2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA Few Examples of Hillary's Foreign Policy Experience
http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004216623/hillary-clintons-legacy-in-libya.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/hillary-clinton-libya.html?_r=0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/hillary-clinton-and-the-s_b_9231190.html
"This is the kind of compulsive misrepresentation that makes Clinton unfit to be President. Clinton's role in Syria has been to help instigate and prolong the Syrian bloodbath, not to bring it to a close.
In 2012, Clinton was the obstacle, not the solution, to a ceasefire being negotiated by UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan. It was US intransigence - Clinton's intransigence - that led to the failure of Annan's peace efforts in the spring of 2012, a point well known among diplomats. Despite Clinton's insinuation in the Milwaukee debate, there was (of course) no 2012 ceasefire, only escalating carnage. Clinton bears heavy responsibility for that carnage, which has by now displaced more than 10 million Syrians and left more than 250,000 dead. "
Email from Blumenthal to HRC, Concerning Toppling Assad
Everyone is probably well aware that HRC accepted continual emails from Sidney Blumenthal, an employee of the Clinton Foundation with business interests in Libya, all the while she was SOS.
This is from one of the emails he sent her, in which he forwards or mentions a viewpoint concerning the consequences of toppling the Assad regime in Syria. HRC valued this email enough to seemingly forward it to Jake Sullivan:
7. One particular source states that the British and French Intelligence services believe that their Israeli
counterparts are convinced that there is a positive side to the civil war in Syria; if the Assad regime topples, Iran
would lose its only ally in the Middle East and would be isolated. At the same time, the fall of the House of
Assad could well ignite a sectarian war between the Shiites and the majority Sunnis of the region drawing in
Iran, which, in the view of Israeli commaders would not be a bad thing for Israel and its Western allies. In the
opinion of this individual, such a scenario would distract and might obstruct Iran from its nuclear activities for a
good deal of time. In addition, certain senior Israeli intelligence analysts believe that this turn of events may
even prove to be a factor in the eventual fall of the current government of Iran.
Hillary laughs about the prospect of bombing Iran (is this the appropriate affect for a government official?)
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)arikara
(5,562 posts)I'd not seen the top one before. I have to stop watching her videos, it makes me sick to my stomach. She takes more glee in the thought of bloodshed than any politician I've ever seen.
oasis
(49,152 posts)so stay strong.
arikara
(5,562 posts)won't change who and what she is. I won't be hanging around for any Hillary Clinton love fest I can assure you.
frylock
(34,825 posts)oasis
(49,152 posts)amborin
(16,631 posts)oasis
(49,152 posts)So that throws it back into the realm of something we all can believe in and anxiously await.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Middle east that is bordering on manical.
Response to CentralMass (Reply #3)
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Herman4747
(1,825 posts)Normally those guys maintain a lower profile.
Thank you for posting.
I am familiar with the second video, but I missed
the first video.
She is truly frightening.
Who is the gentleman in the first video ???
He refers to Hillary as a Republican, as if that is a compliment.
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)One of the biggest monsters who ever roamed the planet on two legs.
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)This is the person they want as the nominee for the democratic party? You've got to be fucking kidding me
BootinUp
(46,928 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)disgusting.. both of them.. two peas in a pod..
amborin
(16,631 posts)bjo59
(1,166 posts)It's pretty mind blowing that such a large percentage of Democrats have no problem voting for a person who loves smashing other countries so much.
Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)Wow. I don't want her having the nuclear football either.
BootinUp
(46,928 posts)Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)This was an enlightening part of it...
"And then frankly there are those who are saying, the best thing that could happen to us is be attacked by somebody. (laugh) Just bring it on, because that would unify us, it would legitimize the regime". (1:18)
BootinUp
(46,928 posts)Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)BootinUp
(46,928 posts)People are attempting to spread propaganda.
Herman4747
(1,825 posts)cheapdate
(3,811 posts)AzDar
(14,023 posts)Marr
(20,317 posts)She's some kind of sociopath.
BootinUp
(46,928 posts)even hear the question they are responding to in an attempt to distort the whole thing.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)A totally bizarre incident that went nearly unreported in the media:
She said there should be no doubt in Tehran that if the United States saw any violations in the deal or an effort to procure or develop nuclear weapons technology, we will stop them, including, she added, taking military action.
At one point, responding to a question, she referred to using the nuclear option against Iran usually interpreted as using a nuclear weapon before her attention was caught by a prominent member of the audience, Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court.
Oh, the military option, thank you, Justice Breyer. Hes a careful listener, Mrs. Clinton said, reiterating that she meant a military option to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. It was a rare moment: a sitting member of the court rescuing a political candidate from a mistaken comment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/us/politics/hillary-clinton-islamic-state-saban-forum.html
jillan
(39,451 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)Tarc
(10,472 posts)Khaddfi's removal is something I'll always celebrate.
Iran continues to be a regional belligerent, and should be dealt with accordingly.
I and many others do not find fault with these foreign policy decisions.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)amborin
(16,631 posts)brutal regime over union organizers
MisterP
(23,730 posts)amborin
(16,631 posts)http://www.democracynow.org/2016/1/13/headlines/nyc_protesters_target_bill_clinton_over_conditions_in_haiti_6_years_after_earthquake
http://www.bostonreview.net/world/jake-johnston-haiti-earthquake-aid-caracol
http://www.thenation.com/article/wikileaks-haiti-let-them-live-3-day/