Huff Po: Top UN Advisor: Only Bernie Is Fit for the Presidency

[amborin]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/-clintons-speech-shows-th_b_10306592.html

Clinton's Speech Shows Only Bernie Is Fit for the Presidency

Hillary Clinton’s recent foreign policy speech was an attack on Donald Trump but was also a reminder that Clinton is a deeply flawed and worrisome candidate. Her record as Secretary of State was one of the worst in modern U.S. history; her policies have enmeshed America in new Middle East wars, rising terrorism and even a new Cold War with Russia. Of the three leading candidates, only Bernie Sanders has the sound judgment to avoid further war and to cooperate with the rest of the world.

Clinton is intoxicated with American power. She has favored one war of choice after the next: bombing Belgrade (1999); invading Iraq (2003); toppling Qaddafi (2011); funding Jihadists in Syria (2011 till now). The result has been one bloodbath after another, with open wounds until today fostering ISIS, terrorism, and mass refugee flows.

In her speech, Clinton engaged in her own Trump-like grandiose fear mongering: “f America doesn’t lead, we leave a vacuum — and that will either cause chaos, or other countries will rush in to fill the void. Then they’ll be the ones making the decisions about your lives and jobs and safety — and trust me, the choices they make will not be to our benefit.”

This kind of arrogance — that America and America alone must run the world — has led straight to overstretch: perpetual wars that cannot be won, and unending and escalating confrontations with Russia, China, Iran and others that make the world more dangerous. It doesn’t seem to dawn on Clinton that in today’s world, we need cooperation, not endless bravado.

[SidDithers]

1. ...

Sid

[panader0]

6. Well, at least she can't send Canadian soldiers to war eh Sid?

[grossproffit]

2. Jeffrey Sachs is having a sadz.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Just more indications of her much touted "foreign policy experience". K&R

[MattP]

4. You mean Jeffrey Sachs, un advisor

Once respected UN advisor, now known for politicizing the vatican, that Jeffrey Sachs.

[WhiteTara]

5. Too bad he lost the primaries

he won't be president no matter what Jeffry has to say.

[AgingAmerican]

7. Too bad for America and the world

[BobbyDrake]

8. I guess it escaped you that this is 10 days old and was posted repeatedly the day it was released?

[djean111]

15. Still true.

Thanks for keeping track!

[pdsimdars]

23. Truth is still truth. The Bible has been reprinted for hundreds of years. You think they should

have stopped after the first printing? That seems to be your argument. . one and done. Absurd.

[brooklynite]

9. Jeffrey Sachs, as in: come to Rome for the weekend?

[Omaha Steve]

10. Jury results on the OP

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

"Clinton is intoxicated with American power" and
Clinton is a deeply flawed and worrisome candidate. Questioning the motives of the Democratic nominee is against DU's TOS. Hide this crap.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Jun 15, 2016, 06:00 PM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I 100% disagree with the article, but it seems that the source is saying this, not the poster.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: "Huff Po: Top UN Advisor" This is a progressive publication, not Breitbart . Leave.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Disgusting attack on a democratic.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I'm really not comfortable with hiding articles written by widely renowned economists published by reputable sources. I feel that the criticism of Secretary Clinton offered in the Sachs piece is a legitimate one and it is on the minds of many of us who wish for an end to perpetual war in the world, as it should be. Peace.
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Crap.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given

[amborin]

14. wow! alerting on truth

[Wednesdays]

24. I was about to say...

The OP would be considered sedition under the upcoming new rules.

[demosincebirth]

11. It's over it, Hillary is the nominee

[Tarc]

12. So what's the plan now dear amborin?

Still think the superdelegates will jump ship?

[JoePhilly]

17. +1

[valerief]

13. War profiteers love her. nt

[AtomicKitten]

25. She's their girl.

Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton's State Department
http://www.ibtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donors-got-weapons-deals-hillary-clintons-state-department-1934187

Hillary Clinton Oversaw US Arms Deals to Clinton Foundation Donors
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/hillary-clinton-foundation-state-arms-deals

Repressive govts donated to Clinton Foundation, arms deals approved by Hillary’s State Dept.
https://www.rt.com/usa/262145-clinton-foundation-arms-repressive/

[redstateblues]

28. Gun manufacturers love him

[swhisper1]

16. That is how the world sees it, and they are right

[Autumn]

18. K&R for Professor Sachs

[TheBlackAdder]

19. Dang, I was expecting an Agenda 21 / New World Order & SBS post by now.

[AzDar]

20. K & R

[LWolf]

21. Yes. nt

[pdsimdars]

22. Smart people know this.

[Bleacher Creature]

26. How can he be President? He's not the nominee.

Kind of a flawed argument.

[gollygee]

27. Too bad he didn't win the primaries. N/t

[redstateblues]

29. When it was all said and done Bernie was a weak candidate

He basically ran a single issue campaign and did not have broad support

[MyNameGoesHere]

30. Sometimes you don't even have to read the whole post to know it's another

#bernout doing the only thing they have left, raging. If the same effort had went into voting we might have had a close race instead of the blowout we had.

[Lord Magus]

31. Bernie campaign staffer says only Bernie is fit for the presidency? Shocking.

And yeah we should've just stood by and let genocide happen in the Balkans and Libya. Makes perfect sense to refer to stopping genocide as a bloodbath, too.