The question of experience

I don't doubt that [Hillary] had some influence on [President Clinton's] decision-making, but Bill Clinton was the commander-in-chief, not her. He wasthe one with the authority to order the launch of nuclear weapons. Cabinetappointments, judicial appointments--all things that Bill Clinton was the finaldecision-maker on. The "president-by-proxy" argument doesn't wash with me.

The implicit assumption in arguments in favor ofexperience is that all experience is good. The past 7-8 years should be enoughproof of the falseness of that idea. All the experience of the current leadersof our foreign policy was from the Cold War. It has consistently provenentirely inapplicable to the Middle East.

Policy matters more than labels, and there's been plentyof bad policy coming out of Washington over the past 7-8 years.

Until next time family,
Scott