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2016 Postmortem

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts) Fri May 20, 2016, 05:53 PM May 2016

For Europeans the real story regarding Hillary as SoS is not about a private server or emails. [View all]

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"...the real story is how the State Department under Hillary Clinton was fully in the loop of the CIA running a rat line of smuggled weapons through Benghazi (so conveniently close to the US consulate), out of Libya and across Turkey straight to “moderate rebels” of the al-Qaeda-linked jihadi variety operating in to-be-regime-changed Syria. This, the real story, complete with bold elements of war crime, destruction of international law and flagrant abuse of power, has simply vanished. Just like those Hillary Clinton emails the State Department is “unable to locate”.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/05/12/hillary-clinton-the-conveniently-negligent-queen/

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For Europeans the real story regarding Hillary as SoS is not about a private server or emails. [View all] snagglepuss May 2016 OP

On an email list from the RNC, I see. tonyt53 May 2016 #1

What you smokin? snagglepuss May 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author artislife May 2016 #5

The HRC paid trolls are posting as fast as they can... Yurovsky May 2016 #7

Given the poor language skills and minimal knowedge QC May 2016 #17

I've heard Counter Punch called many things. Fawke Em May 2016 #3

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^n/t truedelphi May 2016 #14

How dismissive. I've been to the Counterpunch site. I do not see the RNC bias. Raster May 2016 #6

Even if this were true, was Hillary in charge of the CIA? The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #4

Nice try but it's still on her... Yurovsky May 2016 #8

How about "the fog of war" argument? The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #9

"I am Hillary Clinton, and I approved this message." truedelphi May 2016 #13

How so? The male misogynists running the CIA kept her out of the loop on many things. Jitter65 May 2016 #24

seems she's never in charge of anything when it goes south tk2kewl May 2016 #15

Libya was/is a real mess. Hillary should have tried to put a stop to it. The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #18

Bill got $500k from the Foreign Minister two days after Benghazi IdaBriggs May 2016 #19

That is very sad news. Libya has turned out very badly. The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #20

I knew about Blumenthal's vested interests but not about Bill's payout. snagglepuss May 2016 #21

Good God alcibiades_mystery May 2016 #10

If the Benghazi situation was "out of the loop" and a clandestine truedelphi May 2016 #11

the more you know . . . . . . . . pdsimdars May 2016 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author moriah May 2016 #16

I have read about this shipment of arms through Benghazi for Syrian rebels Samantha May 2016 #22

K&R. I don't prioritize the covert arms dealing in Benghazi over her emails or pay to play riderinthestorm May 2016 #23