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Hillary Clinton

TwilightZone

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1. The primary one is Iraq, though it's often used as a catch-all insult.

Reply to LakeArenal (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 01:25 PM

Oct 2019

A good article on the subject, its history, and its application to Clinton and others:

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-kirchick-warmonger-20170809-story.html

In short, when it's applied to someone like Clinton from the right, it's projection. Of course, projection is a favorite of Trump and the GOP. For the latter, it goes back decades.

As for the left, the article makes a good point. Rarely does anyone call out anti-Western regimes for their warmongering. Russia, of course, is the perfect example of this. For some reason, they get a pass with people like Jill Stein.

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Explain to me the basis of the attack on Hillary [View all] LakeArenal Oct 2019 OP

The primary one is Iraq, though it's often used as a catch-all insult. TwilightZone Oct 2019 #1

Thanks. That was helpful. LakeArenal Oct 2019 #2

She was Secretary of State, and didn't demand that everyone stop fighting. ehrnst Oct 2019 #3