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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Is the Candidate of the War Machine [View all]amborin
(16,631 posts)33. why Hillary's Iraq war vote still matters hugely:
In fact, Clinton voted against an amendment proposed by Senator Carl Levin that would have authorized war only if Iraq refused to fully cooperate with UN inspectors.
"Instead," notes scholar Stephen Zunes, "she voted for the Republican-sponsored resolution which gave President Bush the authority to invade and occupy Iraq at the time and circumstances of his own choosing."
In fact, Clinton at the time justified her vote by parroting Bush and Cheney's false claims about biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons, and Iraqi ties to al Qaeda -- war propaganda rejected at the time by many experts around the world.
Clinton falsely claimed on Wednesday that top inspector Hans Blix supported the war resolution she voted for. He did not. And actually, just last week he said it's doubtful ISIS would exist if not for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Tell the world that truth about war really matters.
Five months after Senator Clinton's vote, Bush launched the long-threatened campaign of shock and awe, and Clinton did not object. In fact she went on to vote repeatedly to fund the ongoing war that she now claims she never intended. She later became the prime mover behind an overthrow in Libya modeled on the overthrow in Iraq.
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Background:
> Video of Clinton's war speech in 2002
> IPA: Clinton: Still Falsifying on Iraq War Vote
> CNN: Democratic Town Hall: CNN's Reality Check team inspects the claims
> Al Jazeera: Hans Blix on ISIL
> Washington Post: A Tough Call on Libya That Still Haunts
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Roger That - No More Queens Of War - That Enable Death - Destroying The Lives Of Millions
cantbeserious
Feb 2016
#1
Yes - Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations, Banks And Their Media Minions And MIC Henchmen
cantbeserious
Feb 2016
#5
Hillary's diplomatic achievement: "a swath of violence that now stretches from Mali to Afghanistan"
Kip Humphrey
Feb 2016
#2
There are two primary beneficiaries, both are Mideast, both have bankrolled her
leveymg
Feb 2016
#45
Sadly, based on effects, New Dem interventionism and Neo-conservatism broadly intersect
HereSince1628
Feb 2016
#6
It was and remains a terrible thing that series never aired on US broadcast tv
HereSince1628
Feb 2016
#43
She is also the candidate of cluster bomb endorsement, I am curious if any of those quid pro
Dragonfli
Feb 2016
#12
Make no mistake: her warmongering is a huge part of her appeal to her supporters. nt
Romulox
Feb 2016
#19
That's my biggest concern about her. Guaranteed continual war. So that's where
valerief
Feb 2016
#26
K&R This is what Hillary represents, above all....coupled with Flawed Judgement, as Evidenced by
amborin
Feb 2016
#28
Kicked and recommended! I knew it. Wars are profitable! But not to regular people.
Enthusiast
Feb 2016
#35
Bill Clinton: "Hillary didn't study lists of my contributors." CNN June 2015 interview.
bobthedrummer
Feb 2016
#41