What it delivers is something altogether different. The Secretary reads like two storylines
under one cover; the first a jaundiced, “journalist” almost awestruck tale of
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama who approaches things from the point of view
that the United States is almost irreparably damaged on the world stage and
only Obama and Clinton can fix it. While that may be Ms. Ghattus’ point of
view, I think the record of the first term speaks volumes about the inept nature
of the Obama foreign policy; makes me long for the day of George W. Bush’s “strategery.”
Second the book spirals away from its proclaimed subject and
becomes a screed for the authors world view more than Obama/Clinton doctrine.
It does take long for the fawning to get rolling with the
line early on; “Although he had belittled her foreign policy experience during
the campaign, Obama knew that only Clinton came with the built-in international
stature and credibility that allowed her to instantly board a plane and stand
in for him while he fixed the economy at home.” It begs the questions; how’s
that working out for you? With the economy continuing to stagnate into the
second term. It’s also laughable on its face that a partial term Senator and
community organizer could be critical of the foreign policy stance of a
one-term Senator, whose foreign policy experience amounted to hosting teas for
foreign dignitary’s wives while First Lady.
Ghattas’ liberal plumage is never more on full display than
when she gives all of one paragraph of coverage to the 9/11/12 Benghazi, Libya assassination
of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and as she puts it “three other Americans.”
She writes off the fallout from the attack as “partisan criticism” claiming
that “Clinton managed to dodge most of the acrimonious attacks.” Only in the
twisted mind of a liberal could an epic foreign policy failure and the cover up
that followed be couched as partisan! And for the record the three Americans
that lost their lives were: Sean
Smith, an information management officer, and former U.S. Navy SEALs; Tyrone S.
Woods, a senior security specialist and Glen Doherty, a security contactor and
former SEAL Sniper.
At this point,
only history will bring clarity to the level of foreign policy incompetence of
Obama and Clinton and the devastating effect it will have around the globe.
Certainly Ms. Gahttas has done nothing to paint a clear picture.
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