Will Hillary admit her mistake pushing to arm "moderate" Syrian rebels?

[Cheese Sandwich]

Hillary Clinton wanted to arm Syrian rebels, memoir reveals

The "moderate" rebels turned out to be a myth. It partly led to ISIS and other terrorists growing. (source)

Why was the US actively involved with trying to overthrow the government of Syria?

President Obama resisted her strategy at first but later followed it. It was horrible advice.

The only thing I've seen Hillary Clinton do so far is blame President Obama for not arming them even more. If he had followed her plan things would have been even worse. So is she going to admit her Syria strategy was a disaster, or will she count on it being too confusing for voters to figure out?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Well, it was a "Hard Choice"...and, as usual, a "mistake".

[guillaumeb]

2. I would not call it HRC's strategy.

I would call it the default US strategy. She simply bought into the idea.

[Cheese Sandwich]

3. It was though. She was a hawk in the Obama administration, pushing him on this

And blaming him for not being hawkish enough.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drew a foreign policy line between herself and President Obama in an interview this week, saying the President should have assisted Syrian rebels early in the bloody three-year conflict there, and issuing a dig at his Administration’s minimalist doctrine.

The Obama Administration’s wariness about assisting rebels out of fear that aid would fall into the hands of extremists was misguided and ineffectual, Clinton said in an interview with the Atlantic, and allowed for the rise of Islamic extremists who are now threatening to take over wide swaths of Iraq.

http://time.com/3097964/hillary-clinton-syria-isis-the-atlantic/

Obama was right to be skeptical. The weapons did fall into the wrong hands. He would have been better off sticking with his original instinct.

[guillaumeb]

4. True. But to blame Clinton for being an interventionist is one thing.

But that interventionism has roots in the Monroe Doctrine. HRC is merely one of many interventionist US politicians in the past 200 plus years.

[Cheese Sandwich]

5. No doubt the roots of empire and intervention are deep. But there are shades of grey.

Any President is going to intervene, meddle, engage in other countries' business, somewhat. That comes with running an empire.

But Hillary Clinton is on the hawkish end of the spectrum though. Sadly it leads to blowback.

[guillaumeb]

8. Well said. eom

[floriduck]

6. And she has the nerve to say she wont

be any more of a hawk that President Obama. THAT IS HILARIOUS and sad it's so blatantly false.

[Cheese Sandwich]

9. Yeah really. Maybe in the debate tonight she'll blame President Obama again for Syria falling apart

[4139]

7. John Dickerson will ask hard questions to all and ask about refugees...

It was on Face the Nation where Hillary said the u.s. Should take 65,000 Syrian refugees.... I will be Shocked if he doesn't ask that question to all.

[Cheese Sandwich]

11. That's definitely going to be a tough question

[JaneyVee]

10. Do we want Muslims to take the lead or not?

[Fairgo]

12. Que?

Please elaborate. I can't answer the question until I know what it means.

[Fearless]

13. She wouldn't admit to buying the wrong air freshener.

Good luck with real issues.

[GoneOffShore]

15. Good one.

I like it.

[Hepburn]

22. +1,000

Yep, and she would blame it on wrong intel!

[Persondem]

14. You are assuming that arming syrian rebels was/is a bad idea. Why was/is it a bad idea?

Hmmmm?

[Cheese Sandwich]

16. Because the weapons are ending up with terrorists?

[Persondem]

25. What terrorists?nt

[Cheese Sandwich]

26. Real nasty ones with thick accents.

I don't know watch that Tulsi Gabbard thing and see how she explains it.

[Persondem]

28. I watched enough to realize that it is a very recent interview.

Clinton's idea about arming Syrian rebels is from a couple of years ago. Different situations. So which terrorist group was/is supposedly getting the weapons and what percent is getting to the moderate Syrians and what % to terrorists?

[Cheese Sandwich]

31. Hang on let me call my contacts in CIA Top Secret and I'll get right back to you

It's a recent interview so it's actually very relevant.

The decision to arm some of those groups was a few years ago, and the blowback is happening now.

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. Never. n/t

[betterdemsonly]

18. She also pushed him to overthrow Qaddafi.

She is horrible on foreign policy. She has been totally in the neocon camp since 9/11. Cowardly progressives want to give her a pass for that, but there is no indication she has backed off that mistake in any way. She is following the PNAC plan all the way. Even gave warm fuzzies to Netenyahu in a letter to the Forward.

[Cheese Sandwich]

19. I've heard that

It's either like the worst judgement ever or really bad intentions. I honestly don't know which.

[Hepburn]

23. You know...that is what bothers me the most about her.

Either she is stupid and gullible...or she has really evil hidden intentions.

Scary lady, IMO.

[Persondem]

30. At least without Qaddafi the Libyan people have a chance for self determiation

with that nut job in power, life was limited and surreal. It could have turned out like Tunisia, and still might.

"Cowardly progressives want to give her a pass for that,"

You have that wrong. Cowardly progressives are okay with dictators and sponsors of terrorism.

[betterdemsonly]

32. The Saudis are infinately worse in the authortarian department and the terrorism department.

The Saudis have thus far sponsered Al Qaeda, Isis, the Taliban, Boko Haram and the Boston Bombers. The Saudis treat women like property, and don't let them drive or leave the house unaccompanied by male relatives. Yet we ally with them. Meanwhile most of the Lockerbe Bombing allegations against Qaddafi happened a long time ago and were debunked by the Brits including Tony Blair.

[Persondem]

33. And that is Clinton's fault? Stick with the OP. nt.

[betterdemsonly]

34. Yes, in so far as she has supported wahabbi groups like Isis in Syria and Libya

and pushed Obama to arm them.

[Persondem]

36. Are you out of your mind? Come on .. link to any unbiased, fact based source that

supports your notion that Clinton supports ISIS. Please proceed.

[morningfog]

20. Hand in hand with her vote to kill a million Iraqis.

Who had nothing to do with 9/11.

[Cheese Sandwich]

24. You just don't understand business opportunities

That and freedom. Two things you're learning. See I explain it first you deliver Gift of Freedom™ and in return you get business opportunities. The more you know.


http://www.ibtimes.com/campaign-2016-hillary-clinton-pitched-iraq-business-opportunity-us-corporations-2121999

“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 family’s foundation.

[Hepburn]

21. Hillary? Admit a mistake?

[Cheese Sandwich]

27. Hey it's happened before: Hillary Clinton on the Iraq war: "I made a mistake"

[Hepburn]

29. Oooooooooooops, I meant UNQUALIFIED admission of a mistake.

Guess it gave both of you the wiggle room to make it look like an admission. GMAB.

[William769]

35. Will Bernie admit his mistake to help "arm" gun lobbyists? nt

[Cheese Sandwich]

37. I don't see how that makes any sense.

Sorry

[UglyGreed]

38. Kick