Condoleezza Rice Interview
Condoleezza Rice Interview
Condi Rice (National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice) Interview (Dr. Condoleezza Rice wearing light blue suit seated with american flag and Abraham Lincoln portrait behind her) (she is interviewed by Gwen Ifill, though she is not seen in footage)
Condoleezza Rice Interview
Condoleezza Rice speaks about the "hand over of sovereignty" of Iraq to the Iraqi people. Ms Rice says "Clearly the hand over of sovereignty to the Iraqi government marks I would say a starting point for the Iraqi people, the opportunity now to have the control of their own political future. But, for American foreign policy it is the beginning of a set of milestones, meaning a set of milestones that will lead Iraq to a better future, to a more democratic future. The United States has participated with coalition partners now in two countries to free 50 million people from tyranny in the last three years and it's really quite edifying to see the governments starting now to take responsibilities for their own futures, whether in Afghanistan with Hamid Karzai where there will be elections in the fall, or in Iraq where an albeit an interim government has stepped forward to say it is now the opportunity for Iraqi's to secure their own future."
Condoleezza Rice Interview
Condoleezza Rice says "This is a long war in which we're engaged and it is a long time to build the proper peace. The United States has always been committed to trying to make the world better and safer at the same time and we've always found and I think we've learned time and time again that the world is better and safer when there is a connection between our interests and our values. When we recognize as long as freedom and liberty are marching forward, the United States is safer. When freedom and liberty are in retreat then the United States is clearly in a weaker position and so yes, this is a part of a bigger picture. Iraq and Afghanistan fit into a strategy of trying to help the forward march of liberty and freedom into parts of the world where it's never been , into parts of the world where many people wonder if it's possible to have freedom and liberty take root." She continues "For this period of time in the United States, after the horrors of September 11th, I think it's important that we have big and broad and ambitious goals that link our values and our security."
Condoleezza Rice Interview
Condoleezza Rice says "I think we recognize that unfortunately, nothing of value is ever won without sacrifice, and the President and all of us mourn every death of an American or coalition soldier who sacrifices in the name of freedom." She continues to say that "Iraqi's are stepping forward to try and build a better political future for themselves. One of the untold stories of Iraq is how many provincial and regional and local councils have grown up since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Where these city councils get together to talk about how to deliver services, all of the things that city councils in America might talk about, and that's the foundation for a different kind of Iraq. An Iraq in which citizens are free to live in dignity, free to live in liberty and an Iraq which then will ultimately be a beacon for the rest of the region and it is a region that is desperately need of change."
Condoleezza Rice Interview
Condoleezza Rice says "Not everything will happen by June 30th. June 30th is a starting point for the Iraqi people, not a finishing point and we have to recognize that the march to democracy is not easy, it's hard. It takes years to build the habits of democracy, and these are people who lived under the worst kind of tyranny, until only about a year ago, I think they've made tremendous progress..."
Condoleezza Rice Interview
She says "There's no doubt that there were differences about the timing of enforcing UN resolution 1441, which was the one that said Saddam Hussein would pay serious consequences if he refused yet again the just demands of the world that he disarm. Some did not think that it was time to finally deal with Saddam Hussein, but a lot of nations did think that it was time to deal with Saddam Hussein...." She continues speaking about NATO.
Condoleezza Rice Interview
Condoleeza speaks about the "new" Middle East. She says "The point is that these things take time, it can't happen over night, but there is a great deal that is stirring in this troubled region and stirring for the better. It is the goal and the responsibility of American diplomacy to help bring those pieces together into a stable future."