Praise for Avigdor Lieberman by Hillary Clinton

[shaayecanaan]

From a recent speech by Hillary Clinton:-

So, when I meet with these young people, particularly – I’ve been with young people in Tunis and Tripoli, in Cairo and Alexandria – a lot of them are very excited about what lies ahead, but quite worried that the leaders they have in place now will not be able to deliver the changes that they are seeking. And one of our problems is that when you think about who the leaders are, there aren’t political parties that create a Tzipi Livni or an Ehud Olmert or Avigdor Lieberman.

So there you are, the problem with the Arab world is that it just doesn't have a politician of the calibre of Avigdor Lieberman, apparently.

I must admit, moments like this make me glad that Obama was elected to the presidency rather than Clinton. I would find it very difficult to imagine Obama making a similar remark.

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/11/201343.htm

Also on mondoweiss:-

http://mondoweiss.net/2012/12/america-and-israel-are-in-it-together-clinton-declares-and-not-a-word-about-settlements.html

[Mosby]

1. I hope she runs in 2016

She would be a great POTUS.

[King_David]

4. +1

[oberliner]

2. Hilary Clinton would be brutally savaged here

As would Barack Obama.

Both of them would be attacked for their support of <gasp> Zionism.

[King_David]

3. Sad but true nt

[shaayecanaan]

8. Yes, and on a number of grounds, I would assume...

- their mutual opposition to single-payer healthcare, for instance.

Still, there is a cynical, opportunistic streak in both of the Clintons that I do not as readily perceive in Barack Obama.

[oberliner]

9. This is the I/P forum

When I said "here" I was referring to this forum.

[King_David]

5. On Mondoweis too huh ?

LOL

[Catherina]

6. One word: "wow" n/t

[azurnoir]

7. hey it seems Hillary has a new found fan base here funny they weren't saying that last week

when she implored Bibi not to be mean to Palestinians but now that she supports Avigdor Lieberman she's the next POTUS interesting

[oberliner]

10. She doesn't support Avigdor Lieberman

Though I realize that is the angle the Mondoweiss-ers are going for.

[LeftishBrit]

11. My reading is that she was not actually supporting Avigdor Lieberman, but was praising the Israeli

democracy and party system that creates these diverse parties. Perhaps she genuinely does; perhaps it's diplomat-speak.

Personally I do NOT support the Israeli type of party system with almost pure PR; and think it's as much a distortion of pure democracy as the complete lack of PR in the UK for eaample. And having Lieberman as foreign secretary is an utter disaster.

I think Clinton is also supporting the Arab spring, but worried that some of it will be 'meet the new boss, same as the old boss' - it does look like it may be going that way in Egypt. Hence the comments about Arab countries' leaders. But my hope is that once the 'people power' genie is out of the bottle, it may be hard to put it back.