One More Huge Endorsement For Hillary

Last evening, another Democratic presidential candidate got yet another historic, even unprecedented  endorsement.

Foreign Policy breaks with tradition to endorse Hillary Clinton

For the first time in Foreign Policy’s nearly 50-year history, it has endorsed a candidate for president: Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

“In the nearly half century history of Foreign Policy, the editors of this publication have never endorsed a candidate for political office,” the editors wrote in its endorsement. “We cherish and fiercely protect this publication’s independence and its reputation for objectivity, and we deeply value our relationship with all of our readers, regardless of political orientation. It is for all these reasons that FP’s editors are now breaking with tradition to endorse Hillary Clinton for the next president of the United States.”

The editors of Foreign Policy called Clinton “one of the best qualified candidates this country has produced since World War II” who is “unquestionably well-prepared to lead this country.”

“Were she to be elected as this country’s first woman president, not only would it be historic and send an important signal about both inclusiveness and Americans’ commitment to electing candidates who have distinguished themselves on their merits, but she would enter office having already put down one great threat to the United States of America — the grotesque and deeply disturbing prospect of a Donald Trump presidency,” the editors wrote.

Meanwhile, in sharp contrast, is the Trump campaign, historic in its own, very opposite way.

Not a single newspaper has endorsed 

Donald Trump for President

Mr. Trump is going to take an electoral drubbing, folks.

Links:

Another conservative newspaper editorial page 

just endorsed Hillary

USA Today Makes Presidential Endorsement 

for First Time Ever

A newspaper that hasn't endorsed a Democrat for president in 7 decades shreds Trump as 'not qualified'

American foreign policy, explained

And/but it's "their" fault.

With thanks to The Economist  for the cartoon.

Iraq after George W. Bush and his extremely expensive--and illegal--escapade

A lot of us protested the Iraq War George W. Bush brought it on us and them, before it even took place. We knew it was stupid. We knew it was wrong. Heck, at the time, I didn't know it was against our own internal, national laws, let alone international ones as well. Out today comes a story telling U.S. Leaves Iraq Much Worse Off. Not that we've visited the country but we knew this, too, didn't we? We went in, blew 'em up real good and now we're leaving but not without first having gotten nearly 4,500 American soldiers killed and spending billions of dollars. This from Truthdig: Iraq has between 25 and 50 percent unemployment, a dysfunctional parliament, rampant disease, an epidemic of mental illness, and sprawling slums. The killing of innocent people has become part of daily life. What a havoc the United States has wreaked in Iraq. For the past few decades, prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the percentage of the urban population living in slums in Iraq hovered just below 20 percent. Today, that percentage has risen to 53 percent: 11 million of the 19 million total urban dwellers. I see where the former President also went to Haiti to talk up helping that country and while that's good, I'd love to ask him when he's going to visit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast since his administration virtually completely, totally and utterly ignored that entire area of the country during and after Hurricane Katrina. If you haven't seen the Brian Williams interview discussing this on the Charlie Rose show on PBS, you should. It's extremely enlightening. What a great idea this turned out to be, right, George--invading Iraq? Your idea destablized the entire country and so, likely, further destabilized the Middle East. Thanks, loads, George! Link to original post: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/us_leaves_iraq_much_worse_off_20100823/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Truthdig+Truthdig:+Drilling+Beneath+the+Headlines