2016 Postmortem

Octafish

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61. Three Little Words: WikiLeaks, Libya, Oil

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:13 PM

Mar 2016

"Libya has some of the biggest and most proven oil reserves — 43.6 billion barrels — outside Saudi Arabia, and some of the best drilling prospects."

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More Very Unsavory Data from Clinton Libya Emails: The objective was LIbya's Billions of Dollars [View all] amborin Mar 2016 OP

She is a neocon nightmare. peacebird Mar 2016 #1

And a silent homophobe. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #4

(D) Plucketeer Mar 2016 #27

no one on her side will care. I am mystified. roguevalley Mar 2016 #31

she is riding on name recognition AND Bill looks good yurbud Mar 2016 #68

yes - and sadly - Our nightmare too Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #59

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2016 #2

She destroyed Libya for nothing except to satisfy her own ambition and greed farleftlib Mar 2016 #3

The destruction of Libya also benefitted the Western Banks and the IMF. bvar22 Mar 2016 #12

Yes, like Saddam hussein farleftlib Mar 2016 #33

LIbya had over $7 Billion in gold and silver rserves, bvar22 Mar 2016 #48

We came, we saw, he died! :laughter: Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #25

She is chilling farleftlib Mar 2016 #35

It gives me the creeps loyalsister Mar 2016 #65

As always, follow the money, follow the money, follow the money nichomachus Mar 2016 #5

+10000 amborin Apr 2016 #70

More blood on her hands Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #6

K&R. I will vote for all other Democrats on my ballot but not for Hillary. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #7

Right there with you! SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #26

Yep eggman67 Mar 2016 #36

^ Wilms Mar 2016 #8

K & R AzDar Mar 2016 #9

One thing you can always count on in America CanonRay Mar 2016 #10

"We came, we saw, he died", sounds like a bushism. Horrifying! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #11

The giggling after her statement was chilling. bvar22 Mar 2016 #14

It was ugly and disgusting also. I cringed when that first aired, still do. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #17

It was like Bush Politicalboi Mar 2016 #52

That was sick, so many of his words (and actions) were sick. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #60

Great thread, amborin. +1000. nt. polly7 Mar 2016 #13

She is not Presidential material. SoapBox Mar 2016 #15

Oh for Gods sakes.. Volaris Mar 2016 #16

Maybe we should go a little farther and revoke the Fed's charter. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #40

Like in Honduras. Octafish Mar 2016 #18

" H2O Man Mar 2016 #19

If we didn't know before that Clinton is in the pockets of international bankers, we do now. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #20

My gawd... How horrible.... SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #30

K&R libtodeath Mar 2016 #21

well, she really should be forgiven all of this and more stupidicus Mar 2016 #22

Not bad at all!! Duval Mar 2016 #24

I like it! Plucketeer Mar 2016 #28

K&R! Duval Mar 2016 #23

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #29

they didn't call him "slick willy" for nothing. Two peas in a pod. bbgrunt Mar 2016 #32

K & R Ivan Kaputski Mar 2016 #34

Goldman Sachs Lost 98% of Libya's $1.3B Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment RATM435 Mar 2016 #37

Lots of people got a cut of Libya's $90B after the regime was changed. Kinda makes the $7B in leveymg Mar 2016 #54

Not one pro HRC post here. Feeling the Bern Mar 2016 #38

to boot, she thought this wouldn't ultimately matter to us MisterP Mar 2016 #39

and the intel she was getting from Blumenthal was faulty... grasswire Mar 2016 #41

+1,000,000. nt. polly7 Mar 2016 #44

but in her emails to him, she said, "keep them coming" he was her intel source! amborin Apr 2016 #69

Fucking hell. blackspade Mar 2016 #42

... as reprehensible as this is ... Myrina Mar 2016 #43

outstanding work, amborin nt grasswire Mar 2016 #45

And she's running for President? Duval Mar 2016 #46

K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Mar 2016 #47

Libya was using its oil wealth for ALL Libyans. Octafish Mar 2016 #49

thanks for pointing this, Octafish! amborin Mar 2016 #50

''War on Libya is War on Entire Africa.'' Octafish Mar 2016 #55

bookmarked for later; but, yes, a United Africa would terrify the West amborin Mar 2016 #57

this is becoming like the glen beck method of parsing info MariaThinks Mar 2016 #51

have you taken the time to read the links? the ny times articles? the HRC emails themselves? amborin Mar 2016 #56

yes, where does it say we are going for the gold? MariaThinks Mar 2016 #58

Three Little Words: WikiLeaks, Libya, Oil Octafish Mar 2016 #61

that is a 'logic flaw' in so many ways MariaThinks Mar 2016 #62

Market value of that much oil ranges from $1/2 trillion to $15 trillion. Octafish Mar 2016 #63

thanks for the info and links! one more, here: amborin Mar 2016 #67

Greed WDIM Mar 2016 #53

Libya was anti-Israel. That is what all the targeted countries have in common. FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #64

K & R John Poet Mar 2016 #66