Comments on: Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy

By: Bithead

Bithead — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:09:57 +0000

The public is generally not all that interested in foreign policy

After 9/11 I'm not convinced that's going to be the case any longer.

few presidents come to office with any real FP experience.

Bill Clinton for example, run on not knowing a damned thing about FP... you may notice where that got us. Again, I'm not convicned the public is going to deal with the FP of the past. Which, I note with some irony, means they're not going to be overly happy about someone with a great deal of FP experience, given that such people will tend to push us into the failed FP of the past.

By: DaveD

DaveD — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:05:42 +0000

Maybe foreign policy becomes attractive once in office because, being Commander-In-Chief and having the State Department under the executive branch, changes in foreign policy on a day-to-day basis are less stifled by Congessional oversight than changes in domestic policy. Just a thought.

By: lily

lily — Mon, 22 May 2006 18:34:57 +0000

It is unfortunate that foreign affairs is thought of primarily as war and matters immediately related to war.
I'd like to see leadership on global warming, population control, the changing global economy, stopping the illegal trafficking in weapons material, reducing tensions between Isreal and Palestine...well that one is clearly war-related. Anyway the point is affairs with foriegners is a much broader matter than who we might fight in the near future. But Americans don't seem to think about foreign affairs much until the shooting starts.

By: ICallMasICM

ICallMasICM — Mon, 22 May 2006 18:15:53 +0000

'on that that are ' 'on that which are'

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 22 May 2006 18:06:54 +0000

Ratoe: Yes, as noted in the post, the 2000 campaign was decided on domestic issues. The public is generally not all that interested in foreign policy and few presidents come to office with any real FP experience.

By: Ratoe

Ratoe — Mon, 22 May 2006 17:48:40 +0000

If our involvement in Iraq has wound down by the 2008 campaign, itâ��s entirely possible that the race will be decided chiefly on domestic issues.

Remember Bush's foreign policy campaign platform in 2000 was largely against nation-building! We see how long that lasted! According to the Boston Post, Bush's courageous foreign policy ideas including keeping sanctions on Cuba and moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem! The guy basically campaigned on wanting to be the nation's School Board Superintendant. Given his paltry interest in and knowledge about foreign policy, the utter failure of his administration in this regard--and the enduring damage that it has done to the country's security--makes it clear that the next president ought to have some competence and understanding about the world outside of the United States.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Mon, 22 May 2006 14:55:53 +0000

Most presidents, including the current officeholder, come to the presidency without much interest in foreign policy. That's a shame since it's one of the president's relatively few constitutional areas of influence. We don't really need a governor-at-large. But foreign policy has a way of intruding itself into the presidency and willy-nilly occupies an ever-greater part of the president's attention however little he (or she) may be interested in it.

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