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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton, Stalwart Friend of World’s Worst Despots, Attacks Sanders’ Latin American Activism
https://theintercept.com/2016/03/10/hillary-clinton-stalwart-friend-of-worlds-worst-despots-attacks-sanders-latin-american-activism/Vehement opposition to Reagans covert wars in Central America, as well as to the sadistic and senseless embargo of Cuba, were once standard liberal positions. As my colleague Jeremy Scahill, observing the reaction of Clinton supporters during the debate, put it in a series of tweets: The U.S. sponsored deaths squads that massacred countless central and Latin Americans, murdered nuns and priests, assassinated an Archbishop. I bet commie Sanders was even against Reagans humanitarian mining of Nicaraguan waters & supported subsequent war crimes judgment vs. U.S. Have any of these Hillarybots heard of the Contra death squads? Or is it just that whatever Hillary says must be defended at all costs? The Hillarybots attacking Sanders over Nicaragua should be ashamed of themselves.
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s Hillary Clinton a credible voice for condemning support for despots and human rights abusers? To answer that, lets review much more recent evidence than the 1980s:
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s Hillary Clinton a credible voice for condemning support for despots and human rights abusers? To answer that, lets review much more recent evidence than the 1980s:
What follows is a long list of Hillary's support of brutal dictators.
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Hillary Clinton, Stalwart Friend of World’s Worst Despots, Attacks Sanders’ Latin American Activism (Original Post)
Luminous Animal
Mar 2016
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notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)1. We knew that was coming
Her minions were here yesterday testing the waters.http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1443561
WillyT
(72,631 posts)2. Saw This Coming Last Night... K & R !!!
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)3. Kick.