A Bad Sign When...

A year later, the Secretary of State is criticizing the past administration's policy. Uhhh...what's the point?

CLINTON CRITICIZES BUSH HANDLING OF AFGHAN CONFLICT: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that President Bush's administration was "unrealistic" in its dealings with the war in Afghanistan. Clinton told CNN the Bush administration was unrealistic both in terms of the number of U.S. soldiers it committed to the conflict and in its relationship with certain Afghan political leaders.The war was "under resourced" since its start in 2001, she said, and she indicated the Bush administration's attention was improperly shifted to Iraq.

Now that I think about it, LBJ didn't handle Vietnam so well. Oh wait, is that not news?

The bigger issue is Clinton being in power while the these policies on Afghanistan were put in place. She was a high profile Senator, for crissake. She had the power of the purse. She had the power to introduce legislation. She had the power to go to the press and vocally criticize the President. But she did none of this. She voted for the Iraq War initially whether out of principle or political expedience. She opposed the surge whether out of principle or political expedience. By her very own standards, she would probably now consider both of those votes wrong - if not foolish.

So the question is - why doesn't she go back and criticize herself?