Tuesday 5 February 2013

Hillary Clinton's diplomatic legacy



 Hillary Clinton's getting some credit at the moment for supposedly calling for the arming of Syria's rebels during her time as secretary of state, but why do we only find out now? I think one possible answer is that it just wasn't important to her, because like every other member of the administration, her first priority was always to consider what was best for America, and the business it wants to do.
The two Hillary-sceptics rip apart the Clinton fan here, who ironically gets most inarticulate when talking about how Hillary articulated her vision. Their focus on the failure of Great Power diplomacy isn't the angle I'd choose, but they make a number of points against the image of Clinton as a humanitarian feminist.

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