OBAMA AND CLINTON COULD BECOME BEST FOREIGN AFFAIRS TANDEM SINCE JFK AND DEAN RUSK
By Glenn S. Reiner
IN CHOOSING HILLARY CLINTON as his secretary of state, President-Elect Barack Obama again showed his desire to assemble the most powerful and politically-balanced cabinet possible.
Although this decision comes as a surprise to many Democrats and Republicans, as well as political insiders and journalists, at first glance, it could very well go down as perhaps the future president’s smartest move thus far and will undoubtedly improve nations relationship with the international community!
While Clinton is perceived as too independent and politically ambitious to be an effective secretary of state, Obama admire hers talents and experience, as do many other Democrats on Capitol Hill.
The president-elect and his choice for secretary of state might very well represent the most powerful relationship between a chief executive and the nation’s primary diplomat since John F. Kennedy and his point man Dean Rusk, who worked together in resolving the 1962 Cuban missile crisis with the Soviet Union without a single shot being fired.
To this day, I have yet to see stronger duo, including Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, a war monger who developed a reputation inside that administration as a selfish cry baby who continually threatened to resign in order to get his way.
If there any lingering questions remain about Bill and Hillary Clinton’s loyalty to her future boss, they were clearly answered by their unfaltering post-primary commitment to Obama. And it has continued ever since Nov. 4.
I believe the New York senator and soon-to-be nation’s 44th president have created a true partnership and have continued to become obviously closer each day.
To clear the way for Hillary’s nomination, former President Bill Clinton has agreed to make any concessions necessary regarding his Global Initiative — whatever it takes to insure his wife’s and her future employer’s success.
Needless to say, the GOP malcontents will have much to say about this move. But with that party’s credibility at perhaps an all-time low, who is going to listen anyway?
3 responses so far ↓
lynda // November 21, 2008 at 6:16 pm |
Hello!
Parsin // November 29, 2008 at 1:23 pm |
Glenn,
Welcome back again!
To be honest, I am very concerned about Hillary Clinton being the Secretary of State. She has negative views toward middle east and Iran in particular. And also her foreign policy views are different than Obama and I don’t know how they will go along.
Glenn // November 29, 2008 at 9:56 pm |
Actually Parsin, as secretary of state, it will be Hillary’s job to carry out Obama’s foreign policy, not her own. One accepts the job the serve the U.S. selflessly. No personal agendas!
You might remember Colin Powell, Bush’s first secretary of state who carried Bush’s message supporting the Iraqi War. He did his job, then quit after Bush’s first term was up because he couldn’t handle the lies of Bush/Cheney