Earth to Condi

Dear Ms. Rice:

I'm sure you are busy putting that really strange flip in your hair, but perhaps your Department could update the travel warning for Israel. You see, there's a little "scuffle" going on between Israel and Lebanon on the northern border, which isn't really adequately included in your February travel warning for the West Bank and Gaza. In fact, at least six people died today in Haifa, a city that my boyfriend was really excited to go back to on this trip to Israel. I'm just thinking that maybe...just maybe...it would be a good idea to update that travel warning.

I know Bush has been all "buddy-buddy, let's not put limits on Israel" for pretty much his whole administration. So maybe you are concerned about the harm to international tourism that occurs when the State Department issues a warning. Meanwhile, though, there is talk of evacuating Americans from Lebanon. Furthermore, strangely, your travel warning for Lebanon doesn't name Israel as the other player creating the "security situation," while your travel warning for Israel seems to clearly place blame for the instability on Hamas/Palestinian militants. Let's play fair (possibly a foreign concept to you and your boss) and just make sure everyone is as safe and informed as possible, ok, Condi?

Then again, you may just be relying on Fox News to get the word out, what with them basically being part of the Bush administration and all. Or, you might have realized that most intelligent people who would take the time to read a travel warning would just ignore anything put together by the Bush administration anyway.

Sincerely,

DemGoddesses