What the writer of this article also fails to mention, (and I by no means am a Hillary Clinton Fan!) is that Israel has been in constant violation of every peace agreement and every accord that they have entered into with regard to settlements in Jerusalem, or any other settlement camp that Israel has built illicitly!
I don't know of any "Accomplishment" that Clinton had when she was Secretary of State, but in the one instance that the writer is attempting to point out and blame Clinton, Mrs. Clinton and the Obama Administration were actually correct. With regard to Plain Ol's nonsense: Well....We know that Plain Ol' is an isolationist, and has no real sense of politics, current events or world affairs as he considers such things as beyond America's interests. Such is the position of the Neville Chamberlains of the world..... On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:22 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > wrote: > Israeli-Palestinian Negotations > --- > not an American concern and a huge waste of American tax dollars. > let the religious settle their own wars without US weapons and financial > support. > > On Monday, March 10, 2014 8:15:34 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *Of Course Hillary Clinton Had An Accomplishment As Sec. of >> State*<http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=3cda47808a&e=e1333e4251> >> >> Mar 08, 2014 03:39 pm | Jeff Dunetz >> >> *[image: >> https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-40wFUwcTVZ0/Uxt_moyRcTI/AAAAAAAATpQ/r-KB9vgyBcI/s1600/06-06-12-001.jpg]*<http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=e90a60a064&e=e1333e4251> >> >> >> Some of my conservative friends contend that Hillary Clinton had >> absolutely no accomplishments during her tenure as Secretary of State >> (other than frequent flyer mileage). Indeed whenever there is a liberal >> guest on the *Hugh Hewitt >> program*<http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=4d6ba60407&e=e1333e4251>the >> hosts asks for a list of Clinton's State Department accomplishments. >> Despite their love of everything Clinton, not one of them has ever come up >> with an answer. >> >> They aren't trying hard enough. Purposely or by accident, they are >> overlooking Ms Clinton's one major accomplishment as the nation's top >> diplomat, Israeli/Palestinian peace talks. No she didn't encourage peace >> talks, she destroyed the chance for peace talks during her tenure. >> >> Whatever one thinks about the talks and if they have a choice to succeed, >> there is no possibility of peace if the sides aren't talking. There were >> peace talks during Condoleezza Rice's Secretary of State tenure and there >> are talks today, but the two sides never talked when Hillary was in office. >> >> The reason they stopped was because Hillary Clinton made settlements an >> issue. >> >> While the Palestinian's have never accepted Israeli settlements, >> secession of all settlement building has never been a precondition to >> talks. Israel had long since agreed not to build new "settlements" in Judea >> and Samaria (the West Bank) but would continue to add housing units to >> existing communities. >> >> During the government of PM Ehud Barak, and since talks restarted last >> year direct talks were happening despite the fact that Israel was building >> new homes in existing communities. >> >> It was Hillary Clinton's naiveté that made the settlements an issue. >> Clinton first demanded the freeze in 2009 and was quickly backed up by >> Obama. What Clinton perceived as a minor concession (a settlement freeze >> including no new housing units in existing communities) was for Israel a >> grave sacrifice. From the average Israeli's point of view she was saying to >> adults that new apartments, which would accommodate their married >> children's families, their married kids could no longer live near their >> parents. >> >> This was a major error by the Obama administration and it was compounded >> by their inclusion of Jerusalem in the mix and their constant public >> berating of the Jewish State. Furthermore the demand for a freeze of >> natural community growth broke a US/Israel agreement made during the Bush >> administration. >> >> Secretary of State Clinton said there was never an agreement between >> Israel and the US about natural expansion of existing settlements. *Elliot >> Abrams who negotiated the >> agreement*<http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=d473ca9e10&e=e1333e4251>for >> the Bush administration explained that Clinton was lying. >> >> Immediately after Hillary made it an issue the Palestinians seized upon >> it and made it their own. Seeing an opportunity to avoid talking, they used >> the U.S. demand to make a settlement freeze a precondition to further >> talks; even though there were negotiations and construction happening >> simultaneously before Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State. >> >> While the way he is conducting the latest set of talks is naive' in its >> own way, one cannot argue with the fact that once John Kerry took over the >> State Department negotiations began between the two sides without an >> Israeli agreement to stop adding new apartments to existing settlements. >> >> That, my friends is Hillary Clinton's only accomplishment as Secretary >> of State, she killed any chance for peace in the Middle East. >> >> Please email me at [email protected] to be put onto my mailing list. >> Feel free to reproduce any article but please link back to >> http://www.jeffdunetz.com >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> >> >> Visit Your >> Group<https://groups.yahoo.com/group/grendelreport;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYm9mZXRpBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzOTQzOTI0Njk-> >> >> >> [image: Yahoo! >> Groups]<https://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZm9nZzVpBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM5NDM5MjQ2OQ--> >> * Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html>* >> Unsubscribe * Terms of Use<https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> >> >> __,_._,___ >> >> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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