Posted on 04/17/2009 7:29:55 PM PDT by balls
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — It has become a recurring theme of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s early travels as the chief diplomat of the United States: she says that American policy on a given issue has failed, and her foreign listeners fall all over themselves in gratitude.
On Friday, Mrs. Clinton said here that the uncompromising policy of the Bush administration toward Cuba had not worked. That, she said, is why President Obama decided earlier this week to lift restrictions on travel and financial transfers for United States residents with relatives in Cuba.
“We are continuing to look for productive ways forward, because we view the present policy as having failed,” Mrs. Clinton said at a news conference in this sun-dappled capital, hours before flying to join Mr. Obama at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.
The contrition tour goes beyond Latin America. In China, Mrs. Clinton told audiences that the United States must accept its responsibility as the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. In Indonesia, she said the American-backed policy of sanctions against Myanmar had not been effective. And in the Middle East, she pointed out that ostracizing the Iranian government had not persuaded it to give up its nuclear weapons ambitions.
Like other leaders around the world, Mrs. Clinton’s host, the president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández, responded effusively on Friday, hailing the secretary and her boss, Mr. Obama, for their view on Cuban policy, which he said took “great courage” and could utterly transform the political landscape of Latin America.
“President Obama is paving a new road,” he said. “It is recognition of the fact that previous policies have failed. Fifty years of a policy that has not generated the originally sought purposes can be called a failure.”
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I guess we can call communism a failure then?
2009 Obama/Clinton Apology Tour
“Mrs. Clinton said here that the uncompromising policy of the Bush administration toward Cuba had not worked.”
Somebody should tell Hillary that Bush was not in office for the last fifty years. If she was so upset about the policy, maybe her violent sexual predator of a husband should have done something about it when he was in office.
Scores points with communists. Clinton/Obama have never met a commie they didn’t like.
The Bush policy??????? And, the policy of every POTUS (now ROTUS) since Kennedy... including the dingbat’s cigar-loving husband, Slick Willie.
Boy, does she have a short memory.
I'm getting sick of these people on the American taxpayers' payroll going all over the world apologizing for imagined wrongs!
Damn the luck. If only her husband had been President.
They're probably eating her up!
2009 Obama/Clinton Apology Tou
You forgot quite a few. : )
LOL. At least I had the “r” in there.
Sure, we suck so bad that no one ever tries coming here on a raft.
Slick Willy and Sick Hilly - they have stayed together because they are birds of a feather.
Actually if you think about it Hussein’s actions are typical Democrat.
Actions don’t have consequences. Not only that, but bad actions are rewarded. Just don’t do it again. (har har)
I am sick of these politicians apologizing for my country. We are (or were) the greatest country ever.
The “We know we suck” tour. Nice.
When is she going to do the same for us?
Travel around the U.S. apologizing for the awful hash she and the Philanderer-in-Chief made of this country and its morals?
Of course not; they're both students of Saul Alinsky, after all.
She is about right for them the Butt needs more work should stick out enough for a couple sacks of feed or Bananas to be piled on top on it.
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