HILLARY CLINTON PLAYS WITH WORDS AND REALITY

I have finally figured out Hillary Clinton.

I used to wonder why she stayed with Bill, a serial philanderer with no respect for her or their marriage vows.

I wondered how she could tolerate his lies.

Now, I understand. She has the ability to create a reality that fits her needs. This isn't the same as Bill's compartmentalization. (He was very effective at compartmentalizing his marriage at opportune moments.)

Hillary is a master at denying the truth, massaging the facts, and reconstructing reality, so that it becomes completely unrecognizable to observers. Just by saying something, she believes she can make it real.

This technique proves very useful when the truth doesn't conform to the image she wishes to present to her supporters and those she hopes to win over.

From the New York Times:

In an interview on Thursday, Mrs. Clinton called Admiral Jacoby's statement "the first confirmation, publicly, by the administration that the North Koreans have the ability to arm a missile with a nuclear device that can reach the United States," adding, "Put simply, they couldn't do that when George Bush became president, and now they can."

While this may be technically true, her statement suggests it is the President's fault. She assigns negligence to the Bush administration. In effect, she says Bill had North Korea under control and President Bush mismanaged policy, resulting in Kim Jong Il's possible capacity to hit the U.S. with a nuclear weapon.

What a joke!

Does she really think that she can suggest that her dearest Bill isn't responsible? Obviously, she does believe she can get away with it. How wrong she is!

In July, 1999, Daryl M. Plunk wrote an analysis of Bill Clinton's North Korea policy.

(Excerpts)

When South Korean President Kim Dae Jung visits Washington, D.C., on July 2 for a summit with President Bill Clinton, the discussion of "rewards" for North Korea should be linked to clear concessions from Pyongyang that lead to peace. The Korean Peninsula--the most heavily militarized spot on earth--is the only place where an outbreak of war would result in the swift and heavy loss of American lives.

Despite $419 million in aid to North Korea since 1995, the Clinton Administration has not achieved any reduction in the threat North Korea poses to the South, the region, and the United States. On August 31, 1998, for example, North Korea launched a Taepo Dong-1 missile over Japan, achieving intercontinental range. On June 14, 1999, its ships exchanged fire with the South's ships in the Yellow Sea--the first such exchange since the Korean War. Future aid to the North must be linked to real concessions that reduce the likelihood of such belligerence and promote lasting peace on the Peninsula.

Although North Korea has made occasional concessions since signing the October 1994 Agreed Framework with the Clinton Administration, it has failed to change its aggressive behavior. Concessions--such as recently allowing the United States to inspect a suspected nuclear weapons site--have come at too great a price. For example, to gain access to this site, the Administration pledged to provide the North with $200 million worth of grain. To date, the United States already has given the North nearly half a billion dollars in foreign aid. Congress is justifiably frustrated in funding policies that fail to reduce tension on the Peninsula...

THE FAILURE OF THE AGREED FRAMEWORK

Early in his first term in office, President Clinton grappled with North Korea's renegade nuclear weapons program. After many months of tedious negotiations, the first U.S.-North Korea political agreement was signed in October 1994. This Agreed Framework marked a sharp break with the established policy that had governed relations with North Korea for decades. With the signing of this Framework, the United States entered a major agreement with Pyongyang that did not include the South. Such direct political ties had been a key North Korean diplomatic goal for years.

In the Agreed Framework, the Administration offered improved trade and political ties that eventually would end the U.S. economic embargo on the North and lead to the beginning of formal diplomatic relations. But more important, for the first time the United States pledged economic aid to the North, including $50 million per year for fuel oil and the construction of two nuclear reactors valued at about $5 billion. Together with a consortium of about a dozen nations, the United States is raising funds to support this process, although Seoul pledged to pick up most of the tab. This approach was justified by the Administration because it would promote greater North-South economic interaction and increase the chances of an eventual peaceful unification.

...The Agreed Framework clearly has failed to achieve its intended goals. North Korea has not suspended its nuclear program, has not sought reconciliation with the South, and now poses new threats to the world in the form of its long-range ballistic missiles.

Plunk pointed out, in 1999, the woeful inadequacies of Clinton's North Korea policy and predicted its dire consequences.

He concluded, "The Administration's current policy toward North Korea has failed. The North continues to threaten South Korea, refuses to engage in meaningful dialogue with the South, and continues to build dangerous missiles."

Before Bill Clinton left the oval office, it was clear that he and his administration really blew it.

For Hillary to imply that the Bush administration is at fault for the current situation is as historically inaccurate as it is personally disingenuous.

Her need to make such a statement, "Put simply, they couldn't do that when George Bush became president, and now they can," is the surest sign that Hillary understands she must alter reality as quickly as possible, utilizing her twisted method of offense.

When one looks at the truth of Bill Clinton's disastrous policy, it is undeniable that blame for the North Korean nuclear threat does not fall in President Bush's lap.

Bad news for Hillary.