(December 1, 2008 - Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images North America)
So as President Obama prepares for the side show that will be the UN Security Council meeting next week, it is clear that he has sent out our Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to play the role of bad cop with Iran. While his rhetoric has been rather soft on the rogue nation, Clinton is not mincing words.
This is nothing more than an attempt to hold on to whatever credibility that this administration may have in the world by sicking our bulldog on the Iranians to show the world that we are still tough on Tehran. What a joke. Obama just calls upon Clinton whenever he wants to be seen as “tough” on anything, because he knows she will use language that gets attention and her name in the paper – and thus gives the administration full deniability – especially as the President speaks in much softer tones. Its a sad little side show these two have. I bet she’s wishing she would have stayed in Congress right about now.
FoxNews WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that Iran’s refusal to prove that its nuclear intentions are peaceful has “profound consequences” for world security.
Clinton said the Obama administration’s offer to engage with Iran remains on the table, but Tehran faces new penalties and greater isolation unless it complies with demands that it be forthcoming about its plans.
She also said that time is running out for the country to show it is serious about addressing concerns about its nuclear program and that the matter would be a top priority at next week’s United Nations General Assembly session.
“Iran’s continued failure to live up to its obligations carries profound consequences for the security of the United States and our allies,” Clinton said in a speech at the Brookings Institution that previewed the administration’s agenda for the U.N. meeting. “Our concern is not Iran’s right to develop peaceful nuclear energy, but its responsibility to demonstrate that its program is intended exclusively for peaceful purposes.”
At the United Nations, Clinton will meet with her counterparts from the other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France and Russia — along with Germany — to plot a way forward on Iran. The six nations have offered Iran incentives to halt activities that could lead to development of atomic weapons.
“Our message will be clear: we are serious and we will soon see if the Iranians are serious,” Clinton said, adding that the U.S. will work with its partners to keep up the pressure on Iran.
Hillary is a badass. I think her politics are generally off center and leaning to the Left but she is a hawk on foreign policy. I know its picking the lesser of two evils, but god I wish she would have got the nomination and not him. What were democrats thinking?
Shes a badass? Shes a bad apple. We should be grateful we got obama and not her. at least he is waaaayyyy on the left. She just secretly is