Monday, March 9, 2009
PMW has the transcript: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton interview Ali-Soutak, Palestinian teen show, PA TV, March 8, 2009
Here's a snip:
...Girl host:
"We have taken our cameras to the streets and asked many young Palestinians about questions they want to ask you. A little young girl from a village in Ramallah wants to know what you would do if your daughter Chelsea was unfortunate enough to have been born under occupation, to be born deprived of freedom and liberty?"
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton:
"Well, I would do what so many parents here in the West Bank and in Gaza do. I would love her, I would take care of her, I would get the best education I could for her, and I would never lose hope, I would never give up on the dream of a Palestinian State. No matter what happens, no matter what people do to try and derail that dream. I would tell my daughter and I would hope my daughter would believe with all of her heart that she has the same opportunities for the best future that any child anywhere in the world does, and that's what my goal will be."...
Missed opportunity. You'd have thought Hillary would have taken a lesson from her smooch with Suha Arafat all those years ago. Here's a better answer:
"I would tell her that no matter how frustrated she became, she should never turn to a life of violence, she should never express her aspirations for the future by destroying another child's future. I would tell her that no matter how bad she may feel things are, she should take what opportunities she has, any opportunities, to better herself, and if she cares about a future Palestinian State and an end to occupation, she should do whatever she can to build her society in a positive direction so that she shows her people are ready for statehood, and ready to be good peaceful neighbors to the people in Jordan, Egypt and Israel. No matter what, I would tell her never to do anything that comes between herself and a bright future and never to listen to anyone advising her to give in to despair and hatred."
Solomon, Hillary needs you as a speech writer, advisor.
Sol - too bad she can't hit the "reset" button, eh?
Tell me again why this woman's our Sec. of State? Payoff? Blackmail? Co-optation? (Um, is that a word?)
*sigh*
Sol's critique would make sense if that, in fact, were Hillary's message. Compared to others tapped for foreign affairs in BHO's administration (Susan Rice, Samantha Powers, Chas Freeman), Hillary can legitimately claim to be a supporter of Israel. But she, along with Dennis Ross and the other unrepentant Oslo-ists still see Israeli intransigence, the "settlements" and the "Occupation" as what's keeping peace from breaking out in the Middle East.
Is anyone surprised that she didn't say anything that might even remotely be construed as indicating that Arab rejectionism is the real cause of the conflict? Much easier to play along and mouth platitudes about not giving up on the dream of a Palestinian state -- as if it something other than Arab intransigence that has prevented one from coming into being.
Speaking of Hillary Clinton:
There is bad news about her husband.
It is opined that Bill Clinton committed racist hate crimes, and I am not free to say anything further about it.
Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Y. Wang, J.D. Candidate
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
(I can type 90 words per minute, and there are probably thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post.)
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“If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Off the top of my head—it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.