MADDY THE WEASEL-PLEASER

New York Post to My Yahoo! ^ | Sat Oct 18, 5:10 AM ET | NY Post Editorial

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (news - web sites), busy plugging her new autobiography, went to Paris to give the French a thumbs-up for trying to obstruct President Bush (news - web sites)'s efforts to depose Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).

"It's difficult for me to be in France and criticize my government," said Albright - who then went on to prove that it really wasn't so hard at all.

"But I'm doing so," she said, "because Bush and the people working for him have a foreign policy that is not good for America, not good for the world."

And she went even further, saying France was "a little bit right" to oppose the Iraq (news - web sites) war.

Now, we understand that controversy helps sell books.

But to declare - in the heart of Weasel-land, no less - that George Bush's foreign policy is "not good for the world" not only sows confusion among our allies (not to mention our enemies), it's patently wrong on the merits.

And Albright herself has little standing to criticize anyone's Iraq policy.

Fact is, the Bush team found itself in the unpleasant position of having to clean up the mess that Albright and her boss, Bill Clinton (news - web sites), made of the Iraq situation.

From Day One, the Clinton folks flip-flopped on confronting Saddam.

And the Iraqi despot continually called the Clinton-Albright bluffs - especially every time the pair threatened "imminent" military action.

In 1998, for example, the Clintonites vowed "no deals" with Saddam - just two weeks before signing on to a deal, brokered by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites), in which Washington backed down on the use of force in return for vague promises of Iraqi cooperation with weapons inspectors.

Later, Clinton drew another line in the sand, declaring that "everyone understands that this is the last go-around." But within days, he backed down again, urging folks not to "overreact."

Albright herself, it turned out, had pressed chief weapons inspector Richard Butler to stop all surprise inspections of Saddam's facilities.

Little wonder, then, that Saddam was hardly quaking in his boots during the Clinton-Albright years.

It would be too much to expect Bill Clinton to publicly disavow Albright's nonsense, even though - unlike most Democrats - he has firmly defended the president's decision to finally move against Saddam.

Instead, Clinton - no doubt with an eye toward the 2004 campaign - is claiming that he warned Bush that Saddam Hussein was a less-compelling threat to America than Osama bin Laden (news - web sites).

It's revisionism at its best.

And reason to be thankful that Team Clinton is no longer around to further muck up U.S. foreign policy.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

The title caught my eye. The editorial is a pretty good appraisal of the bancrupt Clinton foreign policy.

[Reaganesque]

The headline sounds like the title to a porno flick.

[Cicero]

Please. Bestiality is the next sexual orientation in line for court protection. Professor Peter Singer of Princeton has already spoken out on this basic right, and that should suffice to end the matter. I believe that PETA has already come on board.

[MEG33]

A porno flick is what I consider the Clinton years were.

[Reaganesque]

Or a dirty joke to say the least.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Huh. When I saw "Maddy" I immediately thought of Ms. Allbright. When I saw "Weasel" I think of France.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Dims usually fall into two categories: Pimps and whores.

[CaptRon]

She was a zero as SOS and I see she still is.

[ErnBatavia]

Well, she IS kinda fetching...

[Reaganesque]

Me too. But then I thought of her politics and the link to obscenity was an easy leap.

[nothingnew]

That pic looks like my old landlord Burel....in drag.

FMCDH

[hosepipe]

[ Later, Clinton drew another line in the sand, declaring that "everyone understands that this is the last go-around." But within days, he backed down again, urging folks not to "overreact."
Albright herself, it turned out, had pressed chief weapons inspector Richard Butler to stop all surprise inspections of Saddam's facilities. ]

LOL... The French know a lying coward when they see one.... AND APPLAUD HIM / HER... How long did it take for the appause to die down ?..

[CyberAnt]

I screamed and yelled at Greta on FOX last week when she had Maddy on for an interview. I sent Greta the first article I found about this interview with French radio. I didn't watch the program, so I don't know if Greta confronted her about it or not.