| Key bit in light of Hillary Clinton's claim made during the Democratic debate that she had the respect of President Obama as Secretary of State: |
[IsraelTimes] The timing of Ross's book* release on the day of the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday is compelling, given his portrayal of Clinton. He reiterates and expands upon the degree to which she was sidelined at the State Department, writing that although "her talent and capabilities were clear from day one,"
she was stymied by the fact that "the B.O. regime from the outset was White House centered and driven."
Although Clinton, Ross said, was "more sensitive to the Israeli reaction,"
| ...more than not at all? Golly... |
she also "felt it was futile at the outset to fight what she saw as a collective mind-set around Obama." Only after her first year in office, according to Ross, did Clinton begin to challenge the administration's policy of putting "daylight" between the US and Israel, arguing that "the approach was not working and we needed to show greater sensitivity toward the Israelis."
* Doomed to Succeed: the US-Israel relationship from Truman to Obama |