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<\/a><\/a><\/center><\/p>\nFor some reason, everyone seems to be surprised that Hillary Clinton has criticized the President for his lack of a foreign policy. Well, I’m not. She’s running for president in 2016, why wouldn’t she distance herself from what is clearly the biggest Charlie Foxtrot since Jimmy Carter? From the Atlantic<\/a>;<\/p>\n Of course, Clinton had many kind words for the \u201cincredibly intelligent\u201d and \u201cthoughtful\u201d Obama, and she expressed sympathy and understanding for the devilishly complicated challenges he faces. But she also suggested that she finds his approach to foreign policy overly cautious, and she made the case that America needs a leader who believes that the country, despite its various missteps, is an indispensable force for good. At one point, I mentioned the slogan President Obama recently coined to describe his foreign-policy doctrine: \u201cDon\u2019t do stupid shit\u201d (an expression often rendered as \u201cDon\u2019t do stupid stuff\u201d in less-than-private encounters).<\/p>\n This is what Clinton said about Obama\u2019s slogan: \u201cGreat nations need organizing principles, and \u2018Don\u2019t do stupid stuff\u2019 is not an organizing principle.\u201d<\/p>\n She softened the blow by noting that Obama was \u201ctrying to communicate to the American people that he\u2019s not going to do something crazy,\u201d but she repeatedly suggested that the U.S. sometimes appears to be withdrawing from the world stage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Sometimes, doing nothing is being stupid, too. Withdrawing from the world stage is fine, but someone has to be there to fill the void – that’s why Putin is stepping up in Europe and the Chinese are filling the void in the Pacific. <\/p>\n But, back to Clinton – everyone can see what a failure is this administration, so they’ll be an easy act to follow and Clinton hopes that she can appear to be a better choice than the Obama folks. But the failures of this administration are ideological in nature – it’s not a failure of the man. The whole liberal worldview is corrupt to it’s core.<\/p>\n Remember when the liberals told us that when the US pulled out of Iraq, it’d be a peaceful wonderland of playgrounds and commerce? That the only reason there was death and destruction was because American troops were there. We were encouraging terrorism by being in that country. Well, that turns out to be much less accurate than anyone could imagine – well, except for the people who don’t walk around in rose-colored glasses.<\/p>\n How would things be different under Clinton? It wouldn’t – the liberal view of the world with the US at the root everything evil that happens would survive the election and drive our foreign policy. Remember that it was the Clinton State Department in conjunction with the Office of the Vice President that failed to negotiate a status of forces agreement with Iraq which led to our early withdrawal there.<\/p>\n