A couple of interesting ideas knocking around in Justin Raimondo's new
Hillary Clinton, War Goddess article.
First, Raimondo posits that Hillary now has the distinction of being the first politician from either party (or the first from the lone 'War Party' if you prefer) calling for permanent military bases in Iraq.
More after the fold.
Hillary:
I do not believe that we should allow this to be an open-ended commitment without limits or end, nor do I believe that we can or should pull out of Iraq immediately. If last December's elections lead to a successful Iraqi government, that should allow us to start drawing down our troops during this year while leaving behind a smaller contingent in safe areas with greater intelligence and quick-strike capabilities. This will help us stabilize that new Iraqi government. It will send a message to Iran that they do not have a free hand in Iraq despite their considerable influence and personal and religious connections there. It will also send a message to Israel and our other allies, like Jordan, that we will continue to do what we can to provide the stability necessary to prevent the terrorists from getting any further foothold than they currently have.
Raimondo calls her reference to "safe areas" a coded reference to military bases. Seems a pretty good guess.
Second, Raimondo posits that the reason Hillary isn't catering to the base of the Democratic party (that'd be you, long suffering Kossack) is that she has the nomination clinched even before primary season and is thus already moving right. In fact, she spends every waking hour of every day doing everything to run away from us, past the neocons and into a strident, militant extremism that would make even Emperor Bush blush.
There is also lots more Isreael-stroking, warmongering huffy-puffery from Hillary in the article if you can stand to read it.
So let's assume, for giggles, that Raimondo is right on these three points: Hillary is leading the charge for permanent bases in Iraq, war on Iran, and that she is acting like the kookiest right wing kook because the left is powerfless to stop the old-guard DLC from rolling over the netroots in the primaries and foisting the War Goddess on us.
What now?
I'd like some prognostications. Testify!