Authors:
José Alberto López Rafaschieri and Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net
Barack Obama came to the presidency as a critic of the current U.S. administration external operations, particularly the war in Iraq and the excessive military spending.
This has raised many expectations around the world because people assumed that the present American hard-line, represented by George W. Bush, is going to be discarded by the Obama government. In an administration that will use dialogue and non-intervention abroad.
But the Hillary Clinton nomination as Obama’s Secretary of State means that: 1. She will advise the new President on foreign policy, and 2. She will lead the U.S. international affairs after Obama.
Mrs Clinton is highly qualified for the position, however, in many ways she fits very well into the hard line of the U.S. foreign policy. We must remember that Clinton voted in 2002, from the Senate, in favor of giving President Bush the authority to intervene militarily in Iraq. At the same time she supports the maintenance of the embargo on Cuba, the war against terrorism and the U.S. humanitarian intervention anywhere in the world. In addition, Clinton supports the use of diplomatic, economic, intelligence, and military instruments to enforce U.S. policy against Iran.
Moreover, Hillary Clinton refused to sign the "American Freedom Agenda" to stop the torture of war prisoners and telephone espionage. Without forgetting, that she was in favor of interventions in Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo.
Therefore, Barack Obama’s appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is an indication of a hard-line foreign policy. A position that contradicts the "change" and "no war" promises that the newly elected U.S. President made during his campaign.
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