If Hillary Clinton wants to be president, you sure wouldn’t know it by listening to what she has to say at her $300 thousand-a-pop speaking engagements.
Presidential wannabe Hillary Clinton says we should respect, understand and empathize with our enemy. (APphoto)
At Georgetown University on Wednesday, Clinton spoke on the use of every possible tool in what she terms “Smart Power,” including “showing respect for one’s enemies, trying to understand, and insofar as is psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view …” Media supporters were quick in their attempt to provide cover for her, insisting her remark was off the cuff. Not so. A viewing of the speech shows her referring to her script.
There’s no record of her utilizing “Smart Power” with the terrorists who, for five months, warned her of an attack on U.S. assets in Benghazi. Nor did she meet with the Internet video maker who she insisted be jailed as the perpetrator of the attack.
Hillary Clinton seems to think we should respect and try to understand our enemies. Does anyone believe she could stop the public hangings in Iran? (droi.wordpress.com)
How can she possibly believe she is qualified to be president of our United States? Four Americans died in Benghazi on her watch as secretary of state. Is it possible she hasn’t heard of the beheadings and the mass executions by ISIL in Iraq, and the public hangings in Iran? Could it be that “Smart Power” gives the user selected amnesia?
I am reminded of then candidate for president Barack Obama who said, “The day I’m inaugurated, not only the country looks at itself differently, but the world looks at American differently. If I’m reaching out to the Muslim world they understand that I’ve lived in a Muslim country and I may be a Christian, but I also understand their point of view. I think the world will have confidence that I am listening to them and that our future and our security is tied up with our ability to work with other countries in the world that will ultimately make us safer.”
We don’t need another weak-kneed appeaser as our president. Peace through strength.
And she wants to be president, Parts 1-7, can be found in the blog archives.
