Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice, senior fellow on public policy at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University, discusses the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, her days as George Bush's national security adviser and secretary of state, and the current state of the world, including Israel, Iran, and China.
"The real question is how internally the United States deals with our own difficulties so that we are strong enough and confident enough and optimistic enough to continue to lead."

[mplaw]

Condoleezza Rice her thoughts on the Palestinians etc. the Muslim world in general is the common view she shares with all previous and possibly all current sec. of state holders to the present. All those in public office need to learn a lot more about POLITICAL ISLAM instead of thinking of Islam as the Islam of Mecca only which concerns the religious aspects of Islam. Most of Islam is the Islam of Medina and is a political movement that is incompatible with the western world post Enlightenment. We in the west think in terms of secular democratic values, the best they can do is adopt some of the forms of democracy but a secular democracy is not possible in the Muslim world or anywhere else Muslims migrate and live. While their numbers are very small they are quiet, but as their numbers grow they will clamor for their way of life which is implacably intolerant of our ways. Nobody yet has figured out how to tolerate absolute intolerance by accommodating their demands because when they do not get what they demand the violence begins. The history of Christianity is not so different, we have had our reformation they have not. The Palestinians like their role as victims, the darlings of the intellectual left, and of course, Palestinian leadership loves the victim card, their riches and their job depends on it, so they beat their war drums and launch their projectiles. I believe when they get tired of being beat up maybe they will take the current deal offered and learn to live in peace with their neighbors. Until then we just need to ignore them, they’ll change when they are ready.

[LudwigsBoneCollection]

I can't possibly imagine Hillary Clinton speaking with such clarity, lucidity, and self reflection.

[TheAsianRepublican]

Brilliant conversation, masterful, educational, engaging. Great insight, can't say enough about this interview. Watched it 3 times, 3+ hours well spent.

[dukerwong]

Dr. Rice is very honest and open minded and responsible to what she said. Yet she is very strategic too. I'm always impressed to her interviews or speaches. Pres't Bush chose a good Secretary State to work for him with the visions.

[PatJ]

Excellent interview of an amazing woman.

[okakba]

Low and clear! She's got my respect! The fact that she has Bush in high regard is in accord with everyone who knows Bush up close, as opposite to the media. "Israel is a friend of Israeli's"..it's not Bush, it's Obama! How much publicity has this and other Obama's blunders been publicized?

[maxjamesfashion]

she should've run for office. she seems like a lucid, measured, intelligent woman... probably too intelligent to be very interested in a political career

[nasaihyana]

Rice 2024? Why not? Is she too intelligent? Or too much of a serious person? This should have been happened. More qualified than at least the last 4 Presidents.

[rael]

Love this woman. Very graceful. Very intelligent.

[WebPope]

My girlfriend is pretty liberal (though shes not political at all) and she said she would vote for Dr. Rice in a heartbeat. I would too!

[dylanbain]

I like Condi Rice. Its a pitty that she didnt know in 2012 that Saudi's were responsible for in the video. We do know this now. Mostly Afganistan is not a "failed state" her words, but a failure of Western and Eastern trade routes dating back 400 years....dont believe that ask the poppy farmer.

[randholt]

What a brilliant lady. America's Best.

[marlogue]

Fundamental mistake of not knowing their enemy, it seems.

[Sumoto]

Isreal: How the hell do you defend a border that's nine miles wide? There's no way you can defend that country unless you posses those Golen Hights in Palestine. And if you want to talk about who belongs to what? Palestine has always been traditional apart if Judea. It was the Roman Emperor Vespasian that re-named that area Palestine that always belong to the Jews. Btw when Israel was created, four Islamic countries attacked it at the same time and tried to destroy it. They can put up with it.

[dcr]

I am a concervative Christian and I was more impressive is Dr. Rice than any candidate to date. Mr. Romney would increase in chances with Dr. Rice as VP.

[DaBearsManiac]

"..underwhelming service to the country."

Compared to whom specifically?

[silvermediastudio]

Rice appointed NSC Advisor on January 1, 2001. Tenet was head of the CIA, and she met with him constantly, as well as Rumsfeld (Secretary of Defense), VP Cheney and Pres Bush. Nine months later, three airplanes were hijacked by al-Qaida and killed 2, 996 Americans, injured 6, 000 more, and did billions in damage, setting off a spiral of activity which included official endorsement of water-boarding and sleep deprivation/stress position interrogation techniques, and two wars. 

[LudwigsBoneCollection]

Well because you'd have a chaotic power vacuum, as opposed to, well, a more controlled one.

[jamessamsontuti]

she is my inspiration...someday i would talk like her and work like her....

[mrbreezenc]

I like this woman H clinton could learn a lot from her!!!