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Monday, January 30, 2006

Can't See Again

They didn't see 9-11, they didn't see an insurgency/civil war in Iraq, they didn’t see Katrina, they didn't see how screwed up their Medicare plan is.

Rice Admits US Underestimated Hamas Strength
By Steven R. Weisman
The New York Times

Monday 30 January 2006

London - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Sunday that the United States had failed to understand the depth of hostility among Palestinians toward their longtime leaders. The hostility led to an election victory by the militant group Hamas that has reduced to tatters crucial assumptions underlying American policies and hopes in the Middle East.

"I've asked why nobody saw it coming," Ms. Rice said, speaking of her own staff. "It does say something about us not having a good enough pulse."
Ms Rice was the National Security Advisor on September 11, 2001. She is now Secretary of State and has to ask why nobody saw it coming? She is the one in the postion to know.

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