https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/03/06/hillary-in-2010-our-strategy-is-to-strengthen-russia-through-the-reset/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 20:24:13 -0400<![CDATA[Conservatives have blasted the foreign policy of Barack Obama as incoherent and inept, but give credit where it&#8217;s due &#8212; they managed to succeed in this area, didn&#8217;t they? Daniel Halper notes at The Weekly Standard that today is the sixth anniversary of the &#8220;reset button,&#8221; the toy given to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov by Hillary Clinton as a way to publicly blame George W. Bush for the poor relationship between Washington and Moscow &#8212; just seven months after Russia invaded Georgia. As Tommy Christopher said at the time, who&#8217;s bright idea was it to give Russia the button in the first place? &#8220;Why not,&#8221; Tommy suggested, &#8220;just give Vietnam a &#8216;tripwire of friendship&#8217;?&#8221;]]>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:21:42 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/03/06/hillary-in-2010-our-strategy-is-to-strengthen-russia-through-the-reset-n196666