We just passed the 40th anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon due to the Watergate scandal. Most people do not remember it, but long before that event, there was always much talk about the "new Nixon". Every few years, Nixon would "reinvent" himself for political reasons. Oh, he never said that it was for political reasons or even admitted that he had changed, but the media was constantly talking about it.
Today we are witnessing the "new Hillary". Mrs. Clinton is running a major public relations campaign to change herself from a loyal Secretary of State who formulated foreign policy with president Obama into an independent Secretary of State who fought against the Obama foreign policy even as she was force to carry it out because she knew, she just knew, that it would lead to all sorts of problems. Clinton has allies in the media who are trying to help her with this transition. Even so, I doubt it will work.
One good example of this push by Hillary is an article by Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic. In the article, we hear for the first time that Mrs. Clinton strongly opposed Obama's inaction in Syria. Hillary wanted to jump in and help the rebels when the uprising/protests against Assad first erupted. She supposedly struggled valiantly but lost the argument when Obama decided not to act. Now, Hillary is telling us that the current success of ISIS is the result of Obama's decision not to act in Syria.
Let's unpack that just a bit. Hillary is trying to avoid the blame for the disaster that is American foreign policy in the Middle East during her tenure as Secretary of State. So now Hillary wants America to believe that she strongly opposed the policy in Syria but did and said nothing about it. Certainly, she did not resign to protest Obama's policy decision, and she doesn't offer a reason for that failure. Maybe, Hillary was too worried about losing her salary as Secretary of State. Remember she and Bill were "dead broke" when she took the office. Why, in the next year after beginning her career at the State Department, Bill and Hillary only had paltry income of roughly twenty million dollars. She must have been worried and counting pennies.
We also know that when the Syrian events were unfolding, Hillary never once said anything to indicate that she wanted to act while Obama did not. Now before you tell me that Hillary, as a cabinet officer, could not really speak publicly against the Obama policy, let me remind you that the Clintons have a network of direct and indirect spokesmen across Washington. It would have been easy for Hillary to have one or more of her henchmen start spreading the news that she opposed the Syria policy. It never happened. Indeed, none of the Clintonistas even said anything to oppose Obama's Syria policy without even mentioning Hillary. Nope, the entire Clinton army of surrogates either was silent or it supported Obama's policy.
The real truth is that Hillary Clinton helped design and execute a foreign policy that has been a disaster. She is correct that had America acted differently, the ISIS threat would be much less and might not even exist at all. The truth, however, is that Hillary is just as much to blame for the current disaster as president Obama. She needs to understand that she will not be able to lie her way out of this one.
Today we are witnessing the "new Hillary". Mrs. Clinton is running a major public relations campaign to change herself from a loyal Secretary of State who formulated foreign policy with president Obama into an independent Secretary of State who fought against the Obama foreign policy even as she was force to carry it out because she knew, she just knew, that it would lead to all sorts of problems. Clinton has allies in the media who are trying to help her with this transition. Even so, I doubt it will work.
One good example of this push by Hillary is an article by Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic. In the article, we hear for the first time that Mrs. Clinton strongly opposed Obama's inaction in Syria. Hillary wanted to jump in and help the rebels when the uprising/protests against Assad first erupted. She supposedly struggled valiantly but lost the argument when Obama decided not to act. Now, Hillary is telling us that the current success of ISIS is the result of Obama's decision not to act in Syria.
Let's unpack that just a bit. Hillary is trying to avoid the blame for the disaster that is American foreign policy in the Middle East during her tenure as Secretary of State. So now Hillary wants America to believe that she strongly opposed the policy in Syria but did and said nothing about it. Certainly, she did not resign to protest Obama's policy decision, and she doesn't offer a reason for that failure. Maybe, Hillary was too worried about losing her salary as Secretary of State. Remember she and Bill were "dead broke" when she took the office. Why, in the next year after beginning her career at the State Department, Bill and Hillary only had paltry income of roughly twenty million dollars. She must have been worried and counting pennies.
We also know that when the Syrian events were unfolding, Hillary never once said anything to indicate that she wanted to act while Obama did not. Now before you tell me that Hillary, as a cabinet officer, could not really speak publicly against the Obama policy, let me remind you that the Clintons have a network of direct and indirect spokesmen across Washington. It would have been easy for Hillary to have one or more of her henchmen start spreading the news that she opposed the Syria policy. It never happened. Indeed, none of the Clintonistas even said anything to oppose Obama's Syria policy without even mentioning Hillary. Nope, the entire Clinton army of surrogates either was silent or it supported Obama's policy.
The real truth is that Hillary Clinton helped design and execute a foreign policy that has been a disaster. She is correct that had America acted differently, the ISIS threat would be much less and might not even exist at all. The truth, however, is that Hillary is just as much to blame for the current disaster as president Obama. She needs to understand that she will not be able to lie her way out of this one.
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