Hillary and History : Thomas Sowell

Hillary and History : Thomas Sowell

There are no sure things in politics, but Hillary Clinton is the closest thing to a sure thing to become the Democrats' candidate for president in 2016.
This is one of the painful but inescapable signs of our time. There is nothing in her history that would qualify her for the presidency, and much that should disqualify her. What is even more painful is that none of that matters politically. Many people simply want "a woman" to be president, and Hillary is the best-known woman in politics, though by no means the best qualified.

What is Hillary's history? In the most important job she has ever held -- Secretary of State -- American foreign policy has had one setback after another, punctuated by disasters.

U.S. intervention in Libya and Egypt, undermining governments that were no threat to American interests, led to Islamic extremists taking over in Egypt and terrorist chaos in Libya, where the American ambassador was killed, along with three other Americans.

Fortunately, the Egyptian military has gotten rid of that country's extremist government that was persecuting Christians, threatening Israel and aligning itself with our enemies. But that was in spite of American foreign policy.

In Europe, as in the Middle East, our foreign policy during Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State was to undermine our friends and cater to our enemies.

The famous "reset" in our foreign policy with Russia began with the Obama administration reneging on a pre-existing American commitment to supply defensive technology to shield Poland and the Czech Republic from missile attacks. This left both countries vulnerable to pressures and threats from Russia -- and left other countries elsewhere wondering how much they could rely on American promises.

Even after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Obama administration refused to let the Ukrainians have weapons with which to defend themselves. President Obama, like other presidents, has made his own foreign policy. But Hillary Clinton, like other Secretaries of State, had the option of resigning if she did not agree with it. In reality, she shared the same flawed vision of the world as Obama's when they were both in the Senate.

Both of them opposed the military "surge" in Iraq, under General David Petraeus, that defeated the terrorists there. Even after the surge succeeded, Hillary Clinton was among those who fiercely denied initially that it had succeeded, and sought to discredit General Petraeus, though eventually the evidence of the surge's success became undeniable, even among those who had opposed it.                                                                        http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2015/06/23/hillary-and-history-n2015842/page/full

Re: Hillary and History : Thomas Sowell

Doofie I had to laugh at the opening statement that she made on Roosevelet Island in New York City earlier this month about her being the only "qualified woman"

Yep she is the only "qualified woman" and fact being she is the ONLY woman. Now you know what saddens me the most? And this is not meant to be an insult because you are a woman but Hitlery is going to get elected just like Obama did the first time. People elected him because he was black and felt that now was the time for a black president. Well people are going to vote for Hitlery because they fell now is the time for a woman President.

The entire country knows that Hitlery is a liar. The entire country knows that Hitlery is a crook. The entire country know that Hitlery is NOT PRESIDENT MATERIAL but they are going to put her in office any way....MARK MY WORDS Doofie.l

Look deep in the eyes of a man and you can tell what truth if any is in his heart - My Apache Grandfather...Gosheven