[Peace-discuss] Liberals to the right of the administration

[Morton K. Brussel]

 From what I can see, she's worse than her husband; both were/are  
unscrupulous, unprincipled, politicians, but I think that he had a  
little more empathy for the downtrodden.

-mkb

On Jan 19, 2006, at 3:34 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> [While paleo-conservatives are correctly warning against the
> criminal folly of an attack on Iran (I posted an example
> earlier), Clinton is trying to out-do the administration in
> belligerence (like Obama) -- and as usual saying shameful
> things about the Palestinians.  It's a disgusting sight.  (An
> editor of this story may have thought so, too: the web-version
> carried the unexplained note, "This Web update is not part of
> The Daily Princetonian's annual joke issue"...) --CGE]
>
>   Dailyprincetonian.com
>   Wednesday, January 18, 2006
>   Sen. Clinton calls for sanctions against Iran: 'New vision
>   and leadership' needed for U.S. policy in Mideast
>   Ross Liemer
>   Princetonian Staff Writer
>
>     Repeatedly referring to a need for "new vision and
> leadership" in U.S. policy toward the Middle East, Sen.
> Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) called Wednesday for United
> Nations sanctions against Iran and further global advances in
> women's rights, and urged optimism for a peaceful resolution
> to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
>
>     "We cannot and should not — must not — permit Iran to
> build or acquire nuclear weapons," Clinton said in a speech
> before a capacity crowd in Richardson Auditorium. (See full
> text.) "In order to prevent that from occurring, we must have
> more support vigorously and publicly expressed by China and
> Russia, and we must move as quickly as feasible for sanctions
> in the United Nations."
>
>     Though never mentioning President Bush by name, Clinton
> strongly criticized the current administration's policy toward
> Iran. "I believe that we lost critical time in dealing with
> Iran because the White House chose to downplay the threats and
> to outsource the negotiations," Clinton said.
>
>     The United States, which severed formal diplomatic ties
> with Iran in 1980, has relied on the United Kingdom, France
> and Germany to negotiate on its behalf in the standoff over
> Iran's nuclear program. Tensions were ratcheted up last week
> when Iran announced that it would resume uranium enrichment
> research, saying it has a right to operate a civilian nuclear
> program.
>
>     The United States and European partners have joined
> together in condemning Iran's latest action. "The Iranians
> want to make this about their rights. It's not about their
> rights," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said
> Wednesday during a speech at Georgetown University. "It's
> about the ability of the international system to trust them
> with the capabilities and technologies that could lead to a
> nuclear weapon."
>
>     Like Bush, a tough-talking Clinton left open the
> possibility of military action against Iran if it sought to
> acquire nuclear weapons. "We cannot take any option off the
> table in sending a clear message to the current leadership of
> Iran that they will not be permitted to acquire nuclear
> weapons," Clinton said.
>
>     Clinton also criticized recent remarks by Iranian
> President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that questioned Israel's right
> to exist and described the Holocaust as a "myth." Ahmadinejad
> "is moving to create his own nuclear reality in line with his
> despicable rewriting of history," she said.
>
>     Clinton spoke as part the year-long 75th anniversary
> celebrations for the Wilson School and the school's formal
> announcement of the new S. Daniel Abraham Chair in Middle East
> Policy Studies. Danny Abraham, who endowed the faculty
> position, and Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to
> Israel and Egypt and the first holder of the chair (see
> related story), were both present for Clinton's address.
>
>     Clinton, believed to be a Democratic front-runner for the
> 2008 presidential election, peppered her speech with
> references to the idealism of the President Woodrow Wilson
> 1879 and the founders of the University's Wilson School. The
> United States today, Clinton said, needs "the ability to hold
> fast to our core principles and to rise with new solutions to
> the challenges of our time."
>
>     "We need the founders' understanding that a stronger
> America comes from strengthened bonds with other nations and
> we need something else the Wilson School has always had: a
> commitment to competence and common sense over ideology and
> partisanship," Clinton said.
>
> War in Iraq
>
>     Addressing the Iraq war, Clinton said that while she does
> not support an immediate withdrawal of troops, she also does
> not believe in an "open-ended commitment without limits or end."
>
>     If the newly-elected Iraqi government is successful, she
> said, the military presence should be reduced to "a smaller
> contingent in safe areas, with greater intelligence and
> quick-strike capabilities."
>
>     "This will help us stabilize the new Iraqi government. It
> will send a message to Iran, that they do not have a free hand
> in Iraq," Clinton said. "It will also send a message to Israel
> and our other allies, like Jordan, that we will continue to do
> what we can to provide the stability necessary to prevent the
> terrorists from getting any further foothold than they
> currently have."
>
>     In a thinly-veiled barb against the Bush administration,
> whose prewar intelligence on Iraq has been largely
> discredited, Clinton said, "It will not further our common
> goals or American ideals if we veer form evidence-based
> decision making, substituting instead ideology and arrogance."
>
> Israel-Palestine
>
>     Turning to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Clinton said
> the United States must guarantee both Israel's security and a
> "better future" for the Palestinians.
>
>     Though Clinton recalled a meeting with former Israeli
> Prime Minister Shimon Peres when they discussed Israel's
> responsibility to provide Palestinians with economic
> opportunity, she reserved most of her criticism for the
> current Palestinian leadership.
>
>     "No more excuses for the Palestinians," Clinton said.
> "They have to demonstrate clearly and unequivocally their
> commitment to a peaceful future and they have to also
> demonstrate their ability to deliver services to their people."
>
>     Upcoming Israeli and Palestinian elections will be pivotal
> to the region's future, Clinton added. But "what is not on a
> ballot and cannot be put into question is Israel's right to
> exist and exist in safety," Clinton said.
>
>     Historical grudges present an unnecessary impediment to
> lasting peace among the Israelis and Palestinians, Clinton
> added. "What we have tried to do over the last 30 years,
> starting with President Carter, moving through other
> presidents including my husband, now this president, is to
> send a uniquely American message: It can get better, just get
> over it."
>
> Women's rights
>
>     Clinton also spent several minutes discussing women's
> rights, which she described as essential for progress in the
> Middle East. She was cautiously optimistic of advances in
> women's rights in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Morocco, Bahrain and
> Saudi Arabia, acknowledging that while progress had been made,
> major obstacles to gender equity remained.
>
>     "I remember speaking out against the mistreatment of women
> by the Taliban in Afghanistan in the 1990s. It wasn't an issue
> that demanded a lot of attention in our country because it
> seemed so far away and disconnected form the everyday concerns
> of most Americans," Clinton said.
>
>     But, Clinton argued, sexism and misogyny are inextricable
> from the ideology of the Al Qaeda terrorists who attacked the
> United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
>
>     And though the United States should seek to advance values
> such as women's rights and democracy, the nation must act with
> humility, Clinton said.
>
>     "Any discussion of the Middle East, or really any part of
> the world, requires that Americans educate ourselves and
> understand the cultures with which we are dealing in order to
> be successful in advocating for these common goals and
> values," she said.
>
>     The evening did little to dispel speculation that Clinton
> will run for president in 2008.
>
>     In her opening remarks, Wilson School dean Anne-Marie
> Slaughter '80 quipped, "It is my honor and my pleasure to
> introduce the first woman president ... of Princeton,"
> eliciting laughter from Clinton and loud applause before
> University President Shirley Tilghman took the stage to
> introduce Clinton.
>
>     After her speech, Clinton thanked students "for coming out
> tonight in the midst of finals."
>
>     "I don't mind at all being an excuse for procrastination,"
> she joked, "but I can't keep going too much longer without
> fear of being blamed for whatever may befall you if you do not
> go back and study."
>
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