Condi Rice awarded the fickle finger of fate

So, what's going on? Is Israel really flashing the bird to Condi? This is really weird. Condi, not Israel, announces that Israel is going to halt the bombing campaign for 48 hours. Israel barely confirms that decision. Next, Israel is bombing once again.

JERUSALEM - Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, hours after agreeing to temporarily halt raids while investigating a bombing that killed nearly 60 Lebanese civilians, mostly women and children seeking shelter.

With this kind of diplomacy, it's no wonder W doesn't believe in diplomacy. Or, perhaps, the casue and effect works the other way. When you don't believe in diplomacy, you don't practice it well. A bit like when you don't believe in government, you don't run the government well.