On The Third Hand

The power of “displeasure”

Yesterday, the papers reported that Secretary of State Rice was not going to Egypt, as expected. The announcement bagged the Egyptian government, which has been waving its arms around and generally trying to look supportive of the United States in the Middle East:

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Today President Mubarak announced a new package of democratic reforms. The Associated Press’s Maamoun Youssef:

Me, I think it’s the boots and (Cassandara thinks so too ).

I do believe that Ms. Rice is going to be a diplomat extraordinaire (if you’ll pardon my French). I had my doubts at first, but I’ve been grinning ever since I saw those boots (and the rest of the outfit). That outfit does not say “appeasement". That outfit says, “Back me up, boys, or get the *^#! out of the way.”