Wouldn’t you think that a Secretary of State would have some insight and wisdom from spending time in the Middle East working with people for peace? Don’t you think she would understand their culture and mindset? Didn’t Madeleine Albright learn anything from her term as a Secretary of State? It would appear not:

U.S. President George W. Bush has alienated Muslims around the world by using absolutist Christian rhetoric to discuss foreign policy issues, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says.
“I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy,” she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats and Christians.
“President Bush’s certitude about what he believes in, and the division between good and evil, is, I think, different,” said Albright, who has just published a book on religion and world affairs. “The absolute truth is what makes Bush so worrying to some of us.”
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But Albright says Bush’s religious absolutism has made U.S. foreign policy “more rigid and more difficult for other countries to accept.”

If she were talking about Europe or Asia, I think she would have a stronger case for what she is saying. But people, she’s talking about the Middle East. You know, the Middle East where they believe that there is no God but Allah. You know, the Middle East where they believe that we are the Great Satan. You know, the Middle East where they are trying to push Israel into the sea. You know, the Middle East where they believe that everyone should submit to Allah. Those sound like absolutes to me.
The problem with a diplomatic solution in the region is because of their absolutes, not ours. They want to annihilate Israel and we won’t let them. They want the world to be under Islam and ruled by Sharia law and we would refuse to do that. How can they negotiate with us when we are the Great Satan? It is a shame that Madeleine Albright didn’t gain much wisdom during her time as Secretary of State and it is a shame that she is looked at as an expert by the media because it is clear she doesn’t have a clue what she is talking about.
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