‘Bamas’ appointment of Clinton as secretary of state may become problematic. Some commentators fear that it opens up for palace wars and moreover that she is more hawkish and generally less tolerant than Obama. But Obama will make sure that everyone knows who’s the president and expectations of what he actually can and want to do foreign policy wise — for instance in regard Palestine and Israel — should perhaps not be too high anyway, with or without Clinton. The appointment however may be seen as a sign that Obama will do what he has promised and take diplomacy and the revival of US soft power seriously. Clinton may not have substantial foreign policy experience but she is known figure, she allegedly has charisma (something which I haven’t noticed) and has a lot of contacts around the world. So if the two can work together and also cooperate with Pentagon this might help the return of soft power, and a decrease of hard power abuse.
December 1, 2008
Clinton’s appointment as secretary of state
Posted by Fabio under The world and USA | Tags: clinton, diplomacy, Hillary, Obama, Secretary of state, soft power |[2] Comments
December 1, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Why is everyone obsessed with Israel/”Palestine”?!
israel is not governed by the US, and the Palestinians know very well what they have to do in order for the peace negotiations to take lave (end terror, recognize Israel and existing agreements).
There are other problems in the world than the so called Palestinian issue. They have got a “democratically” elected government that bombs Israeli villages on a daily basis. Nothing will change unless theose Islamic terroists stop what they are doing.
December 2, 2008 at 2:32 am
Mind Your manners young man. It’s totally unacceptable to wrap Palestine with glyphs while at the same time require that Palestinians recognize Israel.