Hilary Clinton Stands Up to Bullying

I wrote an article yesterday on NowPublic which was censored, which has prompted me to start this blog. I believe we in Ireland because of our experience have something positive to bring to the world from our lessons of the past.No i am not anti-semitic. I have people whom I consider friends who are Jewish but then I am not anti-Arabic either. I have been watching almost daily the violence in the middle-east on my TV screen since i was child. The recent bombardment and resulting death of over 1,300 defenceless citizens in Gaza, one third of whom are children by F16 American fixed wing aircraft reminds me of the Warsaw Ghettos and the war crimes committed against the Jewish people.The Zionist leadership are committing murder and war crimes in the name of Israel. I believe our best hope is the intelligent, enlightened Jewish people worldwide (yes, there are many) who can help bring this to an end. There are many who have a vested interest in encouraging cynicism as an excuse to do nothing.

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Hilary Clinton is starting to restore America's reputation abroad after the damage to U.S. credibility by the Bush administration's policies, according to human rights campaigners. In statements over the last month, she has compared China in an unfavorable light with Iran and said the U.S. backed government in Pakistan was "abdicating" to the Taliban.

It came as a shock to many recently when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seemed to say that the Obama administration was throwing in the towel on talks with North Korea. She said talks with North Korea were "implausible, if not impossible."

Fierce criticism from far right media critics contend however, that these truths should remain unspoken. But human rights activists worldwide call Clinton's straight talk refreshing and a glimmer of hope for a more progressive American foreign policy.

What has really impressed international observers however is a statement by the US Secretary of State that there must be no exception to President Barack Obama's recent demand that Israel stop its settlement activity.

Hilary Clinton"s statement is a sharp rebuke to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told his cabinet on Sunday after a meeting with Obama last week, that there would be natural expansion of existing settlements "There is no way that we are going to tell people not to have children or to force young people to move away from their families," he said
'Very clear'
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with an Egyptian counterpart, Hilary Clinton said that the president was "very clear" with PM Benjamin Netanyahu at their recent meeting that there should be a stop to all settlements.
"Not some settlements, not outposts, not natural growth exceptions. We think it is in the best interest of the effort that we are engaged in that settlement expansion cease," Mrs Clinton said.
Correspondents and human rights groups say it is the first time that any US official has stood up to Israel's expansionist policies in the Middle-East and Clinton is slowly recovering respect for American foreign policy which has been in a shambles after the Bush administration.
"She's saying the things that nobody else would say but that 99% of the people in Washington agree with." said a Washinton insider.

Clinton's straight talk has raised her profile domestically and also her influence in an administration with foreign policy heavyweights, that include Defense Secretary Robert Gates, special Mideast envoy George Mitchell, Richard Holbrooke and Vice President Joe Biden.