America should not be judged by current actions, says Albright

gulf-news ^ | 14/12/2004 | Daniel Bardsley

[mad_as_he$$]

Now we add insane to fat, stupid and ugly. This woman was referred to by her own underlings as "Halfbright".

[Pharmboy]

Absoeffinutely. And this from a woman who was obsessed with history.

She she just STFU!

[IBIAFR]

Albright made an appearance at the high school I attended just prior to the election this year. The school was promoting the event as some sort of cultural/ethnic diversity affair. The focus was supposed to be her immigration and the obstacles she overcame to become Secretary of State. When I wrote to express my displeasure the school replied that she would not be campaigning for Kerry but instead her discussion would be about topics covered in her book and that her appearance had no eceonomic impact to the school's Annual Fund. So I borrowed her book from a liberal I know and fired the following e-mail to the school and every person related to the school I could find.

____________________________________________________________

Sorry for the delay in my reply.

You stated:

"Madeleine Albright is coming, not to promote the Democratic ticket, but to have an academic discussion on the topic of her book, Madame Secretary, as it relates to the role of women and immigrants in our society."

Over the course of the last four days I borrowed and read Ms Albright's book and this topic constitutes barely ten percent of the overall page count. This is not surprising because if the book were solely about Ms Albright,
Czechoslovakian immigrant, it would not be a particularly engaging read. My Grandmother was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia just a Ms Albright was. If (School Name) contention is sound, had my Grandmother written a book she would be a suitable speaker for the purposes of the Diversity Forum. Obviously not, because the real draw, and indeed the advertising hook (School Name) has promoted, is
"Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright."

Even Ms Albright's contention that she fled the "twin scourges of Nazism and Communism" are inaccurate. She did indeed flee Nazism in 1938 but Communism was a post WWII phenomenon. She tries to present herself as a poor child
with only the clothes on her back. My heart bleeds for this daughter of a diplomat whom certainly had far more advantage than 99.9% of the other immigrants to the US shipped here as steerage.

The bulk of Ms Albright's book is about "assertive multilateralism" which is a phrase she coined to describe her doctrine of protection of human rights by the international community. Ms Albright spends considerable time in her book defending humanitarian interventionism which does not bode well for her in light of the Clinton Administration's failures in Bosnia, Rwanda and most
importantly Somalia.

This brings me back to the main reason for my objection to honoring Ms Albright. Somalia was the first direct conflict between the US and Al Qadea and Osama bin Laden in 1993. Under Ms Albright's tenure United Nations Secretary the US ran from that fight which emboldened bin Laden and other terrorists. Al Qadea learned that the US had no stomach for losses and would run. This action more than any other has lead to the problems we now see internationally. Ms Albright, with her experience as United Nations Secretary, was instrumental in establishing the Oil for Food program in Iraq. A program we now know was a venue for Sadam
Hussein to disseminate billions of dollars in bribes and allowed France, Germany, Russia and other countries to subvert the embargo process for their own gain.

In her book Ms Albright fell into the trap of countless other former cabinet members before her in using their gravitas to spin their policies into a better light for revisionist historians. How is it that a Secretary of
State embroiled in as much controversy as she was during her tenure managed to come out so squeaky clean in her book? Furthermore on this past Thursday night (10/7/04) I watched Ms Albright on the Charlie Rose Show as she
derided the intelligence information cited for reasons to go to war in Iraq. Intelligence, the bulk of which was gathered during her tenure. Intelligence that Ms Albright and former President Bill Clinton were in full agreement with in 1998 and 2000 as they sought reasons for continued
ineffective air-strikes outside the no-fly zone in Iraq. Ms Albright's own doctrines of assertive mutlilateralism and humanitarian interventionism should be reasons enough to have invaded Iraq. Reasons enough to oust a brutal dictator. That Ms Albright is so quick to abandon her own doctrines and indeed her own morality for political gain is why I have a problem with Ms Albright.

It is not right to facilitate Ms Albright's monocular vision of the past and present to youth that are poorly equipped to discern the truth through the spin. Again, ninety percent of Ms Albright's book is not about her immigration. Ms Albright was an immigrant of privilege, the daughter of a diplomat. If (School Name) needs someone to talk about immigration from Czechoslovakia. If (School Name) needs someone to talk about the real trials and tribulations of a female immigrant, one left with nothing to raise five children after her husband died of emphysema from work in a coal mine, then I suggest my Mother to tell the story of my late Grandmother. That is the real story of America.

(School Name) is about forming the leadership of tomorrow. In this case job poorly done. (School Name) is getting exactly what it paid for.

[Ghengis]

Can't former Democratic know-nothings and do-nothings like Albright, Bubba, Carter get their impotent @sses OFF the stage?

No. They aren't comfortable with history recording their deeds. They must constantly attempt rewriting history to attempt a salvaging of their respective lagacies.

These are the kind of people who were tarred, feathered and run out of town on a rail in the Founding Fathers' day. Bloviating bullspit was not tolerated well then.

[Rummyfan]

Clinton cabinet ememebrs since leaving office:

Janet Reno: lost in primary race for governor of Florida.....

Robert Reich: Lost in primary race for governor of Massachusetts

Warren Christopher: anyone heard from him?

Sandy Cohen: where is he?

Les Aspin: resigned following the debacle in Mogadishu, where is he now? Deceased?

Donna Shalala: president of University of Miami

Al Gore: (not really a cabinet member but...) no comment!

Erskine Bowles: (okay not really a cabinet member but...) two-time loser for the US senate from North Carolina

Jocelyn Elder: suggested formal education in the subject of masturbation. Last heard from?

Madeline Albright: going around the world for appearance $ and criticizing the current Admin to our enemies Quite a bunch! And, oh yeah, I almost forgot

Hillary Clinton, United States Senator! Aaaaagh!

[RightOnline]

Hey Albright, you half-witted cow........do us all a favor and stop embarrassing your country with your idiotic mouth.

You were an embarrassment to our country for years......due to that drooler Clinton appointing you due to Hillary's pressuring. You've done your damage.

IOW.......shut the f**k up.

[maine-iac7]

Does the word reason ring a bell?

[maine-iac7]

oops - I meant Treason

[denydenydeny]

In the future, the foreign policy of the Clinton administration will be universally regarded as a complete disaster.

[river rat]

Someone inform the dumbass fat bitch --- that the REAL America is now in charge........

This clown, Halfbright -- is unathorized to speak for anyone except herself....

We should burn her passport if she continues to conduct "foreign policy" without prortfolio....during a time of war that became necessary due to HER and Clintoon's cowardly nonperformance.....


Semper Fi

[taxesareforever]

Hag Dimbulb just had another brainfart and thought the world should know about it. From here it stinks.

[dog breath]

Ok, I try to be open minded so I clicked over and read the full article. As a member of the Democratic party she could be expected to do a little Bush bashing but her comments are insipid. She is like a poor salesperson selling what they know to be garbage. I thought her comment, " There is no fundamental reason why the United States should be in conflict with the Arab world." to be a perfect example of this. I just want to get a passport to live in whatever la la land she resides in, then again maybe not.

[maine-iac7]

What great accomplishments did Albright have during her SoS experience?

She denied there was genocide going on in Rwanda - she and Clintooon - they would not even use the word genocide...and 800,000 men, woman and children were hacked, burned and shot to death. Quite a legacy. Almost as horrific and Reno's burning children alive...

What is it with dem women? They are evil - albeit dumb evil - incarnate

[OldFriend]

We should be judged by the president who was getting serviced under his desk while discussing troop deployment to Bosnia?

[auggy]

"I truly despise the Clintons and their appointees. This woman was a joke as Secretary of State and now is committing sedition openly (and not for the first time either!). I expect she'll turn up on MTP with a new broach in a week or two when Timmy is deperate for guests over the holidays. She needs to be hit with tomatoes and garbage in her next public appearance Stateside"

Sooo many people tonight feel exactly like I do. Especially, on this article.

Have you ever seen a former President and his cabinet run down the present President and his policies like this group does?

These people have no class and no brains. But, hell they think they do. They act as if they think Hildabeast will be elected in 4 years. Anyone with any brains at all, know this will never happen.

[river rat]

"As Ann Coulter noted about Maddy Half-Bright, it took her until sixty just to figure out she was Jewish!"

That, and her demonstrated ignorance ----- prove Maddy to be a member of the STUPID tribe of Jews, a small tribe - of which we received far more than our share...

I'd like to trade some of our stupid Jews for the REAL Jews in Israel.... but Israil refuses to trade..

Semper Fi

[OldFriend]

Halfbright invented the Ramboulette agreement knowing Serbia would never accept such an insult, thereby setting the table for the destruction of christian yugoslavia.

[SlightOfTongue]

Coming from a member of the administration which was actually responsible for all this ramp up of terrorist activity around the world by enabling these scum of the earth Muslim radicals, this is laughable at best.

[Boazo]

[wildbill]

I simply am enraged beyond belief that a former Sec. of State would go this far to undermine the foreign policy of the United States.