THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE:

Critics of the status quo will find plenty to dislike, but there's no reason to believe her administration would represent any kind of dramatic departure in foreign policy -- not just in the Middle East but around the world.

It's not credible to say that there isn't much evidence for Clinton's hawkishness. In almost every case for the last twenty years, Clinton has reliably sided with those favoring more rather than less aggressive measures in response to foreign conflicts and crises. She did this during her husband's administration ("I urged him to bomb" [Kosovo]), she did it as a senator with her Iraq war authorization vote, and she did it as Secretary of State (see Libya, Syria, etc.). Unlike many presidential nominees, Clinton has not shied away from her hawkish record as a candidate. During the primaries, she touted the Libyan war as "smart power at its best" and as I mentioned earlier this week she has made no secret of her support for "no-fly" and "safe" zones in Syria that would entail a significant increase in the U.S. military role in that country.

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