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amborin

(16,631 posts)
2. Dr. Jeffrey Sachs: she instigated & prolonged the Syrian bloodbath:
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:29 PM
Apr 2016


At Milwaukee Debate, Hillary stated:



But I would add this. You know, the Security Council finally got around to adopting a resolution. At the core of that resolution is an agreement I negotiated in June of 2012 in Geneva, which set forth a cease-fire and moving toward a political resolution, trying to bring the parties at stake in Syria together.


Except, Hillary was blatantly lying
:

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs notes:

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.


Jeffrey Sachs notes that:

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[/b]......



http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/15/1485382/-Top-economist-UN-advisor-and-climate-activist-Clinton-is-a-danger-to-world-peace

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
3. I don't understand how anyone can reconcile with this aspect of Clinton unless they agree with her
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:33 PM
Apr 2016

need to be militaristic. We have an excellent alternative on so many levels and this is what they go with?

It's one reason I think this party is going to split in two at some point if she wins.

bjo59

(1,166 posts)
4. Yes. And the scale of death wrought by the regime change she has and does champion
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:34 PM
Apr 2016

is colossal, almost impossible to imagine and yet ... many Americans couldn't care less. The increased level of this country's violence and arrogance has lost it a lot of friends internationally. Interesting how the government's support of the global banking cartel goes hand in hand with perpetrating horrific violence and chaos around the world without a moment of moral doubt.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
7. If you collect $10 million in a year giving corporate speeches
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:38 PM
Apr 2016

then I don't see how you have much standing to complain when somebody calls you a corporate whore. If the shoe fits, wear it. And it's not a sexist term. Bill Clinton is also a corporate whore.

msongs

(67,420 posts)
8. yet there is bernie year after year voting for more killing so he can get some jets in VT yet he is
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 11:21 PM
Apr 2016

some sort of saint lol

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