Posted by Dan Ewert : 9/18/2003 12:10:00 AM (Archive Link)
10 Questions for Madeline Albright

Time magazine often has a piece in which they ask a notable ten questions… not nine, not eleven, but ten. Ten often silly questions with no follow-up. Maddy was no different. First read the actual article and then come back here and let me you give you the real meat of what her answers were.

Question 1: About the score settling.
Answer: I’d rather settle scores with the Bush administration.

Question 2: Did Clinton neglect the Al Qaeda threat?
Answer: No. Ok, kinda. Alright, yes. I mean, we just threw a few missiles around. Bush hasn’t found bin Laden with 8,000 troops, so we sure as heckfire didn’t come close.

Question 3: Should we have invaded Iraq?
Answer: Yes, we really should have. Did I say that? Uhhh… maybe we shouldn’t have. Hold on a second.
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I’d have to give the default answer that the whole thing has been mishandled.
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Question 4: Has the war made terrorism better or worse?
Answer: I’m going to lie and say the administration immediately tied Saddam to 9/11 even though every single official has taken great pains never to make such a claim. Ties to terrorism and Al Qaeda, yes, but not to 9/11 specifically. Aside from that, they said Iraq was a hotbed of terrorism. That’s not the way I saw it but I don’t feel compelled to tell you why. Now it really is a breeding ground for terrorists since that swell Saddam is gone. [Breeding ground, no. Bug zapper, yes]

Question 5: What should the U.S. do next?
Answer: Frankly, if there were a President Gore, we wouldn’t be in this particular mess. We’d be in a wholly different and far worse mess bordering on being screwed. But now that we’re here, we can’t fail. Let’s stay in control in Iraq but let the UN mess things up through leeching the country and through bureaucratic mismanagement.

Question 6: Bush started out as “Anything But Clinton” but now is closer to your approach because he wants the UN’s help administering aid in Iraq. That’s it. So everything is so Clinton. Do you ever gloat?
Answer: No, I’m much too kind and generous a person. Tee-hee. Wink, wink.

Question 7: Has Bush been right to sideline Arafat?
Answer: Arafat’s a bad man. He’s not a force for good which means that he must be a force for evil. So Bush was obviously wrong to sideline a bad man who’s a force for evil when it comes to peace settlements.

Question 8: Is Sharon a big obstacle to peace?
Answer: Yes. Really, though, it’s all up to the U.S. to make sure everything happens properly in Israel. It’s all our responsibility. Since things aren’t happening properly, that means it’s our fault. No, it’s the administration’s fault. Hey, look at me! I was able to get in another dig on Bush.

Question 9: What was it like being a female Sec. of State?
Answer: I made a lot of friends. Summer camp at the UN was great. Oh, and I brought up women’s issues. Didn’t really accomplish anything, though.

Question 10: What about those pins, Maddy?!
Answer: Thanks for a question for a question that has even more fluff than the last one! I gots lots. We traded them at the UN summer camp.