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Hillary Clinton’s Speech Against Trump Hypocritically Touts Her Foreign Policy Strength
byKevin Gosztola
Published on Friday, June 03, 2016 by Shadowproof, via Common Dreams
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In fact, Clinton threatened to ethnically cleanse Iran if it were to attack Israel when she ran for president in 2008. “In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.”
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Clinton quoted a number of remarks from Trump to show he is a cartoonish figure who cannot be trusted with the presidency. But Clinton herself said, when Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed, “We came, we saw, he died,” while pumping her fists.
She blasted “Donald’s bizarre fascination with dictators and strongmen who have no love for America,” and later added, “I’ll leave it to the psychiatrists to explain his affection for tyrants.” However, as journalist Glenn Greenwald has cataloged, she has been a “stalwart friend” of some of the “world’s worst despots.”
In 2009, Clinton said while she was secretary of state, “I really consider President and Mrs. Mubarak to be friends of my family.” She referred to Bashar al Assad in 2011 as a “reformer,” to argue Gaddafi was worse.
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The former secretary of state vehemently supports Israeli military occupation and a foreign policy toward Palestine, which dehumanizes its people. She also does not believe there is anything illegal about a right-wing military coup in Honduras, which she stood by and allowed to go unchallenged when she was in charge of the State Department.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, and UAE donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Global Initiative between 2001 and 2014. Powerful individuals, including leaders of tyrannical governments in the Persian Gulf, do not typically donate this kind of money to a politician’s personal foundation without expecting something in return for their investments.
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http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/06/03/hillary-clintons-speech-against-trump-hypocritically-touts-her-foreign-policy
byKevin Gosztola
Published on Friday, June 03, 2016 by Shadowproof, via Common Dreams
EXCERPT...
In fact, Clinton threatened to ethnically cleanse Iran if it were to attack Israel when she ran for president in 2008. “In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.”
SNIP...
Clinton quoted a number of remarks from Trump to show he is a cartoonish figure who cannot be trusted with the presidency. But Clinton herself said, when Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed, “We came, we saw, he died,” while pumping her fists.
She blasted “Donald’s bizarre fascination with dictators and strongmen who have no love for America,” and later added, “I’ll leave it to the psychiatrists to explain his affection for tyrants.” However, as journalist Glenn Greenwald has cataloged, she has been a “stalwart friend” of some of the “world’s worst despots.”
In 2009, Clinton said while she was secretary of state, “I really consider President and Mrs. Mubarak to be friends of my family.” She referred to Bashar al Assad in 2011 as a “reformer,” to argue Gaddafi was worse.
SNIP...
The former secretary of state vehemently supports Israeli military occupation and a foreign policy toward Palestine, which dehumanizes its people. She also does not believe there is anything illegal about a right-wing military coup in Honduras, which she stood by and allowed to go unchallenged when she was in charge of the State Department.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, and UAE donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Global Initiative between 2001 and 2014. Powerful individuals, including leaders of tyrannical governments in the Persian Gulf, do not typically donate this kind of money to a politician’s personal foundation without expecting something in return for their investments.
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http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/06/03/hillary-clintons-speech-against-trump-hypocritically-touts-her-foreign-policy
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