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Related: About this forumClinton Says Removing Assad in Syria Is Top Priority
Reuters, The Associated Press and Haaretz Oct 06, 2015 11:40 AM
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday said removing President Bashar al-Assad is the top priority in Syria.
Clinton, speaking at a town hall meeting in Hollis, said the United States should pursue a diplomatic solution in resolving Syria's internal conflict.
Her comments come at a time of a growing gulf between Russia and the U.S. on the appropriate place of the Syrian President in the fight against ISIS.
U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday that Russia's ongoing military action in Syria against moderate groups puts at further risk "the very political resolution and preservation of Syria's structure of future governance it says that it wants."
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.678985
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)she says she learned something from her "mistaken" iraq war vote.
clearly she did not.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)"Not just leftovers!"
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)she will give us a boots-on-the-ground shooting war in her first year in office.
Bank on it.
Yupster
(14,308 posts)She sure was quick to brag about dethroning Khadaffy.
Autumn
(45,012 posts)democratic voters will be excited as all fuck to get involved in another bogged down fucked up mess like Iraq.
MoveIt
(399 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)philosslayer
(3,076 posts)Is President Obama a neocon as well?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/13/us-mideast-crisis-obama-syria-idUSKCN0IX03T20141113
Alittleliberal
(528 posts)He is.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)Is or is Hillary not a neocon?
philosslayer
(3,076 posts)So if your position is that this makes Secretary Clinton a neocon, then you also believe it makes President Obama a neocon.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Robbins
(5,066 posts)this shouldn't surprise anyone.with except of vietnam they love wars.As long as noone in their family has to fight in them.
There is civil war In Syria.If obama would have listen to her we would be involved in it.
Russia is supporting the Syrian government.neocons like her would risk WWIII.
Meanwhile when congress voted on supplying arms to syrian rebels Bernie voted no.as did Elizabeth Warren.
No to middle east wars! US needs to stay out of them.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Why is it that removing Assad is a top priority? What is it we hope to achieve? As far as I can tell, Syria is comprised of really bad people doing really bad things, and victims. None of the victims are vying for power. Granted, Assad deserves a bullet in the head, but so does ISIS, and so do several other groups violently vying for power.
Why is it in our national interests to poke a stick in a hornet's nest? What is it we hope to achieve. Hegemony in the Middle East is the actual answer, but I'd like to know what our stated rationale is.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)"Spreading American values around the world" and all that PNAC neo-con stuff is really code for hegemony. Corporate dominance, all those healthy "American values."
Cayenne
(480 posts)that would end Gazproms' monopoly.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Was she wearing camouflage when making the statement?
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)probably busy dodging sniper fire
frylock
(34,825 posts)kenfrequed
(7,865 posts)I think education, the environment, and the disparity of wealth all come before getting worked up over Syria.
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Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)jkbRN
(850 posts)is her answer.
bunnies
(15,859 posts)Nothing else I want to say would be allowed to stand.
philosslayer
(3,076 posts)bunnies
(15,859 posts)we supported him to end war and we are too much in middle wast war now.Clinton would be worse than him.
LondonReign2
(5,213 posts)Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)Is she fucking DAFT?!?! SYRIA IS A NO-WIN SITUATION. I think she has just proven herself unfit for office with that comment.
azmom
(5,208 posts)We are sick of war. I won't vote for that. No can do.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Wars, wars, wars, wars, wars and more wars. When-will-it-EVER-stop?
What a warmonger.
Can't we PLEASE just mind our own freakin' business and live in PEACE? What's wrong with PEACE?
PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Unbelievable.
Another war that we can't win.
Once a war hawk always a war hawk.
Catherina
(35,568 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)But they'd vote for HRH if she personally clubbed baby seals or co-hosted a kitten-barbecue telethon with Cheney and the Chimp.
How can people be so fucking delusionally stupid?
MisterP
(23,730 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)4139
(1,893 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)jfern
(5,204 posts)Hell no to endless wars there.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Ain't gonna study war no more
elana i am
(814 posts)i don't understand. she polls the shit out of everything to find out which way to proceed, but when it comes to warmongering does she just ignore results?