Posted on 01/27/2009 12:07:55 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested on Tuesday the world was breathing a sigh of relief that President Barack Obama had replaced George W. Bush and was working to fix the damage he had caused.
In her first news conference as top U.S. diplomat, Clinton said excitement over the change in power was "reinforced time and time again" during her welcome calls in recent days with foreign counterparts.
"There is a great exhalation of breath going on in the world as people express their appreciation for the new direction that's being set and the team that is put together by the president," Clinton said.
"We have a lot of damage to repair."
Pressed, Clinton said her remarks should not be viewed as a wholesale repudiation of the Bush administration, adding there would be continuity on some policies.
"It not any kind of repudiation or indictment of the past eight years so much as an excitement and an acceptance of how we are going to be doing business," she said.
Many Arab and European allies opposed the Bush administration's invasion of Iraq and its human rights record, especially the treatment of terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison, which Obama has promised to close within a year.
Clinton said, without being specific, there were areas of the world that also felt they had been either overlooked under Bush or had not been given the appropriate attention.
Generally, world leaders have praised Obama's election but analysts say his honeymoon could be short-lived ..
Some allies have already shown resistance to Obama's early requests. For example, France has indicated it will not send more troops to Afghanistan and the European Union failed on Monday to agree to offer any concerted aid to help Obama close down Guantanamo Bay prison.
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In other words, “Misery loves company.”
The world may have exhaled but America definately inhaled.
Yeah, broomstick diplomacy will make it all better.../s/
The world is “exhaling”?! Who the hell cares?! Reagan had the world shi##ing bricks! That’s what works. GAWD what a bunch of Neville Chamberlain a$$holes!
Well...The US imperialists better do what they’re told to do! All this 9/11/2001 nonsense is old news. We must make friends!/s
Well stated.
If there’s anyone who knows which way the political wind is blowing it’s the Clintons.
Exhaling? Subtle reference to the Camel smoking president. Pun intended.
Seems to me the whole world is ‘inhaling briskly’!
They’re gonna reap what they sowed ... because now they are the ones who have to pull a rabbit out of a hat. Isn’t that what they’ve been promising? Just get rid of GWB and all will be well.
Obama and his incompetent team is going to be extremely embarrassed when their kumbaya tactics fail. Sadly, it will probably cost American lives.
Any “great exhalation of breath” here is always a deep sigh, with eyeroll, head shaking and disbelief at what the amateurs in Zero’s administration are doing to our country. Zero’s failure is going to be huge, and even the slobbering MSM will have to report the bad things that are coming down the pike. The MSM can’t ignore attacks on the homeland now can they? They’re not quite to that point yet, but they’re close.
Back to the past: September 10, 2001. Sigh......
Life is wonderful and all is well in the world.
There aren’t any words in the English language to describe this witch.
I totally agree! I intend to support obama and the rest of the libs just as well as they treated President Bush! Every bit as well!
“Exhalation”
Well, they’ve been smoking SOMETHING for a long time.
That woman can see make me want to puke just by opening her mouth! Bobble head idiot!
Seriously, is this nitwit kidding? The rest of the world will be hating us in no time. Of course, then they'll love us again when the Jihadists kill a few more thousand of us because Zero chooses to "rejoin the world" rather than keep us safe.
I think she meant the world is holding it’s breath.
If we won’t fight Islamic terrorists, who will?
Our head diplomat is so confident of her abilities that she is already blaming Bush for her future failures.
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