“The most important thing I did was to help restore America’s leadership in the world. And I think that was a very important accomplishment. We were flat on our back when I walked in there the first time.
“We were viewed as being untrustworthy, as violating our moral rules and values, as being economically hobbled. And we had to get out there and once again promote American values and pursue our interests and protect national security. Because of the eight years that preceded us — it was the economic collapse, it was two wars, it was the war on terror that led to some very unfortunate, un-American actions being taken. That was my biggest challenge. It was why the president asked me to be secretary of state.”
Oddly, the rest of the world still doesn’t trust us. It’s almost as though Gitmo were still open, we were still torturing, droning, warring…
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So the most important thing she’s done is be on the team of the man who got a Nobel Peace Prize just for not being George Bush. Lots of people are not George Bush, and Obama’s global honeymoon has expired. The policies are just as evil, and the world has caught on to this.
So, Ms Rodham-Clinton, what have you done in public life beyond just being in the room for a golden moment in hollow PR?
It’s right there in her statement: “And we had to get out there and once again promote American values and pursue our interests and protect national security. Because of the eight years that preceded us….”
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Is that so hard to understand?
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