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   Monday, July 24, 2006

   DEAR CONDOLEEZA RICE

I don't envy you your job this week, having to fly into war-torn Lebanon for a photo-op...sorry...intense negotiations over this latest and largest outbreak of fighting in the Middle East. Over the last two weeks, hundreds of Lebanese civilians and dozens of Israeli civilians have died horribly but I'm relieved to hear you say that these are just "the birth pangs" of a Shiny New Middle East, one that will take some time to build. As you say:

"But if we look for a ceasefire that simply freezes the status quo ante, then we will be back here again in another six months, or nine months, or a year, looking for another ceasefire as Hezbollah uses southern Lebanon as a base to launch rockets against Israel."

Oh, I don't know -- that's six months or nine months or a year in which children won't die bleeding in the streets, you contemptible moron.

I do agree with you that, "You can't have a situation where the south of Lebanon is a haven for unauthorised armed groups that sit and fire rockets into Israel, plunging the whole country into chaos..." But while I'm glad to hear that you're "deeply concerned about the Lebanese people," I must disagree with how your bosses are proving that by rushing a shipment of precision laser-guided missles to Israel. Each one will hopefully kill only a couple women and children, instead of dozens. Problem solved, right? And no need for some awkward, hard-to-enforce ceasefire.

Oh Condi, what would we do without you?