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Hillary Clinton: We Need to “Empathize” With America’s Enemies
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On December 5, 2014 @ 11:00 am In The Point | 69 Comments
Americans who couldn’t get enough of six years of appeasement and pandering to our enemies can get eight more years of the same in 2016.
All they have to do is vote Hillary. Who is Ready for Hillary? Iran, North Korea and Al Qaeda.
Hillary Clinton is taking heat for saying America should “empathize” and show “respect” for its enemies.
The former secretary of State, who is considered a likely 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, made the remarks during a speech Wednesday at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Touting an approach she calls “smart power,” Clinton urged America to use “every possible tool and partner” to advance peace.
This, she said, includes “leaving no one on the sidelines, showing respect even for one’s enemies, trying to understand and insofar as psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view.”
We already know how that works.
After Benghazi, Hillary Clinton promised the father of a murdered SEAL that they would get the man who made the video. And they did. He went to prison for offending Muslims. Meanwhile the Jihadists who did it took over Benghazi and entire Libyan cities.
Obama ran on a “Smart Power” foreign policy. That means trashing our allies and rewarding our enemies. It led to Al Qaeda takeovers of entire countries and an Iranian nuclear program rushing toward doomsday.
It led to widespread contempt for America, to a Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite Hillary’s “Reset Button”. It led to renewed Chinese aggression.
And the only thing Hillary Clinton has to offer is more of the same. This isn’t a new car smell. It’s the smell of a burning building. It’s the odor of toxic gasses in Syria. It’s the stench of American power and influence going up in smoke.
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