Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Clintonian rhetoric

Hillary Clinton testified today in her confirmation hearings to become secretary of state:

"America cannot solve the most pressing problems on our own, and the world cannot solve them without America," she said, her daughter Chelsea seated behind her in the audience. "The best way to advance America's interest in reducing global threats and seizing global opportunities is to design and implement global solutions. This isn't a philosophical point. This is our reality."

Uh-huh. Nice verbiage, but it means little.
What will she and the administration do when certain nations refuse to go along with something that clearly is in America's national interest? Will she grant them that veto power?