Top UN Advisor: HRC's Compulsive Misrepresentation Makes Her Unfit to be President:

[amborin]

Top economist, UN advisor and climate activist: "Clinton is a danger to world peace"

Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath

by Jeffrey D. Sachs

At Milwaukee Debate, Hillary stated:

But I would add this. You know, the Security Council finally got around to adopting a resolution. At the core of that resolution is an agreement I negotiated in June of 2012 in Geneva, which set forth a cease-fire and moving toward a political resolution, trying to bring the parties at stake in Syria together.

Except, Hillary was blatantly lying:

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs notes:

This is the kind of compulsive misrepresentation that makes Clinton unfit to be President

. Clinton's role in Syria has been to help instigate and prolong the Syrian bloodbath, not to bring it to a close.

In 2012, Clinton was the obstacle, not the solution, to a ceasefire being negotiated by UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan.

It was US intransigence - Clinton's intransigence - that led to the failure of Annan's peace efforts in the spring of 2012, a point well known among diplomats.

Despite Clinton's insinuation in the Milwaukee debate, there was (of course) no 2012 ceasefire, only escalating carnage. Clinton bears heavy responsibility for that carnage, which has by now displaced more than 10 million Syrians and left more than 250,000 dead......

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/15/1485382/-Top-economist-UN-advisor-and-climate-activist-Clinton-is-a-danger-to-world-peace

[FlatBaroque]

1. Hillary is just two things short of being a perfect candidate

Ethics and judgment.

[CorporatistNation]

3. The Responsible Obserever Will Agree to Your Point w/o Question! Now A Bit More TRUTH!

[rhett o rick]

5. Her fans love her because she is tough. They like to side with the tough guy. nm

[FlatBaroque]

16. Of course. She is a classic authoritarian.

She could actually be a semi-decent Republican. She certainly is no progressive or liberal.

[tularetom]

19. She's only "tough" with those she perceives as less powerful

She's rude to "liberals", environmentalists, and others she considers beneath her.

She's polite and even deferential to the Kissingers and Cheneys of the world and others she fears or respects.

[Octafish]

22. THAT is exactly what is wrong.

The idea that some are worth more than others is undemocratic in the extreme.

[rhett o rick]

28. Classic behavior.

I wrote about it here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/127710435

I said almost exactly what you said near the bottom under: "Some observations about bullies. "

[bvar22]

33. I would add one more element to her lack of ethics and judgement...

...and that would be a conscience.
The kind of blood she has on her hands don't wash off.
I wouldn't be able to sleep at night,

[FlatBaroque]

35. Good call bvar

and word has it she takes a LOT of naps.

[grasswire]

41. does she?

We have been talking a bit about her health lately. Yesterday I learned that she has trouble navigating stairs, and she is taking coumadin.

[eridani]

42. Come on!! Coumadin is no big deal. My husband and his sister are on it, and--

--suffering no ill effects.

[grasswire]

44. I know.

Just wondering what exactly happened to her when she had that clot.

Millions of people are doing just fine on coumadin, but only one is running for what is arguably the world's most exhausting and strenuous job.

[amborin]

47. coumadin requires regular INR blood tests to make sure the blood is not too thin or too thick

my uncle has atrial fibrillation and used to take Coumadin

it can lead to intestinal or cerebral vascular bleeds; alternatively, if the blood is not thin enough, it can lead to an embolus

not good, either way

[grasswire]

49. yes

I watch the stories of people who suffer from cardiovascular disease on a FB page. There is many a problem that can come from keeping coumadin titrated.

[ViseGrip]

58. My friend who is almost a doctor says much about this. She HAS HEALTH ISSUES.

[CorporatistNation]

62. As A Health professional Who Prescribes COUMADIN/WARFARIN... Hillary Has NOT Been Fully Forthcoming

about her health issues.

The question concerning Coumadin is WHY she has been prescribed it. People are not just prescribed Coumadin cavalierly as there are significant risks associated with its use, in particular the risk of bleeding. The questions that arise are... Does she have cardiac issues such as Atrial Fibrillation which carries with it STROKE Risk? Clinton apparently had a fall previously where she incurred a head injury with associated concussion requiring two months of treatment for concussion associated double vision. This fall was reportedly attributed to a stomach ailment that resulted in dizziness from dehydration. Dehydration in such circumstances typically occurs secondary to vomiting and/or diarrhea.

The patient also has a history of Deep Venous Thrombosis x two events prior to her concussion incident, for which the standard of care is lifelong anti-coagualtion. While Clinton's health statement states that her Coumadin was continued as a precautionary measure this is a little bit of a "stretch" as the standard of care for two blood clots in lifetime is anti-coagulation for life. Clinton is not exactly the picture of health obviously 60 plus pounds overweight which is at least partially attributable to her acknowledged Hypothyroidism per her health report authored by her personal physician Dr. Bardack clearing Clinton as healthy enough to be President. Dr Bardack describes Clinton as being in "Top Notch" health. Details are according to the article taken from Clinton's letter of health status which was dated July 28,2015 available below.

An important point to consider when a patient is on Coumadin is fall risk.. Hillary according to pictoral evidence has a history of falls including an elbow fracture in 2009. Obviously a head injury while on Coumadin can become a life and death event. Her propensity for falling is documented in various photos that I have seen in my google research here. Notably, Clinton is reported to have had a Negative Hypercoaguable work up which within the bounds of current testing removes a genetic predisposition as a cause of her Deep Venous Thromboses.

Should Clinton fall again, her physician may recommend placement of a IVC or Greenfield Filter to prevent clots in the leg from migrating to her lung which would result in diagnosis of a Pulmonary Embolus. Discontinuation of anti-coagulation would be the standardhere perhaps with a daily baby aspirin added to her medication regimen if she also has Atrial Fibrillation ongoing concerns about a recurrence of the Transverse Sinus Thrombosis.

Certainly, Hillary did have some element of post concussive disorder following her concussion and blood clot in 2012 where she reportedly incurred a Transverse Sinus Thrombosis. Hillary has also been reported to have episodes of confusion as per emails from Huma Abedin her close assistant. http://www.weeklystandard.com/huma-hillary-often-confused/article/1064726 Do not criticize the source. The emails are there in black and white.

I would as a health professional like to see her labs. Overall, I would give the more elder Bernie a SOLID NOD over his opponent from a comparative health standpoint. There is chronological age and physiologic age as a matter of science. Bernie irrespective t of his white hair which has been white for the past 25 years, physiologically is in far better health in every respect as compared to Hillary. Bernie was in his youth a distance runner and excellent athlete and to this day is reportedly still able to perform one handed push ups. His weight is very much in the normal range and he is very fit for his age.

Full Clinton Health Statement By Dr Lisa Bardack HERE http://hillaryspeeches.com/tag/lisa-bardack/

Most importantly, Hillary is running to be President of The United States certainly a taxing job of the first order requiring considerable focus and physical stamina. Hillary may be a lot of things but if she is physically not up for the job, and I question the veracity of this report in that I believe that not everything is being disclosed, then perhaps this subject requires just a little bit more inquiry. Ask the same questions of Bernie, Trump for that matter. There is no room for obfuscation in this regard.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/06/law-enforcement-officials-medical-professionals-theres-something-seriously-wrong-hillary-clintons-health/

[amborin]

63. wow! did not know all this! her conditions sound very serious;

[amborin]

48. this, she lacks

totally, scarily, ruthless

[Faux pas]

2. Oh snap!

And

[polly7]

4. Kick and Recommend. +1,000,000. nt.

[CorporatistNation]

6. Is It That Collateral Damage Or Incidental Carnage Just Does Not Ring a Bell With The Former SOS?

Could be....

Now some more TRUTH...

[FreakinDJ]

7. "Compulsive Misrepresentation" that's phrasing it nicely

[notadmblnd]

8. But her supporters tell me she's all for women and children and people of color

Maybe they really mean that she's all for women and children and people of color dying violently.

[azmom]

9. Kick

[HassleCat]

10. If it's a representative example, yes, she would be unfit.

The Clinton position on Syria is wrong, seriously wrong, dangerously wrong. But is it merely a singular instance of bad judgment, or does it represent a wider tendency to get all aggressive and hawkish? Is it an indication that Clinton will follow the example of GW Bush and become a "wartime president" by manufacturing excuses about weapons, atrocities and failed states? The traditional cold war foreign policy, from which we did not measurably depart until the Obama presidency, was to take sides based on the notion that my enemy's enemy is my friend. We consistently ignored horrible atrocities committed by our friends, while condemning those of our enemies. This appears to be the Clinton approach to Syria. I know it's tempting to conclude, "See! That's the way she sees the world!" Is it? Does she see all foreign policy that way, or is her attitude different in different parts of the world?

[polly7]

13. Libya. nt.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

18. Iraq, Libya, Syria.. there's your pattern

[HassleCat]

21. For that part of the world, yes.

Clinton is a huge supporter of Israel, and maintains a very aggressive posture when it comes to arming and funding Israel. Her rhetoric regarding countries that don't like Israel is very heated. And her views regarding these countries apply to a significant portion of the world, all the way from north Africa, around to the east, and back along the Mediterranean. Would her views of enemies and failed states extend to Latin America? Perhaps, since she has supported meddling there, but would her actions be limited to meddling, and stop short of bombing and invasion? For example, there is a significant chance she might bomb Iran, but would she bomb Honduras?

I did mention the size of the region to which her thinking applies, and that's a problem. It represents enough of the world that there's a very good chance we will get into a shooting war during a Clinton presidency. So I'm inclined to sort of agree with the "unfit" conclusion. Her foreign policy has no place in today's world, and represents significant backsliding from where we are right now. I am not looking forward to it.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

24. Honduras, Haiti

Yep, she scares me too.

[bvar22]

34. Honduras,

cheer leading and supporting the destruction of Iraq.

No, Syria is NOT an isolated incident of poor judgement.
It is representative of Hillary.
It is her autograph.

[noiretextatique]

37. Honduras eom

[amborin]

57. here, the NY Times documents how she bungled Libya; and her emails show her taking full credit:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511362141

[synergie]

11. How many times are you going to post this? One guy's opinion, not shared by

other economists, UN advisors or climate activists. He's a Bernie shill, not someone making a rational, informed criticism, just propping up his candidate by blatantly lying about the one he hates.

[polly7]

17. How many innocents have died because of her hawkish foreign policy?

This should be posted for every single one of them.

[noiretextatique]

38. Is he lying? Prove it. I notice Hillary supporters have a habit

Of making charged statements without providing proof.

[rhett o rick]

12. Here's a reminder of what she said in 2002 about the need to send American troops

into the dangers of war.

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members"

"It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security."

None of this was true. Democrats were relying on her to help keep the war monsters in check and she betray us. This war, besides killing a million, displacing 5 million and leave Iraq in ruins, made billions for the Ruling Class that has shown their gratitude to those that were responsible.

[Karmadillo]

23. Imagine a media that would inform the American people of Clinton's past words and actions. The

nomination fight would have been over long ago and Bernie could be preparing for the general election. One can only imagine what she would do if she were sitting in the Oval Office.

[moondust]

53. Bill Clinton should have known better.

He was getting top-level briefings as late as January 2001 that long before that should have told him Saddam's WMD programs were abandoned by the mid 1990s.

Some in Congress may have trusted Hillary's judgment when deciding how to vote themselves, assuming she had discussed it with her ex-President husband and their buddy Tony Blair, both of whom should have independently known something pretty close to the truth.

I'd like to see somebody publicly confront Bill Clinton on this, ask him why he didn't know better in 2002 and advise his wife accordingly.

[rhett o rick]

55. "I'd like to see somebody publicly confront Bill Clinton on this, ask him why he didn't know better

in 2002 and advise his wife accordingly." What makes you think he didn't? Anyone that believes that she was fooled by the crappy "intelligence" is a fool. She knew what was happening. She knew the consequences that only hurt the Middle and working classes.

Many got richer from the Iraq war. One might say that she got richer from the Iraq war. Blood money.

[moondust]

56. They may have all known.

Tony Blair, too.

I'd like to see somebody confront Bill Clinton and Tony Blair about it--accusatorily or otherwise.

[2cannan]

65. I've always thought this too and why I believe she has absolutely no excuse for her vote. nt

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

14. People I talk to who do not support Hillary...

...do not hate her.

They are afraid of her.

Because I talk to a lot of people who have sons and daughters in the military.

[Scuba]

15. Keep posting and remember that it's not an opinion that she lied.

[AzDar]

20. Lie, Cheat and Steal: Clinton Family Values.

[CharlotteVale]

25. K&R

[EndElectoral]

26. She just continues to do this crap. Pretending to be the solution when she's been the obfuscation.

[DanTex]

27. Again? Recycling smears from February?

[floppyboo]

29. What is a smear? n/t

[MariaThinks]

30. i don't believe any of this nonsense. hillary may not be the best candidate, but this venom is

suspicious and only makes me want to support her more.

[floppyboo]

31. why are you allowing yourself to be manipulated? n/t

[islandmkl]

32. when the only response to the truth is to call it a 'smear'...

then one must truly value a lie...

and as is shown many times, it is apparently easier to lie than to tell the truth...

Hillary has to contend with facts that she would rather represent in different light...but sometimes that light shines too brightly and the truth is exposed...

misrepresenting vote counts, margins, etc., altering positions per crowd makeup, claiming 'attacks' by opponents, etc. are all merely political folderol...

regime change, industrial favors, empirical ambitions...these traits have real life consequences for millions of people and the ramifications of her decision-making and goal-motivation cannot be ignored nor trivialized...and definitely not dismissed...

the status quo needs to be re-tooled, and more of the same is not the answer...unless you are in the 10%...in which case she's your candidate...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

36. Well, just being "totally unfit" doesn't mean she can't win.

See George Bush for precedent.

[panader0]

39. K and R

[Betty Karlson]

40. K&R: Clinton is a threat to world peace.

[amborin]

64. she certainly is

[Jitter65]

45. Yeah. like Obama waasn't President and his advisors didn't count. nt

[amborin]

51. that's right--HRC defied the advice of Gates, Biden, etc....and she pressured Obama

[Jitter65]

46. An economist and environment advisor..judging about world peace and US military policy????nt

[amborin]

50. do you have any idea who Dr. Jeffrey Sachs is?

[jillan]

54. +10000

[amborin]

61. crickets

[highprincipleswork]

52. Danger to world peace. I believe it.

[amborin]

66. she certainly is

[AgingAmerican]

59. She is a classic reactionary

[Uncle Joe]

60. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, amborin.