Hey Hillary, are you sure arming Rebels is a good idea?
U.S.-Approved Arms for Libya Rebels Fell Into Jihadis’ Hands
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration secretly gave its blessing to arms shipments to Libyan rebels from Qatar last year, but American officials later grew alarmed as evidence grew that Qatar was turning some of the weapons over to Islamic militants, according to United States officials and foreign diplomats.
No evidence has emerged linking the weapons provided by the Qataris during the uprising against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to the attack that killed four Americans at the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in September.
But in the months before, the Obama administration clearly was worried about the consequences of its hidden hand in helping arm Libyan militants, concerns that have not previously been reported. The weapons and money from Qatar strengthened militant groups in Libya, allowing them to become a destabilizing force since the fall of the Qaddafi government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-to-libyan-rebels-with-us-approval-fell-into-islamist-hands.html?_r=0
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even though you have not provided a link. BTW Hillary knows that Libya has turned into a shambles and still thinks that it is the best way to deal with terror. Never mind wishing that Iran will just attack us so we could just go in and finish them off.
How about her support for Plan Colombia...
Under Plan Colombia, US taxpayer dollars have financed gross and widespreadviolations of human rights. It has paid for thousands of people murdered, disappeared, tortured, raped. It has forced millions of people to flee their homes - fueling a conflict that has resulted in more internally displaced people than nearly any other. It has funneled monies to paramilitary death squads guilty of some of the conflict's most heinous atrocities. It has funded Colombian military units guilty of assassinating dissidents, labor leaders, and students in order to silence political opposition and crush social movements. It has paid security forces that murder thousands of civilians and dress them up as guerillas in the so-called "false positive" scandal - which Colombia's top brass knew about as it happened. It has funded aerial fumigation using toxic chemicals that poison people and environment but fail to make a dent in the drug trade. And it has enriched U.S. military contractors and otherdrug war profiteers.
U.S. soldiers themselves have been implicated in numerous human rights abuses while deployed during Plan Colombia operations - including allegedly raping dozens of Colombian women and girls between 2003 and 2007.
This is the legacy of Plan Colombia, and try as she might, Clinton can't run from it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-robelo/hillary-clinton-plan-colombia_b_8557396.html
Like I said, I rather take chance with Bernie knowing Hillary's appetite for war, be it drug war or just plain old war.
