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gyroscope

(1,443 posts)
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:43 PM Feb 2016

Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton's State Department

Secretary Clinton, for sale to the highest bidder.





Under Hillary Clinton, the State Department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations whose governments had given millions to the Clinton Foundation.

...The State Department formally approved these arms sales even as many of the deals enhanced the military power of countries ruled by authoritarian regimes whose human rights abuses had been criticized by the department. Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar all donated to the Clinton Foundation and also gained State Department clearance to buy caches of American-made weapons even as the department singled them out for a range of alleged ills, from corruption to restrictions on civil liberties to violent crackdowns against political opponents.

http://www.ibtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donors-got-weapons-deals-hillary-clintons-state-department-1934187

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Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton's State Department (Original Post) gyroscope Feb 2016 OP
That's how it works, which is the reason Bernie calls for a political revolution. polichick Feb 2016 #1
this is where you have to consider, everyone seems to get a weapons deals from this country hollysmom Feb 2016 #2
She sold weapons to countries on the HR watch list after hefty donations to the Clinton Foundation. AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #3
3...2....1.... SheenaR Feb 2016 #4
"What it truly is" ... Is not a clear conflict of interest? JudyM Feb 2016 #6
Judy SheenaR Feb 2016 #8
Ah, ok, sarcasm signage missing. JudyM Feb 2016 #9
Banana Republic or USA NowSam Feb 2016 #5
why d'ya think she hired Lanny Davis to "do" the Honduran Liberales? practice! MisterP Feb 2016 #29
. UglyGreed Feb 2016 #7
Money talks, politicians listen! NorthCarolina Feb 2016 #10
Imagine when Hillary is President gyroscope Feb 2016 #15
It's old news, but the Republicans will use it in November thesquanderer Feb 2016 #11
Just one of many ticking time bombs for Ms. Moneybags gyroscope Feb 2016 #21
She's quite the negotiator. cali Feb 2016 #12
but I guess she is experienced at it azurnoir Feb 2016 #20
K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2016 #13
But ejbr Feb 2016 #14
Corrupt to the core and we question whether she would steal Iowa caucus votes? in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #16
tip of iceberg! donors to Clinton foundation include pro-Keystone, etc..She is Owned amborin Feb 2016 #17
Clinton is a crony capitalism oligarchy military industrial complex liberal Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #18
K&R EndElectoral Feb 2016 #19
Conflict of interest Sienna86 Feb 2016 #22
yes, there must have been quid pro quo grasswire Feb 2016 #27
Gadaffi is rolling in his grave fbc Feb 2016 #23
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2016 #24
Shocking! Helen Borg Feb 2016 #25
KAy & Arrgh! nt Plucketeer Feb 2016 #26
This is why they distract us with emails and sex scandals. TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #28

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
2. this is where you have to consider, everyone seems to get a weapons deals from this country
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:47 PM
Feb 2016

I really think we are the like the plague of black death in how we spread our weapons everywhere, it is he one thing we can be successful at exporting. It is kind of like the Oprah thing, You get a weapon, and you get a weapon, and you get a weapon............
so the question becomes, if they didn't donate did they still get a weapons deal?

 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
3. She sold weapons to countries on the HR watch list after hefty donations to the Clinton Foundation.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:52 PM
Feb 2016
http://trofire.com/2015/05/28/hillary-clinton-sold-weapons-to-hostile-nations-to-enrich-defense-funders/

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Here is an example of how the pay to play scam worked: Saudi Arabia wanted F-15 fighter jets, which they received after making a $900,000 donation to the Clinton Foundation. Clinton personally approved that deal. This happened after Hillary complained about the country continuing to ignore the money that was flowing from Saudi Arabia to terrorist organizations. In short, she knew that the country was funding terrorists who were fighting American soldiers, and still was willing to sell them heavy artillery because they gave her group money.

These countries that were receiving sweetheart deals from Clinton were violating human rights left and right, and that’s according to information that the State Department had. Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait – all of these countries had been singled out by the State Department for things like corruption, violation of civil liberties, and violently retaliating against political opponents. But Hillary looked past all of these atrocities when she gave them massive weaponry.

Algeria had been singled out as allowing “arbitrary killing” in the country and for having what they called widespread corruption. But after a half million dollar donation to the Clinton Foundation, they received a 70% increase in military weapon imports that included toxicological agents, biological agents, chemical agents. During her time at the State Department, Hillary approved $2.7 billion to the country of Algeria, which is almost triple what the Bush administration had sold to them in their last few years in office. Algeria had been put on watch by Hillary’s State Department for abuses such as human trafficking, their practicing of “disappearing” political and social dissidents, and for allowing violent criminals to kidnap, rape, and terrorize citizens in areas of the country without actively trying to stop them.

But when you’re giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Secretary of State’s charity, those egregious human rights abuses can be swept under the rug to make room for your new shipment of chemical weapons.

Legally, these countries are not allowed to make political donations to U.S. politicians if they are seeking arms deals from the government, but there is no law that prevents them from making charitable donations. And that’s how they were legally able to bribe Hillary Clinton. National security experts even came forward at the time and said that these donations represented a very serious conflict of interest. Their warnings went unheeded.

JudyM

(29,251 posts)
6. "What it truly is" ... Is not a clear conflict of interest?
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:58 PM
Feb 2016

Tell us what it truly is, then.

An "arm's length" transaction?

 

gyroscope

(1,443 posts)
15. Imagine when Hillary is President
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 05:35 PM
Feb 2016

when foreign countries, corporations and wealthy individuals all know they can seek favors from her by making "contributions" to the Clinton Foundation.

Nice racket.

thesquanderer

(11,989 posts)
11. It's old news, but the Republicans will use it in November
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 05:33 PM
Feb 2016

It doesn't matter if it was all legal, or if these countries would have gotten the arms anyway. The optics are bad, and that's what matters. "Appearance of impropiety" is the issue, real or not.

No matter what people think the Republicans would throw at Bernie, it can't match the ammunition that Hillary is giving them. Another reason he'd be the stronger candidate in November.

ejbr

(5,856 posts)
14. But
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 05:34 PM
Feb 2016

the foundation has high marks for its humanitarian service which should offset the misery it may be responsible for. Yeah, that's it.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
16. Corrupt to the core and we question whether she would steal Iowa caucus votes?
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 05:41 PM
Feb 2016

Puhleeeze. Her campaign oozes corruption.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

Sienna86

(2,149 posts)
22. Conflict of interest
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 05:54 PM
Feb 2016

As someone who has taught Ethics, I'm surprised President Obama selected her for the position with the Clinton Foundation in the picture. She should not have accepted it. Was there quid quo pro? Even the appearance of conflict of interest could have been avoided.

 

fbc

(1,668 posts)
23. Gadaffi is rolling in his grave
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 06:20 PM
Feb 2016

Wishing he hadn't forgotten to mail that check to the Clinton Foundation.

TIME TO PANIC

(1,894 posts)
28. This is why they distract us with emails and sex scandals.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 06:47 PM
Feb 2016

Dig a little deeper and you find the real dirt.

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