I suppose I could be persuaded that she is not, but her latest should not be used to argue against the theory:
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright criticized the U.S. invasion of Iraq, saying Monday it had encouraged Iran and North Korea to push ahead with their nuclear programs.
Albright, who served under President Clinton, said "the message out of Iraq is the wrong one."
"The message out of Iraq is that if you don't have nuclear weapons, you get invaded. If you do have nuclear weapons, you don't get invaded," she said after an investors' conference in Moscow.
Since Iran and North Korea started their nuclear programs even before the Clinton administration, I find it bizarre to argue that the March 2003 invasion of Iraq had any real impact on their desire for nukes.
Given her complaints, you'd think that the sensitive, lip-biting, sophisticated, and caring diplomacy that she oversaw would have resulted in Iran and North Korea smashing their atoms into plowshares and joining the community of nations as peace-loving, democracies.
And Libya's decision--after Saddam was dragged from a hole--to give up nuclear and other WMD programs seems to totally invalidate the good secretary's assertion about the lesson of Iraq.
Criticizing our decision for war while we are still at war and while she is in a foreign country.
She is a complete embarrassment to the United States.
