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In reply to the discussion: What if we don't want Hillary Clinton as Democratic candidate? [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)She also lobbied for Obama's "surge" in Afghanistan. And she was behind the not very good strategy in N. Korea that was based on the assumption that once Jong Il was dead their gov. would fall apart and N. Korea would fall into chaos. Instead, we have Jong Un, and have trashed the progress that had been made prior to W.
I had hoped her appearance of hawkishness was something she needed to do to be a serious candidate. Instead, she seems by her choices to be very, very hawkish.
As much as I want a woman in the white house, she was my 2nd to last choice to run. Obama, due to his inexperience, was my last choice. Chris Richardson was my 1st choice and the 1% very clearly had no intention of letting him be the candidate. All the more reason to believe he was the real deal.