Posted on 10/12/2004 12:54:44 PM PDT by shaggy eel
Strange ,being in India,I haven't heard anything bout Helen Clarke's visit (& I searched all newssites for it).Barring for the interview she gave to HT,this would have been totally missed by everyone.
,,, hopefully, the Indian press has real news to cover. She's out of New Zealand so much that it's par for the course. Her Prime Minister job allows her a tiny spotlight on the international stage to get in comments to pave the way for her coveted UN job. She has no business giving her opinion on India's defense arrangements at all.
She looks like Elsa Klensch in the James Bond movie "From Russia With Love".
,,, you should hear her talking.
Dear Helen is to the left of Hillary Clinton, mind you. (That means a big yuck to this country's politics)
,,, I think you'll find they're on the same page but Klinton has more to gain by keeping her mouth shut more often.
Actually Hillary is a hawk on defence - a position that the only NZ politicians will support are those to the right of Jenny Shipley.
Not in her heart ~ it's only politically expedient.
Hillary got her political upbringing at the knee of Robert Treuhaft whom she worked for.
Treuhaft was married to Jessica Mitford, both were active Communists!
Read this article/obituary about Treuhaft:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/11/12/MN214322.DTL
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