Scotland, listen to Hillary.

I don't like America. They're greedy, warmongering capitalists who will do anything to dominate the world whatever the cost. At least that is what it used to be like. Since Obama came into power, becoming the first black President of the United States, and we saw a change come to America. Obama has been a huge contrast to the Republican government that preceded him. Led by George W Bush, America invaded a middle eastern nation for no real reason and have yet to apologise for their actions. He took us to war in Afghanistan and is one of the leading figures in the huge rise in Islamophobia in the past ten years (of course Blair doesn't get off unscaved). Under Obama, America is set to leave Afghanistan next year, has legalised gay marriage in various states and is set to roll out free health care across the country. This, to Republican's despair, has caused America's reputation as the GLOBAL SUPERPOWER to fall by the wayside a little and America now has a softer look on the world.

This week parts of Iraq were invaded by Islamists who have taken control of the countries second largest city, Mosul. Since then, eyes have been on America (who invaded Iraq and started a war to "liberate" the Iraqi people from an Islamist dictatorship) to see whether or not they would take military action against the terrorist group. Obama made a statement yesterday telling the world that American troops will not be entering Iraq as he felt that this was a conflict that had to be sorted amongst themselves. I sighed a sigh of relief when I watched him make his statement and thought about how different it could have been if Romney had been elected in his place in the last election.

On Thursday's Newsnight, Hillary Clinton took part in a 20 minute interview with Jeremy Paxman where she discussed the situation in Iraq and whether or not she will run for President in the next election. At a point in the interview, Paxman brought up the issue of Scottish Independence, to this she said she was against the idea of it. Naturally, she took J K Rowling's

place as the SNP's most hated woman of the week but surely her statement is sending alarm bells ringing throughout the whole of the SNP's agenda.



Clinton is arguably the most powerful woman in the world, she was in charge of foreign policy in America for four years - she knows her stuff! To me, the only politicians in the world who think independence is a good idea is the SNP. It seems to be becoming more and more apparent that the SNP's manifesto is a clumsy one based on grudges rather than politics. More and more great powers are saying this is a bad idea, why not listen?

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