[guest post by JVW]
Ramesh Ponnuru has the details over at The Corner:
Hillary Clinton, Nov. 19: “The obsession in some quarters with a clash of civilization, or repeating the specific words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ isn’t just a distraction, it gives these criminals, these murderers more standing than they deserve. It actually plays into their hands by alienating partners we need by our side.”
Hillary Clinton, today: “From my perspective, it matters what we do, not what we say. . . . To me radical jihadism, radical Islamism -– I think they mean the same thing, I’m happy to say either.” (More in this vein here.)
Say what you will about her mendacity, her equivocating, and her overall general dishonesty, Hillary! Clinton has continually proven that, just like her husband, she can sense when the political winds are changing and she will tack her ship and set sails accordingly.
Barack Obama may find himself more and more lonely on the island where one dares not say the phrase “radical Islam.”
– JVW
