Democratic leaders have for years criticized President Bush’s arrogant foreign policy, and promised that things will change if the voters send a Democrat to the White House. One way it will change, apparently, is that our key trading partners will be on probation from day one of Hillary’s presidency. Soren Dayton notes that she has promised to require a review of U.S. trade treaties every five years:
The Democrats talk about restoring America’s role in the world. Hillary Clinton, in particular, talks about her ability to do so. Of course, for all of her husband’s post-White House international fame, it is worth remembering how low his international reputation was. This was a guy who used his veto of a UN Secretary-General as a domestic political issue in 1996. This is a guy who signed international agreements with no chance of passing, just to preen for the media. The world understood at the time… Don’t these people realize that international trade is now the fundamental building block of our foreign policy? Don’t they understand that our trade relationship is why our relationship with Europe will be good over the long term? The Europeans have a new term for this kind of politics. Schroederism. After Gerhard Schroeder’s embrace of totalitarian Vladimir Putin and attack of the United States for domestic political reasons…
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