2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMore Leak Emails: Hillary Clinton Got Massive Commission to Announce Iraq Investment Zone
These statements came when an online site International Business News reported that Hillary Clinton has modified her statements of larger public based interests and her support on war on Iraq. It is also said that she sent letters in 2011 to U.S National Security Protection and stated Iraq as an Investment site. She also said that United States must recognize Iraq as a place of major business openings. These electronic connections identifying that Assistant of Hillary, Tom Naidz arranged a conference and invited more than 30 representatives from major investment companies, and also invited U.S and Iraqi government representatives in order to discuss much better ways to take advantages economically from Iraq.
http://www.iraqidinar123.com/more-leak-emails-hillary-clinton-got-massive-commission-to-announce-iraq-investment-zone/
merrily
(45,251 posts)thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Using government office for gain is so, so, em, money trumps peace.
Amazing info, if confirmed. Thank you for the heads up, FreakinDJ!
CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)Not likely....
Arazi
(6,829 posts)NOT
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)k/r
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)JRLeft
(7,010 posts)askew
(1,464 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)on the corporate media conglomerates' T.V.
BY DAVID SIROTA @DAVIDSIROTA AND ANDREW PEREZ @ANDREWPEREZDC ON 09/30/15 AT 8:37 PM
Campaign 2016: Hillary Clinton Pitched Iraq As 'A Business Opportunity' For US Corporations
When then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton voted to authorize the war against Iraq in 2002, she justified her support of the invasion as a way to protect Americas national security. But less than a decade later, as secretary of state, Clinton promoted the war-torn country as a place where American corporations could make big money.
It's time for the United States to start thinking of Iraq as a business opportunity," she said in a 2011 speech.
The quote was included in an email released by the State Department on Wednesday that specifically mentioned JPMorgan and Exxon Mobil. JPMorgan was selected by the U.S. government to run a key import-export bank in Iraq and in 2013 announced plans to expand its operations in the country. Exxon Mobil signed a deal to redevelop Iraqi oil fields. JPMorgan has collectively paid the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation at least $450,000 for speeches, and Exxon Mobil has donated over $1 million to the familys foundation.
Clintons comments pitching Iraq as a business opportunity for American corporations predated her declaration this year that her vote for the war was a mistake. Clintons rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination in recent months have signaled that the Iraq War could become a key way of setting themselves apart from the former secretary of state -- especially because her comments resurrect longtime concerns from war critics.
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In the email that referred to Clintons portrayal of Iraq as a business opportunity, the Clinton-run State Department called Iraq a market where your companies can make money, and said that in meetings with corporate executives, U.S. government officials returned to the theme that the U.S. government stands ready to help U.S. firms operating in Iraq.
The dispatch also noted that Clintons deputy, Tom Nides, hosted an event on investing in Iraq with senior executives from 30 U.S. companies and senior representatives from the U.S. and Iraqi governments.
http://www.ibtimes.com/campaign-2016-hillary-clinton-pitched-iraq-business-opportunity-us-corporations-2121999
askew
(1,464 posts)I think we need a better source for this.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Links would be helpful. You made the claim. Back it up.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Just too fucking many crickets around here sometimes. Just can't get the real story for them chirping away.
I only have one ear so I only hear the loudest sound so sometimes it makes it hard to follow a conversation. But, but this isn't listening this is reading and I have no problem with following a story in this median. So I repeat what you said to the poster, Links please.
askew
(1,464 posts)Posting lies about Obama all the time. Once OpenLeft closed down, he came over to DailyKos and eventually got banned for picking fights with people who pointed out all his lies. Guys an unreliable nut job.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Therefore, we will just ignore your comments.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)verified.
MauriceLawrence96
(48 posts)For someone who said she "made a mistake" voting for the war, she didn't seem too remorseful until she was about to run for president.
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)and defeat this woman at the primary level. It would be a disaster for her to be defeated at the general election. A disaster I say loudly and clearly, a disaster I repeat
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)BTW, thanks for the indirect cite from IBD. A day without right-wing sourcing on DU is like a day without overflowing septic systems.
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Sirota and I have something else in common: Neither one of us was cited in this "article".
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)BY DAVID SIROTA @DAVIDSIROTA AND ANDREW PEREZ @ANDREWPEREZDC ON 09/30/15 AT 8:37 PM
Campaign 2016: Hillary Clinton Pitched Iraq As 'A Business Opportunity' For US Corporations
When then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton voted to authorize the war against Iraq in 2002, she justified her support of the invasion as a way to protect Americas national security. But less than a decade later, as secretary of state, Clinton promoted the war-torn country as a place where American corporations could make big money.
It's time for the United States to start thinking of Iraq as a business opportunity," she said in a 2011 speech.
The quote was included in an email released by the State Department on Wednesday that specifically mentioned JPMorgan and Exxon Mobil. JPMorgan was selected by the U.S. government to run a key import-export bank in Iraq and in 2013 announced plans to expand its operations in the country. Exxon Mobil signed a deal to redevelop Iraqi oil fields. JPMorgan has collectively paid the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation at least $450,000 for speeches, and Exxon Mobil has donated over $1 million to the familys foundation.
Clintons comments pitching Iraq as a business opportunity for American corporations predated her declaration this year that her vote for the war was a mistake. Clintons rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination in recent months have signaled that the Iraq War could become a key way of setting themselves apart from the former secretary of state -- especially because her comments resurrect longtime concerns from war critics.
(snip)
In the email that referred to Clintons portrayal of Iraq as a business opportunity, the Clinton-run State Department called Iraq a market where your companies can make money, and said that in meetings with corporate executives, U.S. government officials returned to the theme that the U.S. government stands ready to help U.S. firms operating in Iraq.
The dispatch also noted that Clintons deputy, Tom Nides, hosted an event on investing in Iraq with senior executives from 30 U.S. companies and senior representatives from the U.S. and Iraqi governments.
http://www.ibtimes.com/campaign-2016-hillary-clinton-pitched-iraq-business-opportunity-us-corporations-2121999
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Really like him...very logical and measured.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Sirota wrote a piece for the right-wing IBD, in which he made no claim to support this gonzo headline.
Makes this entire OP an even more hot mess of bad journalism. I didn't think it possible.
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)supportive of right wing ideology.
Election 2016: Elizabeth Warren Defends Bernie Sanders From Goldman Sachs Criticism
In January, Sanders pointed to billionaire Blankfein as a prime example of the corporate greed he says is harming the United States. Sanders also released a television ad in which he slammed Goldman Sachs by name, and he has criticized Clinton, a former senator and secretary of state, for accepting $675,000 of speaking fees and $930,000 of campaign contributions from the firm and its executives during her career. Goldman Sachs has donated at least $250,000 to her familys foundation which in 2014 held a donor meeting at the companys Manhattan headquarters.
Blankfein responded to Sanders criticism on Wednesday in an appearance on CNBC, saying the intensity of the criticism created an environment that has the potential to be a dangerous moment not just for Wall Street, not just for the people who are particularly targeted, but for anybody who is a little bit out of line.
Warren, a Democrat, disputed that notion in harsh terms, telling IBT that such statements show why American voters should focus on Wall Streets power during the 2016 election.
When Blankfein says that criticizing those who break the rules is dangerous to the economy, then hes just repeating another variation of too big to fail, too big to jail, 'too big even to prosecute,' she said. That tells you here we are, seven years after the crisis and these guys still dont get it. Seven years. That crisis cost an estimated $14 trillion, it cost jobs, it cost homes, it cost retirement funds. And Lloyd Blankfein stands up and says Dont even criticize me, I ran a company that was right at the heart of some of the biggest financial frauds in history and made money off it, but dont you dare criticize me. Thats his position? Thats why we need voters to get really engaged.
http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/election-2016-elizabeth-warren-defends-bernie-sanders-goldman-sachs-criticism
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)As the OP references the non-existent "International Business News", I presumed that they were referring to IBD. I see that you're referencing IBT... about which I know nothing. They're simply not on my radar.
I'll retract my IBD claim, but stick with the central focus of my post: There is no reputable assertion that Clinton personally benefited financially from her time as SOS, as the headline suggests.
ProgressiveCentrist
(70 posts)1. The Iraqi government asked for the help to foster investment.
2. The State dept is tasked with helping US companies overseas.
3. Sirota is not an honest broker
4. The Family foundation gets used by her adversaries on the right and left. None ever talk about the work it does.
5. Sirota likes to write about how awful corporations are, then writes about how awful the charities they donate to are.
Sirota and the legion of writes/activists like him set up a great circular affirmation ring.
The only people allowed to donate money are the pure, and they are only able to donate the purest money to the purest people.
If a priest takes drug money for the orphanage its because he must be a pedophile. That's Sirota 101.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Does that make a journalist "not an honest broker"?
"Sirota and the legion of writers/activists" exposing corruption? That's good for democracy.
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Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)I am SO over them.
No...More...Clintons.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)And as SOS she was just a top CEO.
More of the same if she gets the WH.
Tab
(11,093 posts)"She also said that financial assets of the JP Morgan bank has reached at more than 450 000 million U.S dollars and also improving the Exxon Mobil according to the letters of support the investment. "
Is 450,000 million the same as 450 billion? Or did I miss a zero? If not, it's a hell of a number.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)So, yeah that's $450 billion.