Posted on 03/15/2016 7:22:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Believe it or not, this might be the least delusional part of Hillary Clinton’s remarks about Libya in last night’s MSNBC town hall forum. Hillary declares that the US-led NATO intervention against Moammar Qaddafi was a success, and that “we didn’t lose a single person” in the regime change … which is only true if one believes that the sacking of our consulate in Benghazi under her watch was entirely unrelated to decapitating the functioning government of Libya (via Soshana Weissmann):
Politico also picked up the story:
“Libya was a different kind of calculation. And we didn’t lose a single person. We didn’t have a problem in supporting our European and Arab allies in working with NATO,” the former secretary of state said during an MSNBC town hall on Monday night.
Clinton may have been referring strictly to the U.S.-backed overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, which indeed saw no loss of American lives and cost just around $1 billion. But her comments ignore the 2012 attacks at the U.S. mission and CIA outpost in Benghazi, which killed four people including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
Ousting Qaddafi was worth it, Clinton said.
“Now, is Libya perfect? It isn’t. But did they have two elections that were free and fair where they voted for moderates. Yes, they did. So you know, changing from a dictator who has hollowed out your country to something resembling a functioning state and even hopefully more of a democratic one doesn’t happen overnight,” she said. “And we’ve got to continue to support the Libyan people, to give them a chance, because otherwise you see what has happened in Syria, with the consequences of millions of people flooding out of Syria, with more than 250,000 people killed, with terrorist groups like ISIS taking up almost — huge blocks of territory, as big as some of the states in that area.”
Yes, they certainly do ignore the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi. But these remarks ignore a lot more than that. Qaddafi’s Libya was a brutal dictatorship, but one that had been cooperating in some part against radical Islamist terrorist groups, and had a functioning military that kept them on the run. Decapitating the regime without any way to influence developments on the ground did not result in “a functioning state.” It resulted in a failed state. The government that held two elections cannot even claim all of Tripoli as under its control, and its writ runs nowhere else in the country.
Most stunning of all, Clinton seems unaware that ISIS is taking up blocs of territory in Libya now, too. So have al-Qaeda affiliates like Ansar al-Sharia — the group that sacked our Benghazi consulate nearly four years ago, thanks in large part to security decisions made by State under Hillary’s leadership. We didn’t give Libya a chance — we destroyed Libya, and left nothing but a viper pit of terror networks to replace it. And Hillary thinks this is a success story.
If we elect her as President, expect a lot more “success” stories like Libya.
Ambassador Stevens was unavailable for comment.
Chris Stevens was not human apparently.
ISIS is filling the gap created by her policies
She is a moron
Well she is kinda correct. There was more than one that was lost due to a video. Oh, wait. I forgot. The families are lying because nobody ever said anything about a video. Right? And the guy that put the video never went to jail did he? For other charges.
“Well....except for those we set up, abandoned, and then lied about....but they don’t count.”
Trump or Cruz should bury her with this.
Hey, it's all good. What are the lives of an ambassador and some support staff among friends? /S
Her nonchalant arrogance is breathtaking...
Another incredible insult to the Benghazi families.
Special place in hell indeed.
There are rumors that she has Alzheimer’s. or something that interferes with brain function.
I am serious.
The State Department’s assessment of the nirvana that is now Libya:
https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/libya-travel-warning.html
“The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends that U.S. citizens currently in Libya depart immediately. On July 26, 2014, the U.S. Embassy suspended all embassy operations in Libya and relocated staff outside of the country because of ongoing violence between Libyan militias in the immediate vicinity of the Embassy. The security situation in Libya remains unpredictable and unstable. If in Libya, make contingency emergency plans and maintain security awareness at all times.”
Rahman / Stevens, Rahman / Stevens, Rahman / Stevens agrrrrrrr.!!! No one wants to touch it, the press treats it like leprosy. Mursi demanded the release of Rahman before all this occurred, it was said that most of the attackers were Egyptian, and members of the Rahman brigade? Conspiracy? You may call it that, but was it ever looked into, and who dares to report it?
Hitlery means, “We didn’t lose anybody with money in Libya.”
Technically, the bodies were recovered.
I think that's All-slimer's.
She slimes all who are decent, honest and true.
It’s just the fog of war to use her actual quote from the Univision debate.
She’s had a series of strokes. She is dying.
I predict that both the rapist and Hitlery will be dead in five years. Noted to Secret Service: I am speaking NATURAL CAUSES.
Qaddafi was old and tamed. He’d learned his lesson. Ousting Qaddafi was the most dumb-ass geopolitical move imaginable.
AND she is a shameless brain-dead liar. Does she really think Americans will forget the attack on the consulate, when the White House sat on their hands and watched brave men die?
Libya was a different kind of calculation. And we didn’t lose a single person.This one quote by Hillary Clinton sums up for our soldiers, our diplomats, and every single American citizen everything they ever will need to know about how Hillary Clinton views them and their lives.
To her...we are all "non-persons."
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