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To: Fiji Hill

when was the last smart American secretary of state? marshall after ww2?


6 posted on 10/12/2012 12:40:30 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (if the little things really annoy you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
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To: bravo whiskey

I liked Condi.


13 posted on 10/12/2012 12:49:03 PM PDT by demkicker (My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
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To: bravo whiskey
When was the last smart American secretary of state? Marshall after ww2?

Not quite--cutting off aid to the Chinese Nationalists in the face of Communist aggression wasn't all that smart. My choice would be John Foster Dulles, although William Seward and Elihu Root were pretty smart.

14 posted on 10/12/2012 12:49:32 PM PDT by Fiji Hill (Deo Vindice!)
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