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Hillary Clinton: I ‘Could Not Have Predicted’ That Al Qaida Would Take Over Iraq
The Daily Caller ^ | 12 Jun 2014 | Patrick Howley

Posted on 06/12/2014 6:22:47 PM PDT by mandaladon

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted that she “could not have predicted” the effectiveness of the al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist group that seized control this week of two major Iraqi cities.

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which has pledged allegiance to al-Qaida since 2004, captured the western Iraqi cities of Tikrit and Mosul, expanding its influence across the entire Sunni-dominated western region of Iraq in addition to Syria — where it remains one of the strongest rebel factions fighting dictator Bashar al-Assad. The group, led by enigmatic terrorist Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, evolved out of al-Qaida’s Bush-era presence in Iraq, adopting a version of its current name as early as 2006.

Clinton, the Obama administration’s first Secretary of State and a presumptive 2016 presidential candidate, admitted that she underestimated ISIS in an interview Thursday with NPR’s Terry Gross at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhomiddleeast; cicobama; clinton; hillary; hillaryisdumb; iraq; isis; oif; soshillary
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To: mandaladon
"Hillary Clinton: I ‘Could Not Have Predicted’ That Al Qaida Would Take Over Iraq"

It was predictable when comrade obama was elected president. It was assured when hillary and then kerry were made Secretary of State.
61 posted on 06/12/2014 10:32:40 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: mandaladon
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

Why does she not remember Viet Nam? That scenario is exactly what we have here.

62 posted on 06/13/2014 12:47:08 AM PDT by TexasRedeye (Eschew Obfuscation)
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To: mandaladon

Hillary Clinton: I ‘Could Not Have Predicted’ That Al Qaida Would Take Over Iraq>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Duh? And this piece of democrat offal wants to be president?

If Obama and Hillery were in office shortly after WWII, we would have abandoned Japan, South Korea and Germany!

We needed to stay in Iraq....big time.How much more stupid will we have to take?


63 posted on 06/13/2014 4:23:57 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: VerySadAmerican
I truly believe Biden does not hear a word he says.

LOL - Good one VerySad...

64 posted on 06/13/2014 4:43:06 AM PDT by GOPJ (#2 reply spot RESERVED for Tokyo Rose comments: "nothing works - give up - it's all hopeless".)
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To: mandaladon

Then you are unfit to be president. (Hillary)


65 posted on 06/13/2014 6:56:47 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: al_c

You didn’t think Biden was unusually stupid in this quote?


66 posted on 06/13/2014 8:45:41 AM PDT by GOPJ (#2 reply spot RESERVED for Tokyo Rose comments: "nothing works - give up - it's all hopeless".)
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To: ifinnegan

You think Obama’s approach in Iraq’s working? That it’s a success like Biden said it would be? Well, the troops ARE coming home...


67 posted on 06/13/2014 8:48:35 AM PDT by GOPJ (#2 reply spot RESERVED for Tokyo Rose comments: "nothing works - give up - it's all hopeless".)
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To: GOPJ

Biden is ALWAYS unusually stupid.


68 posted on 06/13/2014 8:56:39 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: al_c
Biden is ALWAYS unusually stupid.

What could be classified as "unusually stupid" in Biden would be classified as "monumentally stupid" in anybody else...

the infowarrior

69 posted on 06/13/2014 9:17:06 PM PDT by infowarrior
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

70 posted on 06/13/2014 9:23:50 PM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (DEFUND the GOPe it wants our money, our votes, but NOT our principles/values/beliefs)
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