Powell and Rice Explain America's Middle East Policies to the Arab Media - Memri

Here are a few excerpts:

Colin Powell:

"Every day as we go about this conflict, as we go about resolving this conflict, we work to strengthen our international partnerships. ...

"We do this for their sake, we do it for our own, because if we make this work - and we will make it work - we will have an entirely new image in that part of the world: democracy, freedom, people selecting their own leaders ...

"It is America's destiny, it is the fate that has been given to us, to be that nation that people look to solve the problems and challenges of the world. We like to do it with partners. ...

Condoleezza Rice:

"Since 9/11, America has built a coalition of some 90 countries that are sharing intelligence and working closely to combat the threat from transnational terrorism. Together, we have captured or killed thousands of terrorists. ...

Already our commitment to freedom is helping to spur a great debate throughout the broader Middle East. From Morocco to Jordan to Qatar, we are seeing elections and new protections for women, and the beginnings of political pluralism. ...

And in Afghanistan last week we witnessed extraordinary testimony to the power of the vote. A U.S. soldier in Afghanistan reported with awe what he witnessed... he talked about former Taliban elements who came into one Afghan town to try to intimidate the local citizens into not voting, but were met by the village population and refused entry into the village. ...

"Next year, an elected transitional assembly will draft a new constitution with a bill of rights that provides the framework for a permanent government. ... Iraqis will have achieved for themselves what people all over the world have sought for centuries ... more


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