So, the Brits and the Argentinians are squabbling about the Falklands again (ah, the days of my youth are revisited!). American policy has long been to support the Brits, or at least, to do nothing that would undermine the Brits. The Argentinians want talks over the Falklands, while the Brits say that there is nothing whatsoever to talk about.
So, what does Secretary of State Clinton do? Why, she supports talks.
November 16, 2009 – 5:47 pm
I’ve never understood why Barack Obama chose to make Hillary Clinton his Secretary of State.
November 5, 2009 – 12:40 pm
The question is a pressing one:
November 3, 2009 – 11:02 am
American liberalism has proven remarkably adept at manufacturing an echo chamber for itself on Israel and Palestine. That this also involves the promotion of petulant mediocrities is a price we must all unhappily pay.
October 31, 2009 – 2:21 pm
“We (the United States) tax everything that moves and doesn’t move . . .”
October 19, 2009 – 7:11 am
Hillary Clinton’s exaggerations are no longer surprising, given her comment during the campaign that as First Lady, she landed in Bosnia under sniper fire.
October 10, 2009 – 1:11 pm
“The Nobel Committee’s decision is especially puzzling given that a better alternative was readily apparent. This year, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in Iran braved ferocious official violence to demand their right to vote and to speak freely. Dozens were killed, thousands imprisoned. One of those killed was a young woman named Neda Agha-Soltan; her shooting by thugs working for the Islamist theocracy, captured on video, moved the world.”
August 24, 2009 – 1:26 pm
So reports ABC News, indicating that Leon Panetta is tired of reporting through Admiral Dennis Blair, angry about reports that CIA officials may get prosecuted by the Obama Justice Department, and angry as well about other aspects of his job.
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
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Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board
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Also tagged Barack Obama, Bush Administration, CIA, Dennis Blair, Director of Central Intelligence, George W. Bush, Intelligence Reforms, James Jones, Leon Panetta, National Intelligence Director, National Security, Obama Administration, Robert Gates
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August 4, 2009 – 10:43 am
Don’t buy the breathless predictions that Mr. Clinton’s surprise visit to Pyongyang this week could be our next great diplomatic breakthrough. It won’t be. Instead, it represents a setback for the consistency of U.S. policy toward the North, regardless of whether the former president can bring the two imprisoned journalists home.
With all of the problems China is facing, now is a wonderful time to knock their legs out from under them for our own good and for Asia’s. Different people respond to different kinds of pressure and ideas. Understanding that and taking advantage of it is the first foreign policy duty of any American President.
If Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s true goal is to graciously invite Kim Jong Il into the loving arms of earthly civilization, it’s hard to see how her words this week serve that goal. Then again, maybe dumb diplomacy is the best antidote to what would be an even dumber policy.
