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Hillary: Smart power means empathizing with your enemies
Hot Air ^ | December 4, 2014 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 12/04/2014 12:27:53 PM PST by C19fan

It’s difficult to know where to start with this nonsense from a recent speech given by Hillary Clinton, in which the presumed Democratic front-runner finally defines what she sees as “smart power,” and what she claims is a 21st-century approach to diplomacy. In large part, the former Secretary of State says it means psychoanalyzing enemies to understand them better, which … is exactly what nations have been doing for centuries, if not millenia. That’s why, for instance, our nations turned out experts in Sovietology like Condoleezza Rice, so that they could rise to positions of policymaking importance and apply their insights into the internal culture of our enemies for our best strategic advantage.

Hillary goes one step farther by claiming that we must empathize with our enemies in order to “define the problems”:

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; clinton; foreignpolicy; hillary2016; potus; soshillary
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So I guess that means the US needs to "emphatize" with Iran and its wish to wipe Israel off the map.
1 posted on 12/04/2014 12:27:53 PM PST by C19fan
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The cretin is strong in this one.

Guess that should be obvious, seeing that the woman has NEVER held a real job. (Nope, working for the gubmit doesn’t count. After all, she got in, didn’t she?)


2 posted on 12/04/2014 12:29:12 PM PST by Da Coyote
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Empathy - putting al Qaeda in charge of security at Benghazi


3 posted on 12/04/2014 12:30:20 PM PST by Ray76 (Who gave the stand down order? Benghazi? Ferguson?)
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When has Hillary ever shown the ability to empathize with conservatives?


4 posted on 12/04/2014 12:33:32 PM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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I get what she is saying but, I suspect this “Leadership Demo” speech was written by another one of many juveniles these Arkies like employ as Interns.

They sound stoopit because they are amatures.

She should hire real, experienced and deep thinkers to write this schtick.

Bill sounds way more intelligent but, he’s a professional.


5 posted on 12/04/2014 12:33:53 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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I’m not going to fry Google’s “brain” on this one. Can anybody provide links to videos showing where Hillary has emphathized with Tea Party or global warming deniers?


6 posted on 12/04/2014 12:34:19 PM PST by Amendment10
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Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Ty Woods and Glen Doherty could not be reached for comment.


7 posted on 12/04/2014 12:34:19 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...R.I.P.)
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I simply don’t have the words to adequately describe this woman. There is no naughty word in the three languages I know that are sufficiently descriptive for Hillary.


8 posted on 12/04/2014 12:35:18 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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Empathize? How about now that we’re on our way to oil independence, FULL and CRIPPLING sanctions on our enemies... Russia, sponsors of terror, Venezuela - the whole stinking lot of em.


9 posted on 12/04/2014 12:37:18 PM PST by DaveMSmith (Evil Comes from Falsity, So Share the Truth)
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I guess that's why she denied every request for security at the Benghazi consulate.

Herridge On Cable Month Before Benghazi Attack: "Smoking Gun Warning Here"

There was no surprise about the attack. There was no 'failure of intel.' The attack was predicted in precise detail a month before it occurred. The draw down of security had to be intentional.

Blow-by-Blow: How Obama & Hillary Left Americans to Die

"Nordstrom further testified in writing that Hillary Clinton waived security requirements for the Benghazi consulate despite high and critical threat levels in the six categories of security standards established under the Overseas Security Policy Board and the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999. The waiver can only be authorized by the Secretary of State, who cannot delegate that responsibility to someone else. ”If the Secretary of State did not waive these requirements, who did so by ordering occupancy of the facilities in Benghazi and Tripoli?” Nordstrom wrote."


10 posted on 12/04/2014 12:42:06 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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What a dumb %$*&#%!!! If she gets the nomination, this needs to be brought out and repeated over and over and over again until it gets stuck in every voter’s mind like one of those songs you can’t get out of your head. She’s saying she could’ve empathized with Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc. Really? It just gets worse every day with these loony left a$$clowns.


11 posted on 12/04/2014 12:50:29 PM PST by LibWhacker ("Every Muslim act of terror is followed by a political act of cover-up." -Daniel Greenfield)
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Oh, no...another bow-and-courtesy presidential wanna-be. I think we've had enough of that. Every enemy on the planet sees this as weakness, not as some stupid gesture of peace. Man, I'd love to find a President who is smart enough to let the generals fight the wars, rather than some political hacks who got elected by a bunch of freeloaders.

How 'bout this for a politically correct argument: You don't pay federal income taxes, you don't vote in federal elections. After all, if you've got nothing in the game, you shouldn't have a voice in the game.

12 posted on 12/04/2014 12:59:46 PM PST by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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Even Sun Tzu said you must know your enemy and yourself.

If HRC were advocating “emphasizing” with your enemy, in order to be able to exploit his weaknesses to kill or defeat him; then I’d say she’s exactly right.

However, knowing “ourselves” (i.e. Western democracies, and especially the leftist elites therein) makes me very dubious. Empathy soon morphs into sympathy — and the next thing you know, we’re in full retreat, with brief pauses to go down on bended knee to beg forgiveness. Those terrorists are depraved, because they’re deprived, dontcha know.


13 posted on 12/04/2014 1:05:40 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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Mrs. Clinton,

Please go BLOW SMOKE up someone else's a$$.

And thank you for stepping away from the State Dept before you caused any further damage to America.

14 posted on 12/04/2014 1:19:19 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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Hillary wrote her senior thesis on Saul Alinsky not Sun Tzu.


15 posted on 12/04/2014 1:32:15 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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I actually knew that (it appears I know way more than I ever wanted to about HRC). My point was that "empathizing" with your enemy is a good strategy -- but, "sympathizing" with him isn't. The leftist elite can't seem to distinguish between empathy and sympathy.
16 posted on 12/04/2014 1:36:40 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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(it appears I know way more than I ever wanted to about HRC)

Don't we all? lol

17 posted on 12/04/2014 1:38:10 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To be smart you have to reduce stupid.

Refusal to take a serious look at your stupid score is what ails you most, Hillary.


18 posted on 12/04/2014 1:41:15 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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Empathy? Doesn’t that mean “take money from”?


19 posted on 12/04/2014 1:42:22 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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I prefer Toby Keith’s foreign policy: put a boot in their ass, it’s the American way.


20 posted on 12/04/2014 1:44:52 PM PST by Fledermaus (RINO FReepers are delusional and come January 2015 will take it up the *** again when the GOPe caves)
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