Right
now, we are knee deep in the screening process not specifically labeled as such
wherein a name is floated around by a president as a possible nominee for a
cabinet position.
The
position in question is Secretary of State as it is widely known Hillary
Clinton will not be staying in the job much longer.
The
rumors are President Obama would love to nominate Susan Rice, UN Ambassador,
Democratic Party apparatchik, and Obama crony to the position but this would be
a huge mistake and the final nail in the coffin for those who believe that
Obama is any sort of foreign policy progressive with any real belief in
international law.
Let
me just say that the main reason she’s being criticized now by Republicans, her
actions during the Benghazi terrorist attack, are bullshit. Her job was as a mouthpiece only and she had
no direct authority in the Benghazi terrorist attack which was itself a slip-up
not a great scandal. If Bush can
completely miss 09/11 and then launch a war based on a lie against Iraq I don’t
see how this is anything worth such an intense investigation. Oh I also don’t see the colossal cover-up the
Republicans have alleged. More a matter of semantic games between two corrupt political parties.
Anyway,
plenty of people have laid out the reasons Rice should not be SOS.
Here
are some links
Genocide
enabler in Rwanda, practicing the amoral crimes against humanity style of realpolitk in
Africa
Supporter
of dictatorships across Africa especially in Ethiopia
Vocal
supporter of Middle East wars, a hawk and a neo-conservative
Typical
Israel supporter, Tried to kill probe of Gaza war crimes
What’s
discouraging is immediately after besting Mitt Romney handily instead of going for
someone who believes in human rights and other humane and just ideas lost first
in the Cold War and now in the so called “war on terror”, Obama is considering
nominating a more politically correct John Bolton in a dress. Makes you wonder about Obama’s real beliefs. I thought I was charitable saying he was an
empty suit but his foreign policy as envisioned could be much more darker (and
conservative).
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