Susan Rice Skips U.N. Debate: Rice Vacations: Susan Rice Still Wildly Ineffective

No surprise here. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, stayed in Washington...rather than go the U.N. headquarters in New York. She's no dummy. She gets paid the big bucks and get the embossed business card and sends someone else to do her job, and this isn't the first time. To quote Richard Grenell, a former U.N. Ambassador, Rice is "wildly ineffective."

Susan Rice

Rice, who has "delusions" of grandeur wanted to stay home in D.C. for the Memorial Day weekend. She did, and she missed the emergency meeting to lynch Israel for their handling of a sea blockade of Turkish ships trying to get to Gaza or be martyred (as one woman put it). Some were martyred. At this time, none have gotten to Gaza.

Oh well, Rice "was engaged the entire time," her spokesman said. Deputy U.S. Representative Alejandro Wolff filled-in for her, but she pulled the strings throughout the entire 12 hour meeting. She also didn't call an emergency meeting for the U.N. in the awful Haiti crisis. It was apparently her place to do so...but she didn't bother, so U.N. head Ban Ki-Moon had to step in and ask for more troops.

 Susan Rice with Obama and Hillary Clinton

Rice did show up for her glamor spread, photographed by Annie Leibovitz, for Vogue Magazine, however.

Since John Bolton left the position, the U.S. has had zero influence at the U.N. With Rice, our influence is sub-zero.

Rice is still "wildly ineffective" but Vogue thinks "she's got game."

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The Consequences of Refusing to Profile

The consequences of refusing to profile:

The top U.S. diplomat in Pakistan says the Obama administration does not know how many Americans might have disappeared overseas to train with al-Qaida or other terrorist groups.

The number is not thought to be large, but Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson outlined a possible "nightmare scenario" — people holding U.S. passports receiving terrorist training then returning legally to the U.S. to commit violent acts.

She said in a speech Friday to the Pacific Council in Los Angeles that the U.S. is working with Pakistan and other governments to figure out how to identify such people.

She said after the speech "there are more out there than we know about."

Young Arab men flock from the U.S. with their American passports to Islamic countries. They can legally return whenever they want. We have no databases on these men to track a pattern, even though we know all Islamic jihad is waged by young Arab men. The consequences of refusing to profile: we haven't a clue to the identities or numbers of radicalized Americans, but we know they are out there.

Robert Stephen Ford is US Ambassador to Syria

The US, under the Obama administration, is making-nice with Syria. Robert Stephen Ford will serve as US Ambassador to Syrian, the first time we have had an Ambassador in residence inside the rogue country in 4 years. At this time, no official announcement of Ford to the post has been made but many reports say that Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, made the Syrian government aware of the appointment.

From IsraelMatzav:

Ford, an Arabist, is the U.S. deputy ambassador in Iraq. A career diplomat, he has worked previously in Bahrain, Cairo and was U.S. ambassador to Algeria from 2006-2008.

U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley confirmed Washington had sent Damascus the name of a potential nominee but declined to confirm who it was.

"We look forward to restoring our ambassador to Damascus because we think Syria plays a vital role and our bilateral relationship should progress," he said.

"... We will continue to engage Syria to play a more constructive role in the region. We have questions for Syria in terms of its support of extremist groups in the region. But we are committed to advance our relationship."

The US recalled our Syrian Ambassador after the assassination of Lebanon's Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, in the West Bank on February 14th, 2005. Evidence points to Syria being the assassin, although no one will step-up to confirm it.

Here is Reuters giving credit to the Obama administraton for cleaning-up GW Bush's mistakes:

Washington's move marks a significant step in engaging an influential player in the region long at odds with the United States -- a process started by U.S. President Barack Obama soon after he took office a year ago.

By using a softer approach with Syria's ruling elite, Washington is hoping to pull Syria away from Iran, gain its help in stabilizing neighboring Iraq and sideline the Damascus-backed Islamist Palestinian and Lebanese guerrilla groups, Hamas and Hezbollah.

What is the media doesn't get about Syria's support of:

"Damascus-backed Islamist Palestinian and Lebanese guerilla groups, Hamas and Hezbollah?"

Robert Stephen Ford is presently a deputy ambassador to Iraq, and a former ambassador to Algeria. He is a native of Maryland and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service.