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amborin

(16,631 posts)
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:30 AM Mar 2016

Top UN Advisor: Hillary Helped Instigate & Prolong Syrian Bloodbath; She's Responsible for Carnage

Top UN Advisor: Hillary A Danger to World Peace, Lied about UN Treaty, Ruined Kofi Annan's Peace Plan in Syria

Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath

by Jeffrey D. Sachs


At Milwaukee Debate, Hillary Claimed
:


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.


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......


http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/15/1485382/-Top-economist-UN-advisor-and-climate-activist-Clinton-is-a-danger-to-world-peace
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Top UN Advisor: Hillary Helped Instigate & Prolong Syrian Bloodbath; She's Responsible for Carnage (Original Post) amborin Mar 2016 OP
Top UN Advisor: Hillary A Danger to World Peace, Lied about UN Treaty, Ruined Peace Plan peacebird Mar 2016 #1
+1! n/t marew Mar 2016 #5
Yep, Notice how she said that we will "clean up" South America last night? newthinking Mar 2016 #24
I have yet to see a foreign policy that was a success NWCorona Mar 2016 #2
And, sadly, an indictment on President Obama, as well TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2016 #22
The MIC called in their Quid Pro Quo to the Administration for more war! Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #27
What i think... Scootaloo Mar 2016 #31
yes, part of an agreement; and numerous articles discuss this amborin Mar 2016 #32
That's it. Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #26
This is a surprise because? marew Mar 2016 #3
Sounds very familiar... Kensan Mar 2016 #4
This is just one aspect of her documented larger role as chief instigator of serial regime change leveymg Mar 2016 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author polly7 Mar 2016 #7
speaking of the Saudis.....turns out that there were emails saying that they amborin Mar 2016 #33
Her warmongering is among my top reasons I can't support her Arazi Mar 2016 #8
K & R AzDar Mar 2016 #9
Her much touted "foreign policy" experience is drowned in the blood of innocents. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #10
That's the Clinton M.O. AgerolanAmerican Mar 2016 #28
Sounds like we need to send more troops to the Middle East to clean things up! stillwaiting Mar 2016 #11
She lies... SoapBox Mar 2016 #12
^^ this ^^ amborin Mar 2016 #34
Can we say, "WE TOLD YOU SO!", yet? Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #13
http://fpif.org/hillary-clintons-support-iraq-war-no-fluke/ stupidicus Mar 2016 #14
Has she ever voted or advised against a war, conflict, regime change? dae Mar 2016 #15
Some big Wall Street companies are making big money on war, right? jalan48 Mar 2016 #16
The Military Industrial Complex too. nt chknltl Mar 2016 #17
K&R Duval Mar 2016 #18
Amazing TryLogic Mar 2016 #19
I was disturbed by her side-eye last night when Sanders was talking about South America ... Myrina Mar 2016 #20
she is a neo con; totally in favor of regime change amborin Mar 2016 #35
You make an excellent observation... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #36
Misrepresentation is a kind word. Simply out and out lies. EndElectoral Mar 2016 #21
I sure hope he cc'd the repukes on this Dollface Mar 2016 #23
Very Interesting... KoKo Mar 2016 #25
We've had ENOUGH Faux pas Mar 2016 #29
The US made no diplomatic progress under her tenure as Secretary of State Scootaloo Mar 2016 #30
The elites of this country and our allies don't consider a Syrian bloodbath a bad thing. nt killbotfactory Mar 2016 #37

peacebird

(14,195 posts)
1. Top UN Advisor: Hillary A Danger to World Peace, Lied about UN Treaty, Ruined Peace Plan
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:33 AM
Mar 2016

Pretty damning.

Tweeted.

newthinking

(3,982 posts)
24. Yep, Notice how she said that we will "clean up" South America last night?
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:30 PM
Mar 2016

She is a full blown war hawk as has allied with the NeoCons when it suits her.

She sees "regime change" and covertly destabilizing countries as a first step tactic.

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
22. And, sadly, an indictment on President Obama, as well
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:11 PM
Mar 2016

I think he was too trusting of Hillary's "expertise," but not making excuses - the buck does stop with him.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
31. What i think...
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:06 PM
Mar 2016

Is that he offered her SecState as part of a "gift package" in order to keep her from running as an Independent in 2008, or at least to secure Clinton resources for his General campaign and first term.

She had absolutely no qualifications for the position.

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
26. That's it.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:32 PM
Mar 2016

It's just one failed judgment after another with her - and people died

Her failed judgement includes other arenas however like selling the Democratic Party to the Koch Bros for example, and allowing Wall Street to buy her

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
6. This is just one aspect of her documented larger role as chief instigator of serial regime change
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:55 AM
Mar 2016

extending from Libya to Syria, and her role in facilitating the pipeline of heavy arms and Jihadi fighters that flowed through Turkey with Saudi funding and Qatari airlift. It seems apparent that is part of the Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) program emails we won't be allowed to see, and which her uncertified private server compromised.

Response to leveymg (Reply #6)

amborin

(16,631 posts)
33. speaking of the Saudis.....turns out that there were emails saying that they
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 11:15 AM
Mar 2016

were behind the Benghazi attack.....how come this was not mentioned?

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
8. Her warmongering is among my top reasons I can't support her
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:33 PM
Mar 2016

her foreign policy decisions have been terrible

 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
10. Her much touted "foreign policy" experience is drowned in the blood of innocents.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:43 PM
Mar 2016

But, it'll be pretty hard for the Republicans to accuse her of being a Soft Hearted, hand wringing, Liberal.

 

AgerolanAmerican

(1,000 posts)
28. That's the Clinton M.O.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:40 PM
Mar 2016

Take whatever craziness the GOP is having success fooling the rubes with, but turn it up to 11 and run as a Democrat. Now Republicans can't out-Republican her because she's got better cred as a warmonger-corporatist than what the GOP has on offer.

That's how we ended up with the mass-incarceration policies of the first go with that family. Remember the "put 100,000 cops on the streets" line Bill used to outmaneuver the GOP on law and order issues?

How many people pointlessly went to jail since, so that the Clintons would have a platform for pathological ambition?

stillwaiting

(3,795 posts)
11. Sounds like we need to send more troops to the Middle East to clean things up!
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:53 PM
Mar 2016


Wouldn't be surprised if/when Hillary wanted to do just that.

jalan48

(13,870 posts)
16. Some big Wall Street companies are making big money on war, right?
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:37 PM
Mar 2016

Or are the CEO's for these companies working for minimum wage because it's the right thing to do -the War on Terror you know.

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
20. I was disturbed by her side-eye last night when Sanders was talking about South America ...
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:07 PM
Mar 2016

... not that Syria and South America are directly related, but when he said the US has no business overthrowing South American governments & she shot the laser beams of disgust at him across the stage, sorta' said it all for me.

Military Intervention - South America, the Middle East, where ever - is the one platform plank that gets a big 'Yes we can' from her & her donors.

ljm2002

(10,751 posts)
36. You make an excellent observation...
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 03:42 PM
Mar 2016

...when you say:

Military Intervention - South America, the Middle East, where ever - is the one platform plank that gets a big 'Yes we can' from her & her donors.


Hope the campaign makes use of this framing, it's so true!
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
30. The US made no diplomatic progress under her tenure as Secretary of State
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:03 PM
Mar 2016

Her first impetus towards a crisis is use of violence. her response to reform movements in other nations is to assist in crushing them (Egypt, Bahrain) or overthrow them if they succeed (Honduras.) When she looks at the current situation in Syria, all she has to offer is an idea that would lead to a hot war between the United States and Russia. Can you fucking imagine! And her threats to "Obliterate" Iran, a state that the Obama administration has been trying to thaw relations with for the majority of his second term.

A Clinton presidency would throw us backwards in global diplomacy, away from Obama's achievements, and toward something more befitting the Bush administration.

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