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Topic: With Hillary Clinton’s dash to Middle East, Obama signals a shift in his approach |
With Hillary Clinton’s dash to Middle East, Obama signals a shift in his approach
Washington Post, by Anne Gearan
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 11/20/2012 9:48:09 PM
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| President Obama’s decision to send his top diplomat on an emergency Mideast peacemaking mission Tuesday marked a shift to a more activist role in the region’s affairs and clues to how he may use the political elbow room afforded by a second term. The move could pay dividends quickly if Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton helps arrange an end to the conflict between Israel and Hamas. She was scheduled to head to Cairo on Wednesday for talks with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi following consultations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Kurto, 11/20/2012 9:59:52 PM (No. 9026736)
Nice try to anoint and glorify hellary, but the truce and ceasefire negotiations failed, miserably.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
LittleHoodedMonk, 11/20/2012 10:04:07 PM (No. 9026741)
FTA: ´´The administration knows it would be much harder for Netanyahu to make good on his threat to invade Gaza while Clinton is on the ground trying to resolve the crisis.´´
The SOS is only there for a day. What exactly is Herself stopping, other than my colon every time I see a picture of Hillary? She´s suppose to be back on our shores by early Thanksgiving morning.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Aria, 11/20/2012 10:08:47 PM (No. 9026743)
Gee, I thought this was a way to keep her from testifying about Obama´s gross negligence in the death of Americans
Not to mention what evidence do we have that Hillary is capable of succeeding - what has she done that we can point to and say - oh yes, send her????
I´ve asked this question over and over - what has Hillary accomplished - seriously? Can anyone point to one thing she has done to justify the money this country is spending for her to fly all over the world with her entourage?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Italiano, 11/20/2012 10:12:58 PM (No. 9026745)
You know that they´re laughing at her, and him.
And disregarding them both.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
geekrunner, 11/20/2012 10:17:28 PM (No. 9026750)
The only reason she´s sent over there to broker a cease-fire is because Hamas was getting it´s rear-end kicked. If Israel was on the losing end, I bet she wouldn´t have been in a big hurry to get over there.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Pearson365, 11/20/2012 10:20:51 PM (No. 9026754)
HRC is returning to DC from Australia & Cambodia with a brief stopover in Israel & Egypt. Only the WaPo could write that this brief stopover could "end the conflict between Israel & Hamas". Why would Hamas want to end its war against the Jewish state? If Hamas wanted to end hostilities in exchange for a better life for the Palestinian people, it would have not have accepted Iranian missiles and arms. Hamas, Hezbollah and their ilk want absolute power, and are prepared to kill and be killed not matter what our roving Secretary of State has to say.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
reddfroge, 11/20/2012 10:33:01 PM (No. 9026772)
and, I thought ´Aunt Bee´ was a hideous SofS. Clinton is beyond the worst....she is turning out to be just a drunk with too much attitude.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
grounded, 11/20/2012 10:46:44 PM (No. 9026796)
Given Hill´s Pali sympathies, Bibi would be wisw to trust her about as far as he could heave her wide caboose.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Aria, 11/20/2012 11:23:04 PM (No. 9026828)
This is a religious war of hateful demons against modern civilization. Until the demons are taken out no witch who gained power by being married to an ex-impeached POTUS will make a sliver of a difference.
Too many people forget how completely disgusting Hillary is. What an arrogant person who thinks she´s entitled to be on the world stage. Humility is unknown to her and her ilk.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Emerson, 11/20/2012 11:33:08 PM (No. 9026842)
Keeping her away from Congressional committee hearings. She looks as though she´d love to come home and get a shower, maybe have her hair done. But when? Only The Won knows.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
gracepmc, 11/21/2012 12:41:02 AM (No. 9026882)
Hillary to the ME -- much like Obama going to NY during Hurricane Sandy. Photo op. All show, no substance. Besides right now Hillary is like a woman without a country. She is just flying around without touching down in the US. You can run, but you cannot hide.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NotaBene, 11/21/2012 1:56:43 AM (No. 9026916)
Seems that Hussein made a deal with Bill Clinton to get Monica´s Boyfriend´s Wife elected. We should have demonized her when we could. Democrats and idiots are still convinced that the stagnant economy is Bush´s fault. We also made a mistake in not defending Bush who was a great President. And Romney was an excellent candidate.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/21/2012 3:44:08 AM (No. 9026936)
The left is highly energetic and enthused over Hillary being the first woman president,make no mistake about it. In fact they don´t even want to endure 4 more years of Obama.Tomorrow would be a good day for Hillary to start being president.
Accomplishing anything has never mattered to the left,only symbolism matters to these people.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Nimby, 11/21/2012 4:10:17 AM (No. 9026947)
He has he has no power, so he sends Hillary hoping that some of Bill Clinton´s influence may rub off?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 11/21/2012 6:52:09 AM (No. 9027081)
I´m confused. I thought the Pali´s only knew how to throw rocks at their enemies. /s
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
kanphil, 11/21/2012 11:14:08 AM (No. 9027621)
With his Cairo speech, and his meddling in the internal affairs of Egypt and Libya, Elephant Ears has set the stage for the entire Middle East to explode. Maybe he has belatedly realized how bad this will make him look in the future. At some point all politicians start to worry about their "legacy".
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