It seems like Clinton has been running almost as much against Obama's foreign policy views as Trump's. In stark contrast to Barack Obama, who has aggravated Republican and Democratic leaders alike with his cautious approach to foreign policy, Hillary Clinton has left no doubt that she believes only the United States can provide the leadership the world needs today. If Obama's foreign policy mantra was "Don't do stupid sh*t," Clinton's mantra is likely to be "Better to do something than to do nothing."
Based on her own memoir and other reports, Clinton clearly prefers action to passivity. She supported the 2003 war in Iraq when Obama opposed it. Clinton supported sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan, and sending arms to Syrian rebels, long before Obama came around to each idea. And, as Obama later noted, it was Clinton's championing of intervention that tipped the debate over Libya – a decision that Obama later called his "worst mistake."........
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