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In reply to the discussion: Clinton fears efforts to 're-Sovietize' in Europe [View all]David__77
(23,364 posts)34. I'll admit I haven't been a Clinton fan...
However, I was honestly surprised by the wording here. I know that certain neo-conservative forces had a little affinity for her, but thought and think that's mainly a one-way street - they hope she would become a modern Scoop Jackson. Here, she sounded the part.
The global projection of ideology under the signboard of "socialism" by the old Soviet Union or the signboard of "democracy" by the US now strikes me as innately cynical. Is it really too much to ask that a state, a country, articulate basic, openly-stated principles for international relations and then stick to them consistently?
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Bet she's warming the hearts of aging cold warriors everywhere with that term
BeyondGeography
Dec 2012
#2
Guess we shouldn't have made fun of those GOP foreign policy advisors after all...
malthaussen
Dec 2012
#3
Well, I found it interesting when the Bush admin. promoted "union rights" in Iraq.
David__77
Dec 2012
#9
Just like Reagan did in Poland and than squashed the Air Traffic Controllers here. nt
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#32
Yes, I'm sure Vladimir Putin has no intent to dominate his neighbors there.
geek tragedy
Dec 2012
#7
"Saudi Arabia is great, Russia is bad" That's been the Bush-Clinton program going back to the '80s.
leveymg
Dec 2012
#30
Time for me to learn some history about how the Russian empire was formed the first go around
Politicub
Dec 2012
#14
Considering domestic drones, Bradley manning, and the hounding of Julian Assange maybe we could...
JVS
Dec 2012
#15
She fears? Yea, we've got to prop up the military-industrial complex somehow.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#19
"Liberal internationalism" is liberal and international and was practiced by FDR and
pampango
Dec 2012
#33