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CoffeeCat

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1. She's a neocon and Obama is not and neither is Biden
Wed May 4, 2016, 12:44 PM
May 2016

I don't know how many more examples we need, before people believe that she is a warmonger who is on par with Bush and Cheney.

The founder of the neocon movement, Robert Kagan--endorsed a Hillary presidency. Hillary also picked Kagan to be one of her Middle East foreign-policy advisers. What in the hell kind of Democrat picks the architect of the Iraq War--to be one of her most trusted advisers on Middle East matters?

When Obama said that his foreign-policy mantra would be, "Don't do stupid shit," Clinton practically blew a fuse. She ran to The Atlantic and sat down for an interview that served one purpose--to criticize Obama's weak attitude toward foreign policy. She practically ran off the rails, taking issue with his lack of appetite for war and interventionism.

She was also instrumental in cajoling Obama into supporting the fall of Gaddafi. She talked Obama into it, based on intelligence that Sidney Blumenthal had been feeding her. Obama didn't even know that HRC was communicating with Blumenthal. In fact, when HRC demanded that Blumenthal be named as one of her advisers, Obama said NO. She consulted with Blumenthal regularly about Libya. He was feeding her intel. Blumenthal was also working for the Clinton Foundation at the time, and had business interests in Libya. He suggested to Clinton that she use specific security firms in Libya. Blumenthal stood to profit a great deal if those firms were hired.

It appears that much of the rationale that Clinton was feeding Obama about Libya--masked that she had other ulterior reasons for wanting Libya to fall into chaos. Can you imagine how Obama feels about this reality?

Biden has also criticized HRC's hawkishness and has said, "She thinks she's Golda Meir!" There's a ton that has gone on behind the scenes and so much of what has leaked indicates that Clinton acted like some kind of brash, rogue , warmongering, free agent--even thwarting Obama's wishes. She seemed to do what she wanted. Her email server was just one example of her behaving so brazenly and recklessly.

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