Hillary Clinton’s Plan To End Iraq War-As A Campaign Issue

July 11th, 2007

From the moment Hillary Rodham Clinton launched her “presidential exploratory committee,” her vote supporting the Iraq war has followed her like the shadow of a White House intern. The Left of the Democratic Party has attacked her, not only for her original pro-war vote, but also Hillary’s hubris in refusing to show contrition for her vote. However, Hillary Clinton has managed an impressive political performance. While maintaining the rectitude of her own vote, by making trivial statements (”if I knew then what I know now…”), she has largely succeeded in deflecting the Democratic Left. Now Hillary has unveiled a “plan” whereby she will end the Iraq war. What sort of plan is it?

In reality, Hillary’s so-called plan is a plan to end Iraq as a negative campaign issue for her. She can now position herself as the anti-war candidate,and will no doubt campaign in the future on the basis of her great plan. But the plan is only great if you have not read it.

In fact, Hillary Clinton apparently had a group of consultants and spin-doctors jury-rig what, in essense, is a campaign marketing document, and not a thoughtful strategic plan. It is superficial, and perhaps ignores the most important challenge in ending the Iraq tragedy for America. This disaster unfolded because of a critical failure in American political leadership. Hillary Clinton was part of that leadership failure. A serious plan dealing with Iraq would go further than troop redeployments and meaningless phrases about international conferences and responsibility. It would analyze what went wrong with American decision making, and how such a catastrophe can be prevented in the future. However, a serious plan addressing that aspect of the Iraq calamity would have to recommend that politicians who failed America by voting to empower Bush to unleash an irrational war, including Hillary Clinton, must be excluded from senior posiitons of national leadership, including the presidency.

Entry Filed under: Sheldon Filger, Author:"Hillary Clinton Nude"

3 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Heidi  |  July 11th, 2007 at 4:55 pm

    I don’t trust Senator Clinton to bring the troops home from Iraq, since she was partly responsible for sending them there.

  • 2. Porter  |  July 11th, 2007 at 10:01 pm

    Mrs. Hillary Clinton will get us out of Iraq the way her husband got us out of Kosovo.

  • 3. bill o wright  |  July 13th, 2007 at 7:30 pm

    a massive failure of political leadership?….sounds more like a massive consideration/reaction to potential massive encroachment of euros upon petro dollar hegemony….as may be the possible case in iran…..call a spade a spade….we are w/o a permanent money supply…..not only need iraq….then iran….syria?…afgan?….thin out the military and break the bank….that’s her agenda….she is not alone….adieu

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