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2016 Postmortem

snagglepuss

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12. Where Obama can be faulted is his apparent failure to see her purely political

Reply to leveymg (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 11:15 AM

Mar 2016

calculations, namely, she wanted to show that as a woman she had no qualms acting aggressively. Libya was simply extra material for a future advert about her being capable of being CoC. Obama should have seen this and not given her the opportunity to create havoc so she could beef up her resume.

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Wikileaks: Hillary Clinton is a bigger threat to world peace than the Pentagon [View all] kgnu_fan Mar 2016 OP

It goes beyond her Julius Ceasar moment. She enjoys war as a sport because other people do it leveymg Mar 2016 #1

She was working for Obama when that went down. HE made his own Iraq. nt BreakfastClub Mar 2016 #2

It was Hillary who pushed a reluctant Obama into it against the advise of the US military. leveymg Mar 2016 #4

Where Obama can be faulted is his apparent failure to see her purely political snagglepuss Mar 2016 #12

New Hillary Clinton Emails Show She Wanted Credit for Libya Intervention in 2011. Now She Doesn’t. UglyGreed Mar 2016 #6

I think the "under fire in Bosnia" is revealing, too loyalsister Mar 2016 #8

Bernie is the Saint. Hillary is the Satan. kstewart33 Mar 2016 #3

Bernie's thinking is muddy. Hillary's intent is clear - more war in the Mideast, and better wars. leveymg Mar 2016 #5

you got that right! n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #9

Look at what she did to Libya - now an Isis stronghold. And she wants to do the same to Syria. jillan Mar 2016 #7

Just simply crass! "We came, we saw, he died" Laughter! 7wo7rees Mar 2016 #10

She turned me into a newt!! Codeine Mar 2016 #11

I swear I thought the title was "Hillary thinks world peace GreenPartyVoter Mar 2016 #13

kick kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #14

She's a Kissinger fangirl. hifiguy Mar 2016 #15