Abu Mazen's Chutzpa; Rice's Cowardice

'Moderate Palestinian President' Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen called US Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice on Friday to ask her to press Israel to 'stop escalating tensions.'According to Al-AP, in the telephone conversation Friday, Abbas called for US intervention on behalf of the Palestinians to get Israel to stop launching airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh said.You would