2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The clip of Hillary laughing with a Repug about bombing Iran deserves its own thread. [View all]karynnj
(59,522 posts)Those two videos show her in the worst possible light -- and I really question how they can be used by people working against us in the Middle East to show a pattern of hatred towards people in that region. Of course, it is very likely that all possible Republicans have said worse. Still, there were many articles that credited the ability to get the Iran deal to the fact that Zarif and Kerry (and Moniz and his counterpart) saw each other as trustworthy and as people who understood each other's cultures.
It is not clear to me that Clinton really has that level of empathy -- and almost worse - she seems to not value it in others. This, unfortunately, is where many Americans are - rewarding belligerent comments as "strong", while ignoring the quiet strength needed to really mend broken relationships.