As I listened today to some of Condoleezza Rice's testimony at the hearings ...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that she was ready to meet "any time, anywhere" with Iran's leaders if it suspended its enrichment of uranium. That is a first, I think, although they played some additional words that she spoke wherein she suggested that that was exactly what she has stated over and over before. Huh? When, where?

Thinking back on Bush's words (referenced in the previous posting), I have to ask, "just what are you guys up to anyway?"

The mention of Patriot Missiles in his big speech on Wednesday together with the buildup of a task force in the Persian Gulf ... together with his not-so-veiled threats against Iran (and Syria) make me more suspicious than ever that he envisions a bigger involvement in the Middle East (sorry about that, brother Richard) rather than an ultimate draw down.

Yeh ... scary!