Posted on 06/12/2014 4:52:21 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
The US should not stage another military intervention in Iraq despite the recent gains made by Islamic extremists, the nation's former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, has said.
She appeared to contradict the White House, which has said that nothing was being ruled out as Isis fighters took and held major Iraqi towns, including its second city, Mosul.
Clinton insisted that, while she did not believe a military intervention at this stage was appropriate, President Barack Obama was right not to take any options off the table.
She added that Obama was setting out preconditions to Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, before there could be any question of providing the military support the latter was seeking. Iraqi forces, she said, should take the lead in fighting Isis.
"Maliki has to be willing to demonstrate unequivocally that he is a leader for all Iraqis, not for a sectarian slice of the country," she said.
Speaking to the BBC's Newsnight programme, she added: "The [Iraqi] army, which has not been able to hold territory, has to have an injection of discipline and professionalism, something the US has been trying to help with."
Clinton said that sending American troops in on the ground was "not going to happen
certainly not in any foreseeable future".
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
The only war Clinton ever supported was a war to facilitate the takeover of a country by Islamic militants.
Wasn't it Hillary who said that she didn't really think that Bush would actually use military force in Iraq after she signed on to the "Authorization For Use Of Military Force In Iraq Resolution of 2002?"
Why do you think not?
It is happening.
It may not happen in our life time but it’s gone farther than I thought it could after 911.
Arc light?
Oh....she’s saying there’s no money to be stolen in Iraq.
I’m still curious why she thought it was OK to use American personnel, weapons, funds, equipment and facilities to overthrow the government of Libya and help kill Qadaffi?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88jrZjsNHPc
we need to send every B-52 we still have in our inventory
to our most forward bases in the region and begin carpet bombing the al Qaeda front in Iraq ans Syria . Just plow them under . Every one of them .
The actual website was shut down...lack of interests after we left Iraq in 2010...
The “ho” waited too long in Benghazi too. I guess it’s true, you CAN’T fix stupid.
We need to fry these al Qaeda bastards and send them all to Hell . THAT is the message that needs to be sent . There, I fixed it. It is a possiblity that Iran, China, the US, Russia, and Israel, along with the gulf arabs, could cooperate in eliminating ISIS.
Ah jeez, I missed that one...I had been under the impression that the only war that Hillary supported was the war against BJ’s female lovers...
With all due respect, that would be cutting the snakes tail off.
Bombing Iran with Nukes should start in 5 minutes if you want the head of the problem.
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