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Related: About this forumNeocon War Hawks Want Hillary Clinton Over Donald Trump. No Surprise—They’ve Always Backed Her
Neocon War Hawks Want Hillary Clinton Over Donald Trump. No SurpriseTheyve Always Backed HerIts not just neocons specifically. War hawks of all stripes have been happy to shower praise on Clintons foreign policy. In 2011, Lindsey Graham told the Council on Foreign Relations: This is an outstanding national security team put together by President Obama. I hope he will listen to them. Secretary Clinton is a great choice to be our secretary of state.
Any time Lindsey Graham, who eagerly supported the Iraq War and has repeatedly called for a war with Iran, endorses your national security team, it should stop and give you pause. Then again, given that Clinton threatened to totally obliterate Iran in 2008, perhaps it shouldnt be surprising.
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Neocon War Hawks Want Hillary Clinton Over Donald Trump. No Surprise—They’ve Always Backed Her (Original Post)
egalitegirl
May 2016
OP
It's strange how Clinton get's a pass on her pushing Obama into risky ventures (Libya)
That Guy 888
May 2016
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egalitegirl
(362 posts)1. A Note
I just used the original headline. This is not about Trump but about neocon love for Hillary. My request is to stay on topic.
EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)2. And Ron Paul
Has said he might be SOS for Trump.
That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)3. It's strange how Clinton get's a pass on her pushing Obama into risky ventures (Libya)
The more that's known about her foreign policy views, the less her Iraq vote should be seen as a "mistake" or her being tricked by that slick conman "w".