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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHillary Clinton Twists Herself In Knots To Avoid Blaming Israel For UN Bombing
Posted: 08/13/2014 9:53 am EDT
The fog of war may be more of a Rorschach test, it turns out.
Here's Hillary Clinton, on the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine: "I think if there were any doubt it should be gone by now, that Vladimir Putin, certainly indirectly ... bears responsibility for what happened."
And here's Clinton, on the bombing of a United Nations facility in Gaza: "I'm not sure it's possible to parcel out blame because it's impossible to know what happens in the fog of war."
The two remarks were made less than three weeks apart, and offer a window into how one's view of how the world should be can color how it's seen -- or at least how it's relayed to the public.
Read more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/13/hillary-clinton-israel-gaza-school-bombing_n_5672881.html
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Hillary Clinton Twists Herself In Knots To Avoid Blaming Israel For UN Bombing (Original Post)
Cali_Democrat
Aug 2014
OP
Pathetic, but sadly the norm for American politicians when it comes to Israel.
Comrade Grumpy
Aug 2014
#5
BlindTiresias
(1,563 posts)1. Easy to do
When you are an unprincipled charlatan.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)2. Can you share your true feelings here?
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)3. The proper response for Clinton
would be to blame both Russia and Israel.
But for some reason, she wants to kiss Netanyahu's feet.
BlindTiresias
(1,563 posts)4. Its because
She is a Very Serious Person and we should just accept she is the Only Serious Candidate.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)6. Yes
Whatever her and Obama see in Netanyahu is far beyond my comprehension.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)5. Pathetic, but sadly the norm for American politicians when it comes to Israel.