Gail Collins, "Take a Bow, H.C.": Congratulations to Hillary on 570 Airplane Meals! It Shows!

My last transatlantic flight was pure hell. With no points left for an upgrade to business, I sat in the middle seat beside a person of significant girth which oozed over our mutual armrest. Worse still, during our turbulent voyage, I watched in pain as this man consumed every bit of trans fat and gooey sugar that he was offered by our stewardess. I long ago learned that airplane meals ("Chicken or beef?") are a ticket to an early grave and must be avoided whenever possible.

Gail Collins, in a fawning New York Times op-ed entitled "Take a Bow, H.C." (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/opinion/collins-take-a-bow-hc.html?_r=0), today marvels over the consumption of airplane meals by America's outgoing secretary of state:

"Friday is Hillary Clinton’s final day at the State Department. As we’ve all been reminded, over the past four years she’s traveled 956,733 miles to 112 different countries in order to conduct 1,700 meetings with world leaders. While consuming 570 airplane meals."

My goodness, 570 airplane meals? Indeed an accomplishment! And it shows!

But on the diplomatic front? Hillary and Obama are claiming "credit" for the transition from Mubarak to the "enlightened" (Jews are descended from pigs and apes) Muslim Brotherhood regime, as riots rage in Cairo and Egypt teeters on the brink (see: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/28/think_again_the_muslim_brotherhood_egypt?page=full&wp_login_redirect=0).

And then there was that pearl of wisdom from Hillary's lips concerning Syrian mass murderer Bashar al-Assad:

“There’s a different leader in Syria now. Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he’s a reformer. What’s been happening there the last few weeks is deeply concerning, but there’s a difference between calling out aircraft and indiscriminately strafing and bombing your own cities [as in Libya] and police actions, which, frankly, have exceeded the use of force that any of us would want to see.”

And let's not talk about Benghazi, and how she allowed Susan Rice to take all the heat.

Indeed, Hillary, take a deep bow, but given all those airplane meals, be careful not to fall again on your head.