Continuing the analysis of Hillary Clinton

Hillary: Fighting the war in Iraq.
She brings up 3 good points in her 3 point plan to bring the troops home. (The multimedia blurb on http://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/iraq/)

1. Bring them home-- In countries like Iraq, nothing is as it seems. We should have officially declared war, then went in. But we didn't, because it's not what the people want. We should take the gloves off, and win.
2. Make it clear to the Iraqis that they need to do the political work--If they haven't done it yet, they won't. Saddam was another Hitler with little or no regard for his people. Even without the weapons of mas distruction, he thumbed his nose at 14 UN resolutions, turned in several different "full discolsure" documents. The difference between the Germans and the Iraqis, is that in Germany, we took over rule, completely. Then they learned how to govern, and today they reap the rewards of capitalism and prosperity.
3. Get back to Diplomacy--I'm not a big believer in diplomacy. One can and should be nice and considerate of others; but in my opinion, diplomacy is just another word for bullshit. If conflicts need to be resolved, they need to be worked out with honor and trust. Both sides must want the conflict to end. In the case of terrorists and insurgents, they don't want it to end. If we pull out, they'll play ball for a little while, but they won't respect us.

My BS detector went into overdrive when I read about her diplomatic initiative:

• Non-interference. Working with the U.N. representative, the group would work to convince Iraq's neighbors to refrain from getting involved in the civil war.
• Mediation. The group would attempt to mediate among the different sectarian groups in Iraq with the goal of attaining compromises on fundamental points of disputes.
• Reconstruction funding. The members of the group would hold themselves and other countries to their past pledges to provide funding to Iraq and will encourage additional contributions to meet Iraq's extensive needs.

Non interferance? She might want to let Iran know that they're not supposed to interfere with Iraq. Of course, she might want to let Syria know as well. I'm sure if they handle it with the traditional Clinton diplomacy. You know, the one that let bin Laden go 3 times.

Mediation? We tried that with Saddam, and somehow it just didn't work out too well. I try that with my kids and get about the same results. In successfully mediated disputes, both sides

And of course, give them money. Let's be honest, that's money we wont ever see again.

I say that Hillary is Hillariously wrong. If she's serious about it, her three points should be:

1. Stableize the region FIRST--Let the newly elected government take the time to get started using the same time table that was used with Germany in WWII.
2. Route out the spys and corruption in government.
3. Help Iraqs neighbors realize that they can benefit from the new government.
4. Then bring the troops home LAST.

Reducing our dependance on foreign oil.- invest in green technologies for homes.

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/energy/ she's just a bit off, again. I'm not interested in buying homes that are more efficient. I'm happy with the one I've got. I don't think I need the government trying to legislate my choice of homes. Nor do I want a "Connie May" to help me pay for it. Though it's a good feel good way of doing absolutely nothing. I think we could make our cars more energy efficient and get them off gas. I don't have any problems with that.

Families and Children:

One child does not an expert on child raising, make. As I read down through the points on that page, I see more and more about training the parents. While I think it's a good effort, but government "training" isn't what parents need. What they need is good "training" from their own parents. As you grow up, you learn to be parents from your own parents. (Note the word parents is plural, as you'll need both a mother and father to do it right). The next logical step, as the parents will continue to be kids as opposed to actual adults, is to simply require that the government takes your child just after it's born, and put it in government "life training". There's only one source that people can turn to for correct principles, and that's God & faith.

Imagration reform--(from her page on imagration reform)

"Along with these changes, Hillary believes we need to repair those broken portions of our immigration system that irrevocably damage families and force citizens and lawful immigrants to choose between their newly adopted country and living with their spouse or children."

What she's really saying is that she not only wants you to pay for the illegal workers, she wants you to pay for the families of legal ones to come over here, as well. How does she propose we do this? Set up travel agencies in every country, and offer free travel? The right immagration policy is a simple one. close the borders with walls, guards, guns, and checkpoints. Deport all the illegals and allow them to take their children with them.

Anyway, that's all I have time for tonight. I'll move on to the republicans tommorrow. (Thank Goodness that I'm and independant)