At least she's candid...

"Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia."

So said Condi Rice last year. I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and say this was a vast over-simplification of her recommendations for American foreign policy.

Actually, no I'm not. "Punishing" France is just stupid, because in a global marketplace their financial futures are intrinsically linked to ours. Besides, since this Administration so royally screwed up the flu vaccine supply we're relying on the French to supply us with some.

"Ignoring" Germany? The largest economy in Europe? Stupid for the same reasons. Also, we're relying on them (along with the French and the Brits) to negotiate with Iran on nuclear proliferation, since American foreign policy has so undermined our credibility in the Middle East we'd be better off acting like George Costanza as "opposite man."

"Forgiving" Russia simply highlights the criminal hypocrisy of this administration. We're willing to overlook the dismantling of a free media, the re-nationalization of entire industries, the imprisonment of political oppostition leaders, and human rights abuses when it suits us.

But hey, at least we know going in what she thinks.