Clearly, Ms. Rice lacks compassion and selflessness. This essay is an affront to all spiritually alive people around the globe.

The "Faith of Laura Bush"?

Yes, if you run your car back and forth over your boyfriend for 25 times and then run into church howling about how you've "paid him back," then you can truly believe that you will have killed him.

Credo in vehicularum homicidum.

Does this woman have tapioca for brains? God TALKS to Rice's mother and father?

After pancreatic cancer, religionism must be the worst thing in the world. And even then, with pancreatic cancer you can possibly preserve your dignity.

What an idiot. How does such a person get a chance to talk to enlightened people?

To the guy who had anal sex with Cunni (twice):

Who was on top?

Come on, Ms. Rice should have perfectly known what 9/11 really about had been. This woman DOESN'T behave like even non devoted Christian. She, of course, is remebering that she is only a Black woman in society ruled by White men, who, by the way, like to use Black women to destroy Black men and to support racial unequality. Personally Ms. Rice has, probably, close relations with Mr. Bush, and even if not, she should be the one, who would forgive him EVERYTHING, remebering that she owes her high position in American society to Bush family, and what had been given could be easily taken back. Anyhow, to talk about her moral virtues and/or faith is simply ridiculous under the circumstances.

Come on, Ms. Rice should have perfectly know what 9/11 really about was. This woman DOESN'T behave like even non devoted Christian. She, of course, is remebering that she is only a Black woman in society ruled by White men, who, by the way, like to use Black women to destroy Black men and to support racial unequality. Personally, Ms. Rice has, probably, close relations with Mr. Bush, and even if not, she should be the one who would forgive him EVERYTHING, remebering that she owes her high position in American society to Bush family, and what had been given could be easoly taken back. Anyhow, to talk about her moral virtues and/or faith is simply ridiculous under the circumstances.

Come on, Ms. Rice should have perfectly know what 9/11 really about was. This woman DOESN'T behave like even non devoted Christian. She, of course, is remebering that she is only a Black woman in society ruled by White men, who, by the way, like to use Black women to destroy Black men and to support racial unequality. Personally, Ms. Rice has, probably, close relations with Mr. Bush, and even if not, she should be the one who would forgive him EVERYTHING, remebering that she owes her high position in American society to Bush family, and what had been given could be easoly taken back. Anyhow, to talk about her moral virtues and/or faith is simply ridiculous under the circumstances.

Come on, Ms. Rice should have perfectly know what 9/11 really about was. This woman DOESN'T behave like even non devoted Christian. She, of course, is remebering that she is only a Black woman in society ruled by White men, who, by the way, like to use Black women to destroy Black men and to support racial unequality. Personally, Ms. Rice has, probably, close relations with Mr. Bush, and even if not, she should be the one who would forgive him EVERYTHING, remebering that she owes her high position in American society to Bush family, and what had been given could be easoly taken back. Anyhow, to talk about her moral virtues and/or faith is simply ridiculous under the circumstances.

I had anal sex with Condoleezza. Twice.

Hey, you know the only problem with Southern Baptists?

They don't hold them under long enough!

XOX

Judas Magdalene

Now I've heard everything. Now low are these people going to go with using God. Rice is no more a believer then the Easter Bunny. Why on earth with all this so called religion is she sleeping with the President. I have noticed that all the GOP religious cheerleaders are committing the biggest sins like Senator Vitter. Does God say to lie, cheat and steal? Connie Rice watched the Katrina victims beg for help as she stood in New York Times Square and watched. Then continued shopping for shoes, now is that what we now call the acts of a Christian. Sell your story to those who want to hear these lies. Connie Rice has proved herself an unqualified Secretary of State and a liar. I guess you didn't see the video of the Bush/Rice actions shown on TV it showed a man hot for Connie coming off the plane. Even his aides had to tell him to stop.

Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Dumber than Condi Rice
Never understood a word he croaked
But at least he couldn't carry lice.

Someones got a serious crush going on here!

So why did she remain silent about the memo WARNING the U.S. that we would get hit in 2001?
Your column does not convince me (at all) that Cond'is faith guides her. She lied to the American people after 9/11 and we will NOT forget.

What garbage. I'm told that Franklin Pierce never stepped on a crack in the sidewalk. Was he the 19th century answer to Rice?

Can we get all this stupid superstition off the site of a great newspaper? Please?

Ignorance is bliss and this is 'condis', secret.

Just too ignorant and blind to see reality...

What is more disgusting? Condoleezza Rice's "faithiness" -- posturing as a Christian while robotically complicit in a
monstrous foreign policy blunder that has needlessly and pointlessly cost a half-million lives? Or Ms. Montgomery, authoring a sanctimonious puff book about a cold moral monster, calculated no doubt to help Rice's future political or business career? Or the Washington Post itself, whose pages are decorated daily with a gallery of "Loyal Bushies", discredited neoconservatives, "faithy" Bush mouthpieces, Rovian fantasizers, woolly-minded superannuated pundits, and outright liars and rogues? Where among them do we place Ms. Montgomery? Do you have no decency, at long last, O Post managing editor and owner? Surely Katherine Graham must be rotating rapidly in her tomb. Let us ponder what Jesus told us about "whited sepulchers" and those who pray demonstratively in the public square instead of in their own homes and hearts.

This is real scary stuff. When we have a Secretary of State as well as a President who are doing "God's work" instead of their job, it is no wonder that we are in the mess we are in. From near universal support after 9/11 to nearly universal fear and loathing today. We have destroyed Iraq and fostered resurgent despotism across the world from Egypt to Jordan to Pakistan to Israel to Russia and demolished democracy wherever it had the temerity to raise its head. Those who think they are doing God's work are not only delusiional, but incapable of seeing the real world and adjusting to it. Thank God that there is less than a year and a half for the US to suffer under these two nut cases - if we are lucky enough to make it through.

'Yet Do I Marvel'

I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind,
And did He stoop to quibble could tell why
The little buried mole continues blind,
Why flesh that mirrors Him must someday die,
Make plain the reason tortured Tantalus
Is baited by the fickle fruit, declare
If merely brute caprice dooms Sisyphus
To struggle up a never-ending stair.
Inscrutable His ways are, and immune
To catechism by a mind too strewn
With petty cares to slightly understand
What awful brains compels His awful hand.
Yet do I marvel at this curious thing:
To make a poet black, and bid him sing!

-- Countee Cullen

"I am not a Republican nor am I a fan of Ms Rice's politics. But the one thing as a Black person I have always had to say about her is no matter where you fall on her politics she has got to be one of the most brilliant people of her time."

Brilliant? Let's try Miles Davis, Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, or James Baldwin or MLK. Countee Cullen comes to mind, as does Hank Aaron and Michael Jordan. But Condi Rice?

For her smooth lies on nukes and WMD to the American people? For being the new Aunt Tommie when Uncle Colin couldn't take it no more? For being good at playing the president like a piano?

Lord, man, have some respect for your people! This woman is the worst of the lot, and a shame on African Americans -- and all Americans -- for a decade to come. Let's save the praise for those who are worthy.

On Religion:

"The common people find them all equally true, the philosophers find them all equally false, and the magistrates find them all equally useful.”

-- Seneca

You, and all your bobble-brained BIG CHRIST believers are a pitiable TOOL of Rice, Bush, and the rest of these modern-day Roman Magistrates bent on world domination at any cost.

The price of your ignorance?
The fall of our Republic.

Perhaps Ms. Rice would have been better off reading the memo "Bin Laden determined to strike in US" instead hiding in the Bible.

Moral convictions?? We killed at least 200,000 Iraqis, many of them women and children. Where is the morality?

What do the rest of us have to do to stay clear of your self-righteous God-inspired wars? When will we be free of this terrible curse of religion?

I completely agree with your commentaries about Mrs. Rice , in her position , she sees the "complete " picture of the totality of facts surrounding world events , including the secret behind the scenes activity , the result always comes out in innovative , fresh and intelligent solutions that serve best the interests of her country
She treats her counterparts as they really deserve , without hypocrisy and right to the point , no illusions
During her office period , the U.S.'s ennemies , haters and envyers receaved a lesson they will never forget , they will from now on , think twice and more carefully before going against her country
she is a tough , master politician , God preserve and bless her

"There will come a time when someone in leadership will say they have the answers to world peace. This person will probably be European or European decent. This person will proclaim that they have all of the answers to have everyone be at "peace"
Guess what my brethern, don't be fooled. God clearly tells us that there will NEVER be peace until the PRINCE OF PEACE returns to the earth for those that serve him. And until that time there will be FAMINE, PESTILENCE, WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. There will be no end to it until Jesus returns. And when he returns there will be Tribulation upon the earth where people will basically be slaves of the person who was to bring them "WORLD PEACE". Then you will get another chance and even then some of you hard-headed people still won't believe in Jesus after you saw him come through the clouds. Then there will be Great Tribulation and Jesus takes over the earth."

Remember your history well folks. The Earth was created in the year 4004 BC, we are the center of the universe, and the world is flat, and the return of Jesus will sell more tickets than a Police reunion. Have your faith, have your beliefs, but remember to open your eyes and ears, for no matter where you are, extremism will always be the enemy, and will follow established patterns similar to an addict.
Thanks GW for elevating CR to her positions, she is smart, gap-toothed, and still in touch with her "roots". Im waiting till the baby boom generation dies, enabling maybe some change in this country, but I doubt it.
I would also like to thank the Romans for all the contributions they made, especially for adopting Christianity(i realize there are many factors with that one)

"There will come a time when someone in leadership will say they have the answers to world peace. This person will probably be European or European decent. This person will proclaim that they have all of the answers to have everyone be at "peace"
Guess what my brethern, don't be fooled. God clearly tells us that there will NEVER be peace until the PRINCE OF PEACE returns to the earth for those that serve him. And until that time there will be FAMINE, PESTILENCE, WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. There will be no end to it until Jesus returns. And when he returns there will be Tribulation upon the earth where people will basically be slaves of the person who was to bring them "WORLD PEACE". Then you will get another chance and even then some of you hard-headed people still won't believe in Jesus after you saw him come through the clouds. Then there will be Great Tribulation and Jesus takes over the earth."

Remember your history well folks. The Earth was created in the year 4004 BC, we are the center of the universe, and the world is flat, and the return of Jesus will sell more tickets than a Police reunion. Have your faith, have your beliefs, but remember to open your eyes and ears, for no matter where you are, extremism will always be the enemy, and will follow established patterns similar to an addict.
Thanks GW for elevating CR to her positions, she is smart, gap-toothed, and still in touch with her "roots". Im waiting till the baby boom generation dies, enabling maybe some change in this country, but I doubt it.
I would also like to thank the Romans for all the contributions they made, especially for adopting Christianity(i realize there are many factors with that one)

Such hatred and bitterness towards another human being saddens me. How unfair.

god gets scarier by the day

Miguel - Cardinal Richelieu and Machiavelli were devout christians too.

At least Machiavelli was competent. I think Rice has had a silver spoon in her mouth her whole career. GOP neocons have been pushing her from college on. Is she really as smart as has been suggested? Either she isn't as smart or she is spineless (as WestEndDC posted) and doesn't have the conviction of her ideas.

creepy...

We have many kinds of rice in Asia - long grain rice, short grain rice, brown rice, white polished rice, fragrant rice, glutinous rice. We eat rice all the time. We have our own rice, but Condi Rice is one brand of American rice we don't import. Hard to swallow.

Nice article.
In short; if you are christian, and if you kill people or people die thru your actions or inaction,it's o.k.
I simply can't understand what kind of faith you are talking about; but definetely isn't christianity.
The old testament is a very terrible book; but thru Jesus; we have the new testament; that balances the bible.
At the end a christian is supposed to look for the maximum expression of christianity; so what would Jesus do? Is Jesus happy with the Irak mess?
I don't think so.
Cardinal Richelieu and Machiavelli were devout christians too.

Nicole should have written - Also it's good that a black woman can serve underneath any white man. Think about it. How much closer can you get to the top without being on top.

Poor Condoleezza is relegated to the missionary position.

"For one, Rice was an influencial factor in brokering the Israel/Lebanon conflict last year, and is credited with the ensuing peace between the parties. I know, I know, the U.S. categorically supported Israel, perhaps weakening our political capital in the region. But you did ask for one accomplishment."

Hilarious. Israel stumbled into a war of sheer idiocy, LOST, and as usual went whining to its patron for a way out. Rice should get credit because Israel had the sense to cut its losses?!?

Yes great grandparent taught the word of God daily to her parent. She is doing what God prepared her to do.

Yes great grandparent taught the word of God daily to her parent. She is doing what God prepared her to do.

Yes great grandparent taught the word of God daily to her parent. She is doing what God prepared her to do.

Adrasteia:

Please provide some evidence that Focus on the Family is "pro war" and "neo-con loving". Right-wing, yes. Anti-abortion, yes. Fundamentalist-Christian, yes. Pro-Israel, yes.

But pro-war? Neo-con? Do you really understand what neoconservatism is? Please back up your statements with facts and don't attack organizations with which you are unfamiliar.

Christianity was a tool used against black people in this country when they were held as slaves: "Just keep thinking about how much better your after-life will be and forget all about your slave troubles!"

Maybe it worked, maybe it helped--that doesn't make any of it true.

So, your research revealed "a faith that runs deep in her heritage, a personal passion for God, and moral convictions that stem from both."

But where is the integrity? Where is the
the integrity to speak the truth and acknowledge
errors of policy and judgement?

Nicole has obviously never had a personal experience of war or she wouldn't be so convinced of it's rightness. If war is so natural how come it's never solved a single issue? Perhaps it's time to try another approach. Not bombing innocent people springs to mind. Not invading a country on trumped up reasons seems logical to me. Nicole needs to abandon her emotion and look at what human beings should strive to be...better than what we are. According to her we are all doomed to be barbarians forever. Funny, but I haven't read the part of the Bible where Jesus advocates killing.

Rice is doing her best in difficult conditions. She is giving counsel to our president, and she cannot be held responsible for the decisions he makes. Advisors who are wise and kind are needed in the White House.

For one, Rice was an influencial factor in brokering the Israel/Lebanon conflict last year, and is credited with the ensuing peace between the parties. I know, I know, the U.S. categorically supported Israel, perhaps weakening our political capital in the region. But you did ask for one accomplishment.

I didn't suggest I was a fan, I'm just asking that comments be objective, and I'm tempted to take a stand in support of her given all the negativism and Bush-bashing going on. However I could easliy debate either side of the Rice issue.

Missing from this kindly character reference is the universally recognized Rice laziness -- the CIA started complaining with reason in 2001 that as national security adviser she wasn't reading their daily briefings to her wncluding, as we now all know the 8/6/01 warning that bin Laden was readying an attack on the US), this being an important part of her job; her toadiness -- she demonstrated often that she believed her place in history was at Bush's right elbow, getting on camera, rather than at her desk where she could have been doing her reading; and her startling insensivity to foreigners.

This latter showed up most clearly when she visited Lebanon and Israel as secretary of state shortly after last year's war (in which Hezbollah declared war on Israel, and Israel declared war on Lebanon).

In her drop-in visit to the Lebanese cabinet she wore casual clothes and pulled her sunglasses up over her hair -- looking as though dropping in for an ice cream cone. The visit to the Israeli cabinet a few hours later was in formal business clothes, and with a conspicuously meek air. The clear message for all to see: drop dead, Lebanon.

A few weeks later, she hid her face behind one hand at length when she found herself (eek) standing alongside the Lebanese prime minister before the world's press at an international conference in Rome. Kind of like the way small children believe you can't see them when they close their eyes. This was a very odd way for the US secretary of state to behave. Odd and offensive.

Leslie Montgomery is, of course, right: Dr Rice had a good Christian upbringing. Whether this makes her an effective or even competent secretary of state is too soon to say.

It also does not explain why she can come out with such crackbrained statements as, on Meet The Press last year, claiming that the US had never gone into Iraq claiming there were WMDs there. Readers might recall her expression on the matter ... invading Iraq was needed to avoid Iraq's being able to set off an (atomic bomb's) mushroom cloud.

This nonsense has proved hardly a way to build trust, either within the United States, nor elsewhere. Nearly 3700 Americans have now died in Iraq, during a campaign based in large degree on the mistaken belief that WMDs were, indeed, there. More hundreds, sadly, can be expected to yield up their precious young lives in that theater. Doubtless Dr Rice prays for them and their families.

The writer works for the pro-war, neocon loving, paternalistic Focus on the Family. It's pure BS.

I have to wonder why anyone would present a favorable opinion about the faith of a woman who lied to the American People over and over, and then worked tirelessly to usurp our Constitutional rights for the sake of the Godless Bush oil cartel.

You really don't know how tragically funny your piece is, Leslie!!

- Ed

Hey, "bethesdaboy" -- Rice's non-accomplishments are right out there in the open. I suspect I speak for a lot of people when I say that my personal favorite was her blithe remark that "nobody could have predicted" the events of September 11, AFTER reading the intelligence document, "Bin Laden Determined to Attack the U.S." That specific enough for you?

But let's put the proverbial shoe on the proverbial other foot, lickspittle boy: Why don't you share with us one Rice accomplishment over these dreary six years? Just one.

I am not a Republican nor am I a fan of Ms Rice's politics. But the one thing as a Black person I have always had to say about her is no matter where you fall on her politics she has got to be one of the most brilliant people of her time. I stand very proud of her brillance and her achievements(again not her politics) and now knowing this side of her proud to see that she is faith based and his a strong belief in God and Christ. Now as far as whether she misses the target in how she brings into play in her day to day job, hey how many of us who claim to be Bible toting, tongue talking Christian don't have something that we do in our day to day jobs that don't add up with the word. Unfortunately when it comes to our jobs it ends up like that sometimes.

Condi is a throwback to 50s and 60s. She is one of those people who identifies with her oppressor over the oppressed. Internalize self-hate + denial + pain = Cowardice. A classic white daddy and oreo complex.

What a tragic story of squandered talent and possibility. She'd rather become personally powerful and privileged and 'allowed' into the bathrooms and closets of the old boys club than stand for justice and what's morally right.

Condi is more like a wannabe old white southern man -- appeasing the massah. Not surprising given the toxic influence and near-totalitarian stranglehold of racist, bigoted, ancient, corrupt, immoral southern baptist belief systems in the deep south.

AND I can't believe she is the first cousin of the incredibly brilliant, amazing and fantastic Constance Rice of Los Angeles. Talk about two ends of the spectrum.

We'd all be much better served by Connie Rice than by Condi.

It is a disgrace to attach any affiliation between Condi and God. God specifically said thou shalt not kill. The deadly vixen known as Condi is the angel of death. There is no explanation in or out of the bible that fits Condi with the exception of 666, red, horns and a tail. END THE REPUBLICAN WAR IN IRAQ.

Ms. Mtongomery's piece on Condellezza and Jeremiah shows the price of reading the prophets in a personal (should I say, sentimental) way. Yes there are verses one can look to for personal encouragement, but Jeremiah's central message is addressed to a foolish Israelite king hell-bent on war against Babylon. This is what he says to him in chapter 21:

"3. Then Jeremiah said to them, "You shall say to Zedekiah as follows:
4.Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the center of this city.
5."I Myself will war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, even in anger and wrath and great indignation.
6."I will also strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence."

The verses speak for themselves but one obvious lesson is that neither Ms Montgomery nor Ms. Rice got the prophetic message.

...and with this article, the dumbing down of America reaches a new low.

Condoleeza Rice is hot!

George Bush is the greatest president ever and if you disagree your stupid! Condoleeza Rice is a great Chirstian who has makes our country stronger and better prepared against the evil religions.

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. C. Rice is the most pathetic follower of George the Moron. She said with a straight face that the title of the daily briefing of "Al Queda intends to strike the US" as non-indicator of threat to the US in the month before the 9/11 attacks.

This is the problem I have with this whole faith issue - just because she proclaims faith, doesn't mean she is a good person.

put down the glue bottle and see reality for what it is... and how far away from it you are.

We need less religion and more humanism in this world. Christ is as much human as God - let's not forget that!

Wow the leftist-hate speech is in full swing here today! You Bush bashers are so absorbed in your hatred of Bush and anything to to do with his administration that your ability to clearly and objectively comment on any administration-related issue is severely impaired. Your posts are frankly not worth reading, as its the same old bashing -- nothing productive or insightful whatsoever.

Is there anyone out there who can say that they admire this woman regardless of who she works for?

We need less religion and more humanism in this world. Christ is as much human as God - let's not forget that!

I wish too remind all that- reading the bible and implying oneself into the text and purpose of it- are TWO different things. WE dont decide how we fit in with the outcoming of events, but elsewhere in the bible it most emphatically states that the governments are controlled by Demons, and to stay away from them. In the Greek scriptures " give what is Caesars to Caesar" but leave the rest alone is the same sentiment. We have convieniently adapted the bible into born again status to get around the old traditionals: thou shalt not kill, which is good for abortion but means nothing when we send our boys to kill and die. God's Kingdom in Heaven is all any human ever needs, but too many habits and patterns have obscured the meaning of it and make us the opposite of what we want for ourselves and the world. One should be SURE of their faith, and we all have a one to one relationship with the creator.

I wish too remind all that- reading the bible and implying oneself into the text and purpose of it- are TWO different things. WE dont decide how we fit in with the outcoming of events, but elsewhere in the bible it most emphatically states that the governments are controlled by Demons, and to stay away from them. In the Greek scriptures " give what is Caesars to Caesar" but leave the rest alone is the same sentiment. We have convieniently adapted the bible into born again status to get around the old traditionals: thou shalt not kill, which is good for abortion but means nothing when we send our boys to kill and die. God's Kingdom in Heaven is all any human ever needs, but too many habits and patterns have obscured the meaning of it and make us the opposite of what we want for ourselves and the world. One should be SURE of their faith, and we all have a one to one relationship with the creator.

Faith in God inspires Condolezza?

what kind of God are we talking about here, one that condones war, lies to sell war, torture, to name a few of Condolezza's fruits? Please, enough wolves masquerading as sheep

You know, when I look at Condoleezza Rice, the first question that comes to my mind is, well, just what has she actually accomplished that makes her the most powerful woman in the world? Or is this just more fakery from mainstream media and the Washington Elite?

Faith in God inspires Condolezza?

what kind of God are we talking about here, one that condones war, lies to sell war, torture, to name a few of Condolezza's fruits? Please, enough wolves masquerading as sheep

Ah yes, Faith Based Foreign Policy.
Are you people simply insane?
Condi is simply another of the many disasters
inflicted on our nation and the world by
BushCheney.
And frankly if you want me to believe that her
uninterrupted history of failure and insignificance
is god's plan then you must admit that god is a cruel
joker.
I prefer to think that the little affirmative action baby
wears her protestations of faith like her thigh high
dominatrix boots, and proof that she never began
to absorb the message of Chist to the world.
Jeremiah? Hah hah... more Lady MacBeth.

Lauren Leggett -- I fear that you are putting far, far too much stock in the media shadows that surround Rice. I don't doubt that she's a lot more poised, in the sense of parlor manners and etiquette, than most people. She'd make a fine Assistant Undersecretary of Protocol. But -- strong?!?! The reason Cheney picked her for the positions she's held is because he knew he could roll over her like an 18-wheeler over egg cartons. Again and again, in all the Bush administration debacles -- lots of them to choose from, by now -- you'll see Rice doing nothing, absolutely zero, to oppose obvious idiocy. She's in so far over her head that she's almost like the airhead star of some zany madcap sitcom.

You Bush-haters realize that the Post releases these pieces just to bait you in to showing how single-minded anti-adminstration you are. You should be embarrassed of yourselves for taking the bait.

I haven't read a single negative comment regarding Rice that has anything to back it up. She is responsible for the killings of hundreds of thousands of innocents, reads one. Are you for real? She should burn in hell, reads another. War crimes. Turning the constituion on its head. You people really think she is responsible for every mistake of this administration, and that she deserves to be vilified in this manner? Give me a break!

I'm no fan of this administration and I think the Iraq policy has been severely flawed. Furthermore, I tend to believe Ms. Rice has a weak spine when dealing with Bush, Cheney, et. el (I believe her many frustrations are documented). But to take away from her intelect and accomplishments and to show such lack of respect of her Christain faith is downright cruel and unfair of you folks.

jmo

Ms Rice also comed from a long line of Black Republicans. My most memorable quote of ms. rice's is or something like it: "The South did not need the civil rights movement because the good people of the south would have ended segregation on their own." If this is accurate, she's gonna need a lot more than Jeremiah 29:11 to get her through this long night that has marked her tenure in the Bush adcministration.

You Bush-haters realize that the Post releases these pieces just to bait you in to showing how single-minded anti-adminstration you are. You should be embarrassed of yourselves for taking the bait.

I haven't read a single negative comment regarding Rice that has anything to back it up. She is responsible for the killings of hundreds of thousands of innocents, reads one. Are you for real? She should burn in hell, reads another. War crimes. Turning the constituion on its head. You people really think she is responsible for every mistake of this administration, and that she deserves to be vilified in this manner? Give me a break!

I'm no fan of this administration and I think the Iraq policy has been severely flawed. Furthermore, I tend to believe Ms. Rice has a weak spine when dealing with Bush, Cheney, et. el (I believe her many frustrations are documented). But to take away from her intelect and accomplishments and to show such lack of respect of her Christain faith is downright cruel and unfair of you folks.

jmo

In Response to MaryLou Harper:
First off during the time of her parents, those were Democrats.
Also it's good that a black woman can serve under any white man. Think about it. How much closer can you get to the top with being at the top. You can put your own ideas out there and do what you want to do.

I think it is great to someone who loves God and dose the right thing. It is rare in our would today and we could use many more. Far too many christians do not live in the reality of there faith if it costs them something. Rice dose.

Foreign policy through prayer. You gotta love it.

Jeremiah is a curious choice for anyone, let alone Rice. He is a radical, a terrorist, outspokenly exclusive and narrow minded. His objective was a single minded passion to restore the Jewish state.

To his opponents, his reputation was of a trouble-maker that saw no reason but his own. He was tossed down a well by his enemies, chose not to go into exile so he could continue to stir up trouble at home and led a failed attempt to overthrow the existing government.

Does Rice fit this mold? Hardly! She is a member of the elite, an apologist for the government and has harbored nary a radical thought in her labors.

If the author desires to reach for Biblical analogies, Jeremiah is not the oe I would choose for Rice.

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Message to John Wagner: She never actually "served" unless, of course, you mean that she served us all up on a platter to the enemies of the US. What better ally could Osama Bin Laden have found than that of the Bush administration?

We fell right into the Al Quaeda trap and Condi gave us a big push into the hole.

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So then, isn't it interesting and ironic that C. Rice would eventually align herself with the same type of white conservative politicians who would have worked against generations of Rices? The forefathers of the Bush/Cheney crowd are the very devils who caused her people to place such faith in the words and sentiments of Jeremiah 29:11. What was in the bane of Rice's departed relatives is still burned deeply into the souls of the Bush/Cheneys, and yet she chooses to work for them rather than continue the fight of her grandparents.

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Lady, what are you smoking?

In her need to please her husband, er I mean, George Bush, Condoleezza Rice sold out her country and our soldiers. She lied, lied, and then lied some more to get us into this stupid war. That's not what a person of "faith" does. Her action are those of a cool, calculating dirty, lying politician.

Her "mysterious stability" most likely comes from the fact that she knows she can't be fired. Scooter Libby, Karl Rove and DICK Cheney, have that same "mysterious stability."

And, I'm still waiting to see this genius that she supposedly possesses. She's been wrong about everything. She is nothing more a trusty lapdog for George Bush.

Maybe she can kid herself and few others into believing that she is a true Christian, but the rest of us are not buying her constant lying anymore. She sold us out, and I suppose that one day she will lay claim to her hallowed place among other master liars in hell.

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Hogwash...I am the same age as Rice and grew up in the same stew. Her actions in no way reflect anything other than "suck up to the man" aspirations. She has done nothing for her race or even working class whites for that matter. She seeks the ivoriest of ivory towers and seems to have disdain for the people that are actually crushed by this administration.

Hogwash...I am the same age as Rice and grew up in the same stew. Her actions in no way reflect anything other than "suck up to the man" aspirations. She has done nothing for her race or even working class whites for that matter. She seeks the ivoriest of ivory towers and seems to have disdain for the people that are actually crushed by this administration.

Condoleeza Rice is emblematic of an administration that believes that they have a direct line to God's ear and from God's mouth.

They are wrong, as demonstrated by the carnage Bush, Cheney, Rice, and the rest of them have caused, and the extraordinary suffering and inhumanity they have countenanced in places like Darfur.

This is a treacly, panting, paean that demeans the people who read it.

you had it right in the first sentence: devil’s handmaiden. Can any one, with a straight face, make the case that Condi has been anything but the chief enabler of the most reckless and conter-productive foreign policy of our 200+ year history? The wreakage is strewn about the planet: A million dead, countries in ruin, refugees in flight, the Constitution in tatters. I wish she'd follow Rove and never "serve" this country again.

same old same old....my god is better than your god

what makes condoleeza any different than the Imams
in the middle east? they all have faith that killing people in their god's name is only way.

And yes - There are those of other faiths who feel exactly the same way.

If her faith has led her to lie, or at the most twist information to deceive (which in my book is the same thing), then I would say that she and so many others callously use GOD and faith to perpetrate their egoistic goals.

I so resent the inference between her parents faith at a time when someone else could have easily said that they were coming to free the black people of this country, to that of what Ms. Rice and her imperial cohorts have burdened us with.

Does she truly see the children dying in Irag and Iran and say God wanted this?

I wonder.

Elizabeth

Washington Post has been publishing quite a few puff pieces on administration hacks; but in this section!!??

I really don't care much about the religious beliefs of our Secretary of State, or those of any other public official. They hold secular jobs in which religion has no place. I'd much rather learn about her awareness and acceptance of known facts. What she "believes" is irrelevant to her job as an employee of the people of the United States.

God may have had a plan, but the lady went serious astray when she hooked up with George! If anyone qualifies as the Anti-Christ it would be George and his cast of miscreants, joined and enabled by Ms Rice.

And the fact that Condoleeza has been responsible for a policy that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians? You really think that was God's plan?

Great story. Always trust in God.

Given how dangerously incompetent Condoleeza Rice is, I guess I would probably pray to the Ghosts in the Sky for help too!

"For I know the plans I have for you; plans for good and not for evil, plans to give you a hope and a future."

But first, some airstrikes!

Did your research into Condoleeza Rice include learning how to spell her name?

Bilged! Pure unadulterated BILGED!

Bilged! Pure unadulterated BILGED!

Please let me add another word to the list: incompetent.

This air of inexplicable confidence is also an act. You can see through it pretty easily every time she's hit with some difficult question. The forced smile, the brittle voice....it's painful to watch her try to lie her way out of a corner.

Just another note to those who love "world peace" so much.

THERE WILL NEVER BE WORLD PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!

There will come a time when someone in leadership will say they have the answers to world peace. This person will probably be European or European decent. This person will proclaim that they have all of the answers to have everyone be at "peace"
Guess what my brethern, don't be fooled. God clearly tells us that there will NEVER be peace until the PRINCE OF PEACE returns to the earth for those that serve him. And until that time there will be FAMINE, PESTILENCE, WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. There will be no end to it until Jesus returns. And when he returns there will be Tribulation upon the earth where people will basically be slaves of the person who was to bring them "WORLD PEACE". Then you will get another chance and even then some of you hard-headed people still won't believe in Jesus after you saw him come through the clouds. Then there will be Great Tribulation and Jesus takes over the earth.

So sorry to tell you people, but this isn't the first war in the world and it certainly won't be the last. Rather a democrat or republican is in the office. Satan doesn't care what political party you are in neither does God. Your political party doesn't define who you are it's in the heart is what matters.

Jeremiah was used to justify questionable legitimacy of returning exiles. He was exclusive: sorting the good figs from the bad figs. If Rice uses him as a model, it is to claim special status. Those in the government who have toiled all this time to keep things going, step aside. Neocons have returned from exile and will now take over. Opps. Big trouble when you go back to Babylon as a lame conqueror.

What many of you don't realize, is that the government doesn't fall under the same law "Biblical" law as the people. That is all throughout the bible and specifically in the latter of the Old testament and in the latter of the New testament. She is a government official who by the law of the land and the principles of God that she is more than allowed to do what she is doing. Just because you don't like how it's turning out doesn't make it any more wrong that right. Look at battles fought in the bible that all the people were against because it didn't "appear" to be winnable or appeared that they were losing. Remember the Lord Your God, he can turn things around in an instant or a blink of an eye. When you have people praying for the government as we ought to rather than beating them up and complaining about everything that appears to be wrong you are only making matters worse. There are times when protesting and complaining is necessary (i.e. civil rights movement, slavery, voting rights, etc.) but when you are dealing with the satanic schemes of evildoers you are stepping into another territory. This war isn't even about what you all think it's about. This is something spiritual and can only be fought in the spiritual. The natural things as the soldiers are doing is only just keeping things under wraps until the real battle begins. You people haven't seen nothing yet.

You can not judge a government official/office by saying that they are murdering or killing people. Unless they are doing it outside of the governmental/kingdom order.

If war can be ordained by God in the bible what makes it different from today? People stop saying that CR is a murderer she is not. Wars have to be fought rather you like it or not. People are going to die rather you like it or not. That's the way the world is and will be until Jesus returns.

I have no idea how good a Christian Condoleezza Rice is. I do know she was a weak National Security Adviser and is a weak Secretary of State, her tenure in both positions having been characterized by her passionate commitment to George Bush personally and her unceasing awareness of her own public image.

As it happens I am reasonably familiar with the public records of the people who have been successful in high government office related to foreign policy. Some have been devout in matters of faith; others indifferent. Ms. Montgomery couldn't tell one from the other. Her post here suggests no interest in foreign policy or national security matters; her mission is hagiography, and fairly shallow hagiography at that.

Ms. Montgomery's tone here is more than a little idolatrous: Condoleezza Rice as saint. It's a strange way of fighting for one's grandchildren, and one cannot but wonder if avowed Christians are not capable of contributions to American public life more substantial than this.

I'll join Art M. in a throw-up. I just can't believe this person can extol the virtues of a war criminal, which is all Rice is. Shame on you! I hope she's indicted and has to spend the rest of her life, like Henry Kissinger, a war criminal who can no longer take her prissy self anywwhere she likes. The author actually says she has no pride? I just can't believe you publish this. So much for this website's credibility.

I'll join Art M. in a throw-up. I just can't believe this person can extol the virtues of a war criminal, which is all Rice is. Shame on you! I hope she's indicted and has to spend the rest of her life, like Henry Kissinger, a war criminal who can no longer take her prissy self anywwhere she likes. The author actually says she has no pride? I just can't believe you publish this. So much for this website's credibility.

I am one who believes Ms. Rice is THE most powerful woman in the world, and I can't think of another woman on the political scene worldwide who is more deserving of that title and can handle the pressure that accompanies that position. Her "grace under fire" is amazing and those who don't understand world politics and what is going on world-wide politcally won't understand her (they really don't understand any of what is going on.) Americans are especially ignorant of world politics, the inter-dependencies of countries, etc. -- so it is not surprising to read some of the feedback that has been posted. Few of them have the determination and "grits" to achieve what she has achieved.

Just when I think you guys have printed the stupidest thing I've ever read, you print more.

Condoleeza Rice as a religious figure? Yeah, well I guess Brittany Spears is an example of Christian suffering too.

Excuse me while I go throw up.

i don't understand why you say i have posted too many times? this is my first post!

what i don't understand and to me there is a simple answer but i'll ask the question anyway! how come these people like CR claim to have christian faith but have no problem with working with a govt that kills people-surely this doesn't reconcile with their beliefs?? please answer.

Too bad Rice has been wrong on everything, from mushroom clouds to war to genocide. But hey- she has faith, right?

Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you, plans for good and not for evil, plans to give you a hope and a future". After meeting God, the Trinity, and meeting satan and going thru quite a few other things, this verse says so much more than I could ever have imagined. "For I know the plans I have for you", not only does God know me better than I know myself but He cares beyond my wildest imaginings not only for me but for the entire human race. "plans for good and not for evil", not only does He have plans for me but they are part of "His Plan" which is for the entire human race to be with God in His Kingdom contrary to what a lot of people calling themselves christians think that God is capable of. "plans to give you a hope", sometimes our hope should be inclusive rather than exclusive considering that we are ALL HIS CHILDREN, ALL HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND WE ARE ALL BEING SANCTIFIED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, God is a Trinity whether we believe it or not. "and a future", Jesus did say that "My Kingdom is not of this world" and the bible also speaks of "New Heavens and a New Earth", exactly what it will be only God knows but it will be permeated with Love because God is Pure Love. This verse also shows that God knew about each and everyone of us from way back, so to speak. God bless you Condoleezza Rice and God bless you Leslie Montgomery for posting this, we are all in this together and I do mean all as in all of humanity, that ever was, is or will be. God is a searcher of hearts and minds not of religious affiliations or lack thereof so knowing God's Name isn't your ticket so to speak considering that the demons know who Jesus is. As I have said before and I will say again, God wins, satan loses, a tie is unacceptable. Jesus won the keys to hell and death and He will use them in due time, please be ready. I am just a messenger, the New Testament Moses, take care. Sincerely, Thomas Paul Moses Baum.

So why is she so totally indifferent to human suffering? And to the deaths of thousands upon thousands of innocents?

Better she were a devil-worshipper than the false and pretend Christian she makes herself out to be.