Posted on 10/15/2009 2:36:22 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
As she ended a two-day visit to Russia designed to further improve the Obama administration's already warm relations with Moscow, Mrs. Clinton issued a rare rebuke of some of her colleagues in Washington, though she did not name them.
"We have people in our government, and you have people in your government, who are still living in the past," she told a hall packed with hundreds of students at Moscow State University. "They do not believe the United States and Russia can cooperate to this extent. They do not trust each other, and we have to prove them wrong." ....
"I believe one of the greatest responsibilities we have as human beings is to open ourselves up to the possibility that we could be wrong," Mrs. Clinton said. "One of the greatest threats we face is from people who believe they are absolutely, certainly right about everything, and they have the only truth and it was passed on to them by God." ....
"I chose partnership, and I chose to put aside being a child of the Cold War. I chose to move beyond the rhetoric and the propaganda that came from my government and yours," Mrs. Clinton said. "I chose a different future, and that's a choice every one of us can make every single day, and I look forward to sharing that future with you."
During the town-hall meeting with the students -- a staple of her overseas trips -- the secretary also conceded that the United States made mistakes that led to the global financial crisis. ....
"It's important, as we try to restart the engine of economic growth, to learn from the mistakes of the past. But that doesn't mean we are going to avoid making new mistakes."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Seems to me like the Russians are still stuck in the Cold War.
We’ll be damn lucky not to have Russian as the our new official language in 4 years.
And the PIPS is stuck on Stupid.
Isn’t this the Kirk speech from the end of Star Trek VI?
no, this is more like an epitaph
Poor Hillary - stuck in Woodstock.
Good God, Putin is laughing his butt off.
"We got us a live one here."
We getting ready to give the commies a stimulus package? It's only paper. We have a nice printing press.
Clinton is an idiot. Did he ever consider the notion that we are stuck in the cold war becase they are.
I meant “she”...but a funny typo none the less...sorry
Actually, the truth is exactly the reverse. We’ve moved on. We’ve reached out to the Russians as a potential ally.
Its the Russians who seem to be living in some kind of time warp.
Communists reaching out to other Communists ...How cute.
She's just placating the audience...yawn.
It’s just scary to me how these people can be soooooooooo wrong about everything. Even the audience knows better. :)
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