Entry 6

Clinton Suggests Link to Qaeda Offshoot in Deadly Libya Attack

New York Times, September 26, 2012

Summary

Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of the States, made a remark that it is highly probable that Al Qaeda was involved in the terror happened at Libyan U.S. embassy in this September 11. Even though there are no qualified evidence that explicitly proves the involvement of Qaeda in this terrorist attack, her remark of casting the possibility of Qaeda's involvement is extremely impacting not only the U.S. diplomatic/defense actions but also that of other countries, making all the world to be alert about the terror of "international" and "Islamic" terrorists. While the investigations are carried out throughout the Libya and other neighbor countries, the U.S. and other major world powers are suspecting of the retaliation of Muslims on the U.S. assassination of Osama Bin Laden, their spiritual pillar

My thought

Even though I learned that the power of Cabinet members on government decision is exclusively influential, I was surprised at the power of Mrs. Clinton's remark impacting not only the United States but also the entire world. Her remark made the political officials to fix their eyes on Qaeda's involvement on this terror though there is no verified evidence proving that. Likewise, her authoritative remarks is positive in that they suggest the direction for finding out the source of problems; however, it can be negative in that her remarks are almost converted to be "true" even though it is still an unproven assumption. For the most part, as an authority of foreign affairs, it is better to make a remark after a long consideration rather than expressing one's assumption to the audience indiscreetly. It only provokes the enemies.