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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 05:15 PM Jun 2014

Iraq Would Be Full Of American Troops If Hillary Had Her Way



The Young Turks * Published on Jun 23, 2014

"Hillary Clinton today portrays her stance on Iraq as being the same as President Obama's. But when she was Secretary of State, she pushed hard for keeping troops in Iraq—despite the fact that the White House was looking to bring all the troops home.

"Hillary Clinton was a lion for keeping troops there," James Jeffrey, who was the U.S. ambassador to Iraq in 2011, told The Daily Beast in an interview. "She was a strong advocate for keeping troops there past 2011," when American forces eventually withdrew.

At a CNN Town Hall on Tuesday, Clinton unveiled what is now her official accounting of what happened in 2011, when the Obama administration was negotiating to keep troops in Iraq with the government of Nouri al-Maliki. "* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola break it down.

Read more here from Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/18/hillary-clinton-pushed-obama-to-keep-troops-in-iraq.html

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Iraq Would Be Full Of American Troops If Hillary Had Her Way (Original Post) DeSwiss Jun 2014 OP
I Agree With You Guys.... supercats Jun 2014 #1
And I agree with you..... DeSwiss Jun 2014 #2
The only way I'd vote for her is cprise Jun 2014 #5
Anyone excited about Hillary vs Romney? raindaddy Jun 2014 #3
Which one are you going with? DeSwiss Jun 2014 #4
The New Leave it To Beaver! raindaddy Jun 2014 #6
HRC = Blue Dog, Corporate ConservaDem, DLC/Third Way/"New" DEM, triangulation/"bi-partisanship," blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #7
 

supercats

(429 posts)
1. I Agree With You Guys....
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 05:37 PM
Jun 2014

I had already decided not to vote for Hilary no matter what. This is a perfect example of why I won't vote for her. We desperately need a strong progressive president to get that progressive agenda actualized and fight back and beat down any and all right wing/tea bagger that gets in the way.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
2. And I agree with you.....
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:14 PM
Jun 2014

...although I don't believe the current system as configured, can deliver that progressive.

- But I have no problem with being proven wrong in this belief, it's just that I've been terribly right, so far.....

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cprise

(8,445 posts)
5. The only way I'd vote for her is
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:27 PM
Jun 2014

if she was in a close race for president AND I was in a swing state. And I would vote against her in a primary in any case.

raindaddy

(1,370 posts)
3. Anyone excited about Hillary vs Romney?
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:35 PM
Jun 2014

Hillary seems to be the approved Dem party candidate for president. She's actually running even though she hasn't stated so in public. We'll all feel so comfortable with her come election time, with her regular TV appearances and now that we know her favorite book is the Bible...
The political process in this country reminds me of an 80s sitcom, pretty sad..

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
4. Which one are you going with?
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:40 PM
Jun 2014

Last edited Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:05 PM - Edit history (1)

- I'm either going with: ''The New Leave It To Beaver'' or ''Three's A Crowd''

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Day by Day
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Designing Women
Diff'rent Strokes
Double Trouble
Down to Earth
The Facts of Life
Family Ties
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Frank's Place
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The Golden Girls
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Head of the Class
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It's a Living
It's Your Move
Joanie Loves Chachi
Just the Ten of Us
Kate & Allie
Love, Sidney
Mama's Family
Mr. Belvedere
The Munsters Today
My Secret Identity
My Sister Sam
My Two Dads
The New Gidget
The New Leave it to Beaver
Newhart
Night Court
9 to 5
Out of This World
Perfect Strangers
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She's the Sheriff
Silver Spoons
Sledge Hammer
Small Wonder
Square Pegs
Three's a Crowd
Throb
Too Close for Comfort
227
We Got It Made
Webster
What's Happening Now!
Who's the Boss?[/center]

raindaddy

(1,370 posts)
6. The New Leave it To Beaver!
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:22 PM
Jun 2014

I'm kinda liking Mitt as Ward and Hillary as June.. Episode 1: Wally's comes out of the closet and tells the family he's in love with Eddie and they want to get married. After a lot of soul searching Hillary gives her blessing but Mitt is opposed.

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
7. HRC = Blue Dog, Corporate ConservaDem, DLC/Third Way/"New" DEM, triangulation/"bi-partisanship,"
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 05:18 AM
Jun 2014

1%'er, war hawk, for-it-before-she-was-against-it, take no stand/finger in the air, pals around with the Christian Dominionists at Washington DC's shadowy far rightwing Church euphemistically known as the "Frathouse for Jesus," etc., etc., etc.

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