Madeleine Albright: On being a woman and a diplomat
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- čas přidán 17. 02. 2011
- www.ted.com Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks bluntly about politics and diplomacy, making the case that women's issues deserve a place at the center of foreign policy. Far from being a "soft" issue, she says, women's issues are often the very hardest ones, dealing directly with life and death. A frank and funny Q&A with Pat Mitchell from the Paley Center.
500,000 iraqi children...shame on you TED!!!
rwpla dumb comment. You act like she is the one that made the sole decision. Get real.
+Justin Gray Apparently you didn't listen throughout the whole interview
+rwpla
What in the world would this reptilian creature know about being either a woman or a diplomat.
Its bodycount for chidren under five years old, the real number is at least the double!!!
Indeed. TED is giving a stage to a war criminal!
A cheerful conversation with a genocide architect.
LOL - thank you for stating the truth about this war criminal
Out of Humanity.... just a monster. . Just see her.. see it (more just) give a bad smell in room
@Sumadijaboy bad persons ...... liars ( allbright...powell ..rice....rumsfeld....) obtain celebrity....long life... power.... money.. etc etc etc...... just vision of tbese dogshits prevent me to trust in a god ĺ too sad
what utter nonsense
@@celloswiss Bullshyt.
It's NOT about women=good and men=bad.
It's about making a change in the general perception, general attitudes and prejudice towards women, not to judge only men. It's giving more power to women in decision making, because they know their own problems and threats better. Men implement laws that they feel are necessary, but there should be another side.
Men should not feel like "oh, so I'm a devil!", but to understand that public and political life is EQUAL to all (not superior women nor men).
This really should have been called:
Madeleine Albright: On being a woman ,a diplomat and a war criminal.
When Germany occupied Slovenia in 1941, thousands of Slovenes came to Serbia, even separatist president of Slovenia spent his WWII childhood in Serbia, so saved his life. They were welcome. And Serbs lived in what is now called Croatia and Bosnia for many centuries. Many Croats are, in fact, Serbs converted to catholicism. Almost all of muslim-converted Serbs. Foreign powers devided ex Yu nations, and finally conquered them. Serbs were most numerous in ex Yu, so they were to be struck hardest!
Lesley Stahl: "We have heard that half a million Iraqi children have died"
Madeleine Albright: "We think the price is worth it"
She is killer and died now. God will ask her everything she did.
I wonder if she is paying for that now.
@@patachon4882 you mean like eating a hot spicy crisp over and over and over again….she deserves it
Madeleine Albright: On being a woman and making a deal with the devil
i don't understand why every time their is a woman speaker the comments divert from the content of her speech... more diversity at the table is always a benefit whether it be class, gender ethnicity, culture, age etc...
...simultaneously blaming Serbs that they do that to others. Half a million Serbs from all over Yugoslavia are still refuges in Serbia. Kosovo, part of Serbia, populated with Albanian majority (many of them came as refuges with their big families from stalinist Albania, were accepted on Serbian land in spite of atrocities against Serbs in WW2, while Serb refuges from WW2 were forbidden by communist Tito to come back to Kosovo!) was taken by force of NATO. Why they acted so, I hope they know!
@Larsendorf - I don't know who you're having a conversation with, but it's not me. I do not "idolize" this woman, I simply found the talk to be somewhat relevant to my experience as a female. If you'll go back and actually read what I said, originally I simply commented that I am disturbed by the hostility towards women speakers on the TEDtalk comment boards. But why am I surprised by your lack of understanding when you clearly didn't listen to a word she said either.
@fitobcnfito
Please sent me the relevant links. Its like with wikipedia. First you reed what in the article and then you look where the information is from. ;-)
I would love to see that collection .
Yes I found this video finally! I have been looking for a video that provides insight on being a female diplomat. Thank goodness ^_^
4:00-4:20, very well put.
Where the hell did they find her? since last Halloween ?
@Larsendorf - Dude, just because spewing hate is common, does not make it A-OK. Something about a culture of intolerance fostering violence..... the whole Arizona debacle comes to mind, or Dr. Tiller. And she pretty specifically said that it's not that women would be better leaders than men, it's having a balance perspective, and just ADDRESSING some of the issues that were for so long swept under the rug as unimportant. Oh CZcams haters, Yo Comments Are Wack.
I recently read that Madeleine Albright and Wesley Clark invested in Kosovo after the war and I was shocked
Amazing interview
Serbia CREATED Yugoslavia in 1918, and has no interest in destroying it. Otherwise Croats and Slovenes wouldn't exist today. Hungary, Italy and Austria would have destroy them. They were begging Serbia to help them and let them live in new created Yugoslavia. So Serbia put away its dream of uniting all Serbs into one country-Serbia, but used its strong political position after WWI to create Yug. and protect brothers by language and blood! And those brothers put the knife in Serbian back inWWII
Madeleine Albright sounds remarkably youthful for a lady of her years.
@BeardedBill86 - Aaaaaannnndddd you just made my point for me. If you think women are truly equal, you are deluded. And you've completely missed the message of feminism as well. But what all off the people who originally replied to my first posting completely missed, was that I was simply commenting on how hateful the comment trolls are towards a TEDtalk speaker, simply because that speaker happens to be a woman. And let me be VERY clear, I was and am speaking of TEDtalk speakers in GENERAL.
I'm sorry I was a follower of hers until Rwanda! She mentions in her book that she "regrets" she didn't do more. That just isn't good enough for me. She has blood on her hands, but somehow maintains an Ego from Hell itself.
@TerhiTheFinn I happen to read your comment and I wonder; Do you think war is not a crime?
The only thing worse than a troll is a misogynistic troll.
@ROAtheist There's nothing we can do, as an outsider, to help a country. We can *only* make it worse. The history of United States foreign-interventionism has proven this. International relations are immensely intricate, and highly irrational. They make US partisan politics look like childs play. This is why we should mind our own business, and trade freely. If there's anything we've learned from developments in places like Egypt, it's that people can handle their own problems.
Her outward appearance truly reflects the beauty of her inner being. Looking at her, I am inclined to begin believing in things like 'intelligent design, with a touch of humor'... She certainly brought much more evil into this world than someone like Hussein, and just because he was a tyrant and a crook does not mean his serpent comment should be so easily dismissed...I would be much more interested to hear what she would tell the war crimes tribunal in the Hague - that is where she belongs!!
I have a question! Madeleine Albright is from the Czech Republic, which Im from too. I don't speak english too well, so I really want to know why most of the comments below are negative? What exactly she says and why is it bad? When she speaks in czech she is very educated, nice lady. Thank you very much for answers
The Serbians are mad because of the NATO bombing of Serb-led Yugoslavia.
I find this talk interesting. Since I lived through the same time periods she talked about, I can completely relate to what she is saying. I know from my own experience that these things are true.
The illusion of change while the game stays the same.
@Larsendorf - Yeah, because wanting more than one woman in on global decision making policy is clearly asking for special status. That works if you replace the word 'woman' with 'Jew' or 'black' as well.
And I'm not talking about the people who just don't care for her personally, I'm talking about the endless comments with some version of, "Stupid ugly bitch, get back in the kitchen." Because as we all know, good looks are closely related to quality of character and professional competency.
@supermaucat It's really stupid to dismis everything someone says based on the things she did before. Listen to what she has to say and think what do you agree with and what do you think is not true. There were some good points in her *interview* (not a motivational speech?). Perhaps you could try finding them.
What was done to former Yugoslavia is that it was destroyed by the west, using aggressive nationalistic Croatian and Muslim separatist movements. They used stupidity of Serbian politician and provoked them to engage in preventing the separation. Many Serbs lived for centuries in territories that communist regime attached as parts of autonomous republics with Croat or Muslim majority, many of those themselves are nothing else than converted Serbs. And whoever wanted to conquer, it divided first.
I like being on an equal footing with the guys I work with. I think we keep each other in check. I also think it is good to mentor evenhandedly. Giving a hand up the person that wants to rise up whether male or female.
@ookami16 Dont be. Tribute to The Business Party must be made from time to time. Regular programming will commence shortly.
good for everyone that 80% of you will never have anything to say and that this great diplomat shares her experience with us. I still find it funny and sad alike to see how so many people, who probably have a poor high school diploma and no knowledge whatsoever about law and diplomacy, give their opinion on a website and spread it with such vigor, as if anyone would give a shit about what you think.
People are mad hateful on this. Madeleine Albright is pretty funny, yo.
When Germany occupied Slovenia in 1941, thousands of Slovenes came to Serbia, even separatist president of Slovenia spent his WWII childhood in Serbia, so saved his life. They were welcome. And Serbs lived in what is now called Croatia and Bosnia for many centuries. Many Croats are, in fact, Serbs converted to Catholicism. Almost all of Muslims-converted Serbs. Foreign powers divided ex Yu nations, and finally conquered them. Serbs were most numerous in ex Yu, so they were to be struck hardest!
@twistedbass15 Someone that doesn't share your ideas is not an idiot, but im glad you realized how bad this TED talk was. Im all for good comments on TED, but when i see things like this i cant help to shake my head with disgust. I believe TED have to remember that they are talking here about Technology, Entertainment and design, not politics.
The mere fact she had to clarify that she was a woman (as if that would change how I value her opinions) in the title prevented me from watching it.
Noone ever pays attention to what a man is wearing...exactly...how low-minded are we
@gaiagale In two weeks guests will be: Kim Jong-il and his party's first commissaire. Their conversation will also be intelligent and very polite.
@Larsendorf - Please, those are kids numbers, as though popular vote determines what's good. Thankfully I don't depend on you to tell me what to think or what I find interesting.
@sam74au Well said. That probably is the essence of failure in this video. But then, would Albright (as any other politician) appear at all if he/she was expecting relevant and important questions?
I wish Pat Mitchell asked her about how middle eastern countries are on the councils in the U.N. about female rights internationally. I would love to hear her opinion on that.
So, the stage for war was prepared. The west, controlled by interest groups, equipped and organized separatist. First, Slovenia declared independance, what led to complete destruction of the federation. Serbs lived accross the country, not only in Serbia, and there were native local population in Bosnia and also parts of Croatia. They didn't come from enywhere during last 7 hundred or more years, just to "send them back" to Serbia. Doing so is ethnic cleansing mrs.Albright supported...
Telling it like it is...now where did she hear that phrase? I know!
@jbowes2 Fighting violence by accepting and using violence is the worst trap one can fall in. But even if we leave this on side, the economy driven hidden goals in such actions are so morally disturbing that one can not ask himself what is the price of human lives today. This should be the main index value on worldwide stock market reports...
Wow there's a lot if hate in these comments.
Has it crossed the threshold of any of your minds ( you, the haters) that you keep CHOOSING to watch TED/Women talks and then acting all put out? Easy solution: stop watching if you dislike Ted/women, women in general, women's issues etc. And go watch something else. See ya! Bye-bye, now. Take care, and mind the door doesn't hit ya in the ass on your way out.
Her voice sounds oddly young compared to her age.
imam stvarno velike primedbe na aktivnosti svetog arandjela i svetog petra.......
American version of Henrich Himmler
She sounds so much younger than she is.
+MIParadise yea true she sounds like she is only 99 years old.
А теперь она охуенно себя чувствует в земле,потихоньку кормя червей.
The vulture of Kosovo. Her business interests had little to do with womens issues
''I would tell you to go hell Madeleine Albright, but i think you already there''
Is that Lucy Liu?
"Guilt is every woman's middle name!" Luv it! ;-)
Fantastic interview. Thank you TED and thank you Dr. Albright!
WOMEN are the ones caring about what dress you're wearing to an event - not MEN!
The biggest star !
I hate to be the one oblivious to the elephant in the room...but why does everyone seen to hate this woman? What did she do?
👍❤ Totally agree : “we should help each other. there’s a special place for women who don’t help each other”!
Thank you Madeleine!
I knew she was a diplomat, but I had no idea she was a woman!
@jbowes2 I just quoted her way of saying !she HAD to do so BECAUSE he invaded a country".... like if she is to be consider to be in any higher moral ground after what USArmy has done world wide, and equaly as Sadam in Kuwait as USA in Afganistan.... the idiotic coment was hers, and she is on TED O.o!!!
The ethical scale and the outcomes are black and white but your options in living in the real world are not, especially when you have to make the decisions. In that position, ethical dilemmas will follow you all the time.
And she expected them to fly to America, or get to her apartment from wherever they were, just to have an opportunity to have lunch with her?
@ImperiousViking Forgive me if I don't trust a random person on the internet.
Teleprompter-reader Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: "We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?"; Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price--we think the price is worth it." - 60 Minutes (5/12/96)
I hope she repent.
Shame on her.
@Uhmu45 Place up ther in search: "NATO Depleted Uranium Bombs After 10 Years"
Other (as per same in Iraq and yugoslavia): Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health confirms what film maker Friedere Wagner has been saying for years.
Then the Pentagon and Nato general secretary George Robertson declared the subject off limits (off limits O.o! not deny, is just "off limits"they rather not talck about it?).
The English version of the Deadly Dust
Latter on recognized.
She is a star !
Cisto Zlo.
If my surname was Pfister, I'd probably be in a jocular mood as well.
NATO atrocities, on the other hand, aren't funny to me.
@fitobcnfito
First USA did not use uranium, secondly NATO prevented genocide in yugaslavia, if anything we should have acted earlier.
America isent the center of the universe but that doesnt mean everything it does is "evil"
And Albright is a supporter of Kosovo sharia law and Communism. She actually gave Kim Jong-Il a Michael Jordan signed basketball as a gesture of friendship. This was a man that was one of the most brutal and evil despots in the world and she kowtowed to him.
Concerning Kosovo, citizens enjoyed at least nominal religious freedom for all under Milosevic in the 1990s. When mostly Muslim parts of Kosovo captured territory, they often introduced sharia law to kill ex-Muslims.
@Uhmu45 Since I have little hope on you (you are just in deny and only willing to see USA and NATO are good and awesome), and you seam to like wikipedia as a source you quote (it's up to you), look up in wikipedia "Depleted uranium": they also post there it has been used by NATO in Yugoslavia.
Do you need more references?
STAR OF TEHERAN !
@shazrinaiman really. Palin won't be any better than Bushbaby on that account if she gets in!
Her pin collection was at the Smithsonian?
Ha!
@Em4Tango Someone actually interested in human rights would not trumpet the great things about one group of people over another. It's insufferable. As for the "stupid ugly bitch" stuff, this must be your first time reading through youtube comments.
I love TEDtalks, but reading the comments has become something I avoid. Why, because the comment haters are so vitriolic I lose my faith in humanity one blurb at a time whenever I read them. I've noticed it is exceptionally hostile when there is a woman speaking, especially if she has the unmitigated gall to stand up and complain about something silly like rape, equality, or the plight of women and children in the developing world.
How could these people post this? Get your facts straight, TED.
you killed those kids in iraq.
Madeleine the Monster, the world's majority opinion of you is on display in this comments section. Enjoy. :)
@Uhmu45 Working to wake up slepers ;)
Your beloved Wikipedia: "The US and NATO militaries used DU penetrator rounds in the 1991 Gulf War, the Bosnia war,[15] bombing of Serbia, and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[16]"
@fitobcnfito
Sorry you need more then that. It could also be natural radiation. In many regions in my country the radiation level is above normal because there are radioactive stuff underground. And NATO didn't need to use dirty weapons. Its military power was thousand time bigger.
Whenever she were giving her voice to bomb someone,mostly civilians were losing their lives.Maybe she was doing her best to save interest of her country,but goddamn,don't let her speaking about law and justice,that is fucking disgrace for this world...
@TheObjectiveReality The US (and MOST countries, honestly) doesn't WANT to help.
Foreign aid is just a way to transfer tax dollars to businesses run by the government's cronies. Think of the billions that go to Israel - to buy American technology.
@niniomigrania you just dont understand
She is remarkable as a female leader. Go Wellesley.
@jbowes2 You are completely right in your comparison. Both Taliban and Saddam were openly supported by US. Thus, US is superior to them in the same way as a good shepherd is superior to his beloved sheep.
Of all the blogs blogged here on youtube, one wonders that; if they were presented to a mind outside the human perspective, what could be said of the human perspectve. Surly nothing noble...
i am confused.
this does not look anything like a kitchen.
@Em4Tango I did read what you said. "...especially if she has the unmitigated gall to stand up and complain about something silly like rape, equality, or the plight of women and children in the developing world." That statement is incorrect. This video is disliked because 1. She was a terrible secretary of state and 2. Because videos like this advocate advancing privilege rather than advancing rights. I think it is clear who does not have a clear understanding of the issues.
It's the same topic again and again and again, just with different faces.
"better at personal relationships"
"women have to help other women"
"women's issues are the hardest issues"
9_9
I am devastated....from kneeslapping at so much humour.
Genocide is funny?
@@singintheblues8608 Nit funny at all. Don't understand how people here can show some much love and understanding for a person (I would not call her that honestly) who does not portray a spec of remorse for the atrocities she began. She is no different than Kissinger and many, many others.
Thank you so much..She, Madeleine Albright, is a great lady.
+Marcus LeeP You're joking right?
Yes, I think she is a great lady. I do...Thanks..
She's not what she seems to be. If you're self aware and intligent enough, you can create a falce public image of yourself, which is essentially what she does.
Wow!!! I hope not...I had thought she was a great first lady in her pasted position....I like her a lot.
@Em4Tango It's not because she's complaining about equality that this video is unbearable. It's unbearable because she defines everything in terms of "what group" someone is from. Watch the video again but replace every time she says "woman" with "Jew" or every time she says "man" with "black" and tell me it doesn't come off as shockingly bigoted. She's not about equal rights, she's about special status for women. Individuals get rights, groups of individuals do not.
Its so sad we are getting old...
Why are all the comments either extremely negative or positive? Let's be reasonable; she's done some atrocious things in her career, but she's still a smart woman with a ton of real-life experience and some good things to offer. She says some great things in this interview, and some not-so-great things. Just take as much of the good as you can.
Yeah, but she did boast that people dying due to oppressive sanctions is a worthy cause. She's literally a monster.
Awesome woman
That thing, a speaking reptile is a woman? I did not know...