Posted on 12/29/2007 9:23:06 PM PST by Aristotelian
CLINTON, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton waded into Pakistan's volatile internal political situation Saturday, raising the possibility the country's military might have assassinated Benazir Bhutto because the killing took place in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Clinton's remarks came as Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's government seemed to reject a call for an independent international investigation of the murder that Clinton and John Edwards proposed on Friday.
During a question-and-answer session at an elementary school here, Clinton offered a detailed prescription for the troubled country, suggesting that the U.S divert aid away from its military to social welfare programs.
And for the second time in as many days, she cast doubt on Musharraf's contention that the suicide bombing that led to the death of the country's most popular opposition leader was masterminded by al-Qaida.
"There are those saying that al-Qaida did it. Others are saying it looked like it was an inside job -- remember Rawalpindi is a garrison city," she said.
Earlier in the day, the former first lady sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos and said that, as president, it wouldn't be "appropriate" for her to include Bill Clinton in top-secret security discussions.
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Did any of the kids suggest that perhaps her pantsuit had gotten too tight and cut off circulation to her brain?
Yeah sure. Where’s her evidence? Al-Qaida has been after Bhutto for 15 years and now we’re supposed to believe someone else killed her? Give me a break.
Including Al-Qaida!
Frighteningly irresponsible.
Wow, she has no right to be inserting herself in this situation, especially with such inflammatory remarks.
The statement proves she is too stupid to be CIC! She should not speculate out loud like this as a Presidential candidate. I hope people notice that point.
Sweet, your thighness, throw some gasoline on the fire. Smooth move. Ah, but tell us the truth, you’re scared spitless that you will take over with that problem unsolved so you’re trying to make it go critical on Bush’s watch, right?
This is just Hilary being what she really is, she hates any government allied with us, and she thinks “social welfare programs” can stabilize a country like Pakistan. Actually, she wants to destabilize Pakistan, ala what Carter wrought in Iran.
Stir the pot, why don’t you? Yeah, that’s really presidential.
And I suppose this woman wants to establish diplomatic ties with Pakistan, right?
I don't think Hillary is all that smart, if she was she would keep her mouth shut. She didn't even know that Benazir Bhutto's father was hung not assassinated as she stated.
The woman is an IDIOT!! Such inflammatory remarks reflect, possibly, her utter ignorance or, more likely, her willingness to cause unimaginable troubles for her political gain. She should be locked up!
“I don’t think the Smartest Woman in the World is all that smart.”
Hillary Clinton, meet Mike Huckabee, your foreign policy soul-mate.
Remember, this is the same disreputable wench who declared her husband’s criminality was a fiction of the “vast right wing conspiracy”.
WTF is in her tea???
Absolutely—she’s just a troublemaker trying to undermine a delicate balance.
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