BARZANI, HEAD OF IRAQI KURDS, DISSES CONDI AND REFUSES TO MEET WITH HER

The BBC is reporting on its web site that Massoud Barzani, leader of the Iraqi Kurds, has refused to meet with Condoleeza Rice because of the support of the U.S. for the Turkish raids inside Iraq against Kurdish militants.

Reports the BBC:

"Iraq's Kurdish leader has refused to meet the US secretary of state because of US tolerance of recent Turkish raids into Iraq, Kurdish officials say.


"Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani had been scheduled to meet Condoleezza Rice in Baghdad.


"Kurdish officials said it was "unacceptable" the US had "authorised Turkey to bomb our villages" on Sunday. "


The refusal of Barzani to meet with Rice just adds to the perception that the Bush/Rice foreign policy is bankrupt and inept. Both of these state actors seem to be conducting U.S. foreign policy without any forethought or planning. It's like, "Let's do this, let's do that," without foreseeing the possible negative consequences. No thought is given to the outcome of their actions. In foreign policy, Bush and Rice are both ingenues. How either one got to the position of power they now hold will remain an enigma, because on their merits both are incompetent.