• Wobble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        The Secretary of State is the ‘outside’ representative of the US. It heads the diplomatic arm of the state and is an architect of their authority globally. The role holds considerable sway over their military and quasi-military positioning. Next to that she was also a senator and on the ‘armed forces committee’ before that role. She supported the “Afghanistan surge” of the military, and NATO in Libya in 2011. She is recognised as being a war hawk which means favoring military intervention. She is a warlord but not in the “beret and uniform” kind.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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        very notably not a warlord

        Are you talking about the Hillary Clinton of THIS reality? Hillary Rodham “we came, we saw, he died” Clinton?

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          Warlord, noun: a military commander who exercises absolute political, social, and economic control over a region.

          Personally I’d call her a moderately inept neoliberal bureaucrat who’s never ever broken a nail in anger much less commanded troops but hey maybe you think she’s more impressive.

          At least Bubba was commander in chief, jeez.

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            maybe you think she’s more impressive.

            In what way is “being a warlord” impressive??

            There’s very little difference between a warlord and a pencil pusher, if the right pencil is being pushed. The average democratic politician might as well be screaming “Blood for the blood god and skulls for the skull throne!” in terms of the actual effects of their policies. The only difference is aesthetics and demeanor. You don’t get to act like you’re not a bloodthirsty psychopath just because you’ve beurocratized the orphan-crushing machine to the point that all you have to do to crush orphans is to sign a piece of paper.