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Hillary Clinton criticizes Obama's foreign policy 'failure'; strongly defends Israel
Yahoo! News ^ | 8/10/14 | Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News

Posted on 08/10/2014 10:22:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

Ahead of a possible presidential run, Hillary Clinton appears to be distancing herself from what she called President Barack Obama's foreign policy "failure": the decision not to intervene during the early stages of the Syrian civil war.

In an interview with The Atlantic published on Sunday, the former secretary of state says the "failure" of the United States to those protesting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led to the rise of al-Qaida-inspired groups like ISIS, the militants currently creating havoc in Syria and Iraq.

“The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who were the originators of the protests against Assad — there were Islamists, there were secularists, there was everything in the middle — that failure left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled,” Clinton said.

The former first lady and U.S. senator said she fears the jihadist groups currently gaining strength in the Middle East will expand their sights on Europe and the United States.

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Politics/Elections; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2014election; 2016election; benghazi; criticizes; egypt; election2014; election2016; failure; foreignpolicy; gaza; hamas; hillaryclinton; hitlery; iran; iraq; israel; jordan; kurdistan; lebanon; libya; obama; russia; sinai; syria; turkey; ukraine; waronterror; yazidi; yazidis
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To: NormsRevenge
Is this a joke?
21 posted on 08/10/2014 10:41:50 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Christie at the beach

“My accomplishments as Secretary of State? Well, I’m glad you asked!
My proudest accomplishment in which I take the most pride, mostly
because of the opposition it faced early on, you know… the remnants of
prior situations and mindsets that were too narrowly focused in a
manner whereby they may have overlooked the bigger picture and we
didn’t do that and I’m proud of that. Very proud. I would say that’s
a major accomplishment.”

- Hillary Clinton 11 March 2014


22 posted on 08/10/2014 10:42:26 AM PDT by mandaladon (To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful an)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Yes..anything coming out of the witches mouth now is just “campaign speech”. In other words say anything to get elected...especially TOTAL lies.


23 posted on 08/10/2014 10:42:33 AM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coups d’état .)
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To: mandaladon

Never have so many words, said so little.


24 posted on 08/10/2014 10:43:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mandaladon

mumbo jumbo


25 posted on 08/10/2014 10:43:45 AM PDT by bonfire
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To: Dilbert San Diego
We can’t let her get away with such absurd off the wall statements. We need to set the record straight. She and Obama are one.

The sheeple will buy it. We are so screwed.

26 posted on 08/10/2014 10:44:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: NormsRevenge

It takes a liar to say what the GOP should have been saying all along. Not even Ted Cruz is calling out Obama’s pro-Islam foreign policy. In our dysfunctional culture, we leave it to the panderers and prevaricators to speak the truth.


27 posted on 08/10/2014 10:44:11 AM PDT by Praxeologue
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To: NormsRevenge

Hillary supports infanticide homosexuality and a long list of anti Christian positions, she is no better than Obama period


28 posted on 08/10/2014 10:44:51 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge (Sarah Palin 2016 OR BUST)
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To: NormsRevenge

Is this the same State Department head that allowed our Ambassador to Libya get whacked?

Such a small world.


29 posted on 08/10/2014 10:45:24 AM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: eyedigress

And, unless it’s Ted Cruz, you can be sure that the Republican nominee won’t challenge Hillary on any of it.


30 posted on 08/10/2014 10:46:26 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

You may be right.

This is such horse blank. Hillary was a key architect of the foreign policy which she is now criticizing.

I wish we had some semblance of a fair and balanced media, who would ask her the logical follow-up questions. Such as, “Mrs. Clinton, you were Secretary of State, and you helped formulate the policies you are now criticizing. How do you reconcile that contradiction”??


31 posted on 08/10/2014 10:47:56 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: Steelfish

“She has no right to complain if she did not immediately resign.”

Correct!


32 posted on 08/10/2014 10:49:33 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: Cowboy Bob
the decision not to intervene during the early stages of the Syrian civil war. Wouldn't that have meant supporting ISIS in their fight against Bashar al-Assad?

That is exactly what I was wondering. She appears to be nuancing this to say if we had supported the right rebel forces that somehow ISIS would not have taken over. I find that laughable. If we had supported al-Asad I believe ISIS would not have taken over large amounts of Syria. If we had supported Iraq then they ISIS wouldn't have moved into Iraq. The vacuum was created by Obama.

33 posted on 08/10/2014 10:51:04 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: NormsRevenge

This coming from the whore who so tenderly embraced Arafat’s wife.


34 posted on 08/10/2014 10:53:56 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: NormsRevenge

With you on this one. She cannot separate herself from zero since she was part of this mess during the 1st 4 years. She also owns it.


35 posted on 08/10/2014 10:57:43 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: NormsRevenge
Hillary's Kiss is Still a Kiss

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Hitlery is a poser...she hates Israel as much as any Democrat on the floor of the Democrat convention who booed Israel and God....here she is kissing the wife of Yasser Arafat...Mrs. Arafat had just made a speech bashing Israel...

36 posted on 08/10/2014 10:58:34 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: DownInFlames
With you on this one. She cannot separate herself from zero since she was part of this mess during the 1st 4 years. She also owns it.

Yes she can, and the media will more than willing to comply.

37 posted on 08/10/2014 10:59:01 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: NormsRevenge

Catfight coming between Vallery and Hillary, mark my words.

Extra butter on that popcorn please...


38 posted on 08/10/2014 10:59:47 AM PDT by Paulie
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To: NormsRevenge

Lol

Troll for libtard Jewish donors much Lady Cankles?


39 posted on 08/10/2014 11:00:43 AM PDT by wardaddy (we will not take back our way of life through peaceful means.....i have 5 kids....i fear for them)
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To: NormsRevenge

“The former first lady and U.S. senator said ...”

Gee, they left out one of her titles, in fact the most recent one: Secretary of State. Under Obama, no less. Nothing she could have done in that role, right?


40 posted on 08/10/2014 11:01:47 AM PDT by EDINVA
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