Hillary the Hawk Spreads Her Wings
Hillary … manages to utter the most vicious lines in a carefully modulated monotone. … That’s her style: paragraphs of boilerplate and bromides, interspersed with flashes of demagoguery.
“The United States is an exceptional nation,” … “And part of what makes America an exceptional nation, is that we are also an indispensable nation. … we are also an indispensable nation. In fact, we are the indispensable nation.”
She’s citing … Madeleine Albright, who told interviewer Matt Lauer on “The Today Show”: ”If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation.” … The irony … is … the context: … Bill Clinton had announced his intention to start bombing Iraq, which – we were told – had “weapons of mass destruction.” Economic sanctions were squeezing the life out of Iraq’s women, children, and elderly – a crime Madame Albright told Lesley Stahl was “worth it.” …
Hillary defines “American exceptionalism” in terms of an exceptional arrogance. … [Not] that our system is uniquely libertarian … the American Revolution was a … torch of human freedom … What she means is that we have not only the right but … responsibility to intervene in every conflict, no matter how far from our shores or how removed from our actual interests. …
This nonsense about our “unparalleled ability to be a force for peace and progress” demonstrates either ignorance of history, or else contempt for it. … every empire has always thought of itself as “a force for peace and progress” whose abilities were “unparalleled.” … hubris is always punished. …
“No matter how hard it gets, no matter how great the challenge, America must lead.” This is crazy: there is no other word for it. Is she saying that we must pursue this ephemeral “leadership” no matter what the costs? Should we bankrupt the country … This isn’t “leadership” – it’s recklessness.
Hillary is quite correct when she avers that “No other country in the world has alliances like ours” – … our alliances – actually, client state relationships – span the globe … we pay them for the privilege of protecting them. Billions of taxpayer dollars are shipped overseas in military and economic aid … And part of the costs … of our empire of “allies” is that there are countless tripwires all across [NSA] the globe … The territorial integrity of Lower Slobbovia, Upper Volta, and every little Balkans backwater is our responsibility to uphold and defend …
The American people don’t think so … They want to start putting America first – not Ukraine, not Syria, but this country. And if that be “isolationism,” then so be it.
Toward the end of her speech, Hillary really bares her fangs … “You’ve seen reports. Russia’s hacked into a lot of things. China’s hacked into a lot of things. Russia even hacked into the Democratic National Committee, maybe even some state election systems. So, we’ve got to step up our game. Make sure we are well defended and able to take the fight to those who go after us. As President, I will make it clear, that the United States will treat [accusations of] cyber-attacks just like any other attack. We will be ready with serious political, economic and military responses.”
If that isn’t a veiled threat to attack Russia in retaliation for their alleged “cyber-attacks” on the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton Foundation, then what is she trying to say?
This should scare the bejesus out of “liberals” and others on the left who have been scammed into jumping on the Clinton bandwagon … Are we really going to start World War III in order to avenge the honor of Debbie Wasserman Schultz? Given how problematic attribution is in the case of cyber-attacks, this threat of “military action” makes Dr. Strangelove look sane. … this threat shows that Hillary in quite simply unhinged. … If Hillary Clinton doesn’t scare you, then you aren’t paying attention.