Editorial: Why Rudy Giuliani Shouldnt Be Secretary of State

[brooklynite]

The New York Times:

A successful secretary of state must be steeped in history and geopolitics and have shrewd negotiating skills and a clear sense of America’s capabilities, principles and the limits of Washington’s power.

The extent of Mr. Giuliani’s international experience has been largely limited to giving speeches and consulting work. He lacks any substantive diplomatic experience and has demonstrated poor judgment throughout his career. Indeed, as he became Mr. Trump’s most bombastic champion, Mr. Giuliani at times appeared unhinged.

For a taste of Mr. Giuliani’s foreign policy misadventures, consider his 1982 visit to Haiti as an associate attorney general. He preposterously proclaimed that there was “no political repression” on the island, which was then ruled by President Jean-Claude Duvalier, a tyrant. As mayor, he dabbled in petty diplomacy in 1995 by having the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat ejected from a New York Philharmonic concert celebrating the United Nations.

Mr. Giuliani was embraced as “America’s mayor” after 9/11, a label, which he promoted for years, that allowed him to gloss over his poor performance in City Hall. Under his direction, New York City decided to base its emergency command center in the World Trade Center, a prime target that had been bombed in 1993. In 2000, he enraged black New Yorkers with his shockingly insensitive response to the fatal police shooting of Patrick Dorismond, an unarmed black man, whom Mr. Giuliani derided as less than an “altar boy.”

[hrmjustin]

1. The man brought out a tank to evict squatters! He has no diplomatic skills whatsoever! N/T.

[madaboutharry]

2. When Guiliani was running for Mayor against David Dinkins,

it all broke down racial lines. Both the 1989 mayors race and the 1993 rematch were ugly.
Dinkins has long blamed racism for his 1993 re-election loss.

Director Spike Lee addressed the 1989 race in his movie Jungle Fever.

There is no one who can convince me that Guiliani isn't a racist. And his taking credit for being "America's Mayor" was all based on mythology and bullshit. He exhibited horrible judgment by placing the Command Center in the World Trade Center. Also, the NYFD blames him directly for the deaths of hundreds of fire fighters by his refusal to provide them with modernized and updated communication equipment.

He also is a pig who was having an affair with his 3rd wife, then mistress, while still married to his 2nd wife and admitted having sex with his mistress in the Mayor's mansion. He then went on television to announce his divorce from his 2nd wife without bothering to tell her first.

He is a one man basket of deplorables.