WASHINGTON: The United States must look past the violence and extremism that has erupted after the "Arab Spring" revolutions and boost support for the region's young democracies to forge long-term security, secretary of state Hillary Clinton said on Friday.Wow. She's managed to make fake "young democracies" where sharia is in ascendance sound like, say, California. That being so, "forge"--in the sense of creating something fake, inauthentic, unreal--is the perfect word for what's been happening in the region.
Clinton, seeking to reinforce the Obama administration's Middle East policy following a wave of anti-American violence and last month's deadly attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya, said Washington cannot be deterred by "the violent acts of a small number of extremists."
"We recognize that these transitions are not America's to manage, and certainly not ours to win or lose," Clinton said in a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.
"But we have to stand with those who are working every day to strengthen democratic institutions, defend universal rights, and drive inclusive economic growth. That will produce more capable partners and more durable security over the long term."...
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Post-Benghazi, Hillary Still Toes Obama's Specious "Arab Spring" Line
How she can say this stuff without erupting in peals of hysterical, Bidenesque laughter is nigh impossible to fathom:
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