Where Is Hillary Clinton In The Great Missile Defence Surrender?

Why has Hillary Clinton gone walkies? Photo: EPA

From The Telegraph:

Excuse me, but when Washington announces a revolutionary change in the way it conducts its relations with the outside world it is normal for the American Secretary of State to be involved in some way.

So where’s Hillary Clinton? We’ve heard a lot from President Barack Obama and Robert Gates, the Defence Secretary, about their lamentable decision to abandon the missile defence system in Europe, which has been a key pillar of the transatlantic alliance for a decade or more. But we’ve heard not a squeak from Mrs Clinton.

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My Comment: She did show up later this afternoon reading from a prepared statement .... otherwise .... she has been AWOL. It does not take a genius to figure this one out .... the White House wants her out of the loop as much as possible.

This is not a good sign. The State Department has been neutered by this administration .... but with Europe in an uproar over what has happened, this is the time that you need a State Department to mollify your allies.