Washington insiders say U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will resign if Iran becomes a nuclear-armed nation.
Clinton will step down to distance herself from Barack Obama's appeasement of Iran (and Islamism in general) in order to be able to challenge him for the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination in 2012.
Clinton is also likely to resign if there is another Islamist terrorist attack on the United States or a U.S. target and the incident does not cause the Obama administration to abandon its soft approach to terrorism, which includes treating alien enemy combatants as common criminals entitled to civilian court trials, lawyers, and plea bargains.
A veteran political analyst with strong Democratic ties tells China Confidential: "Hillary is a rich woman who is still young enough to become the first woman President of the United States. She does not need to be identified with failure and defeat."
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