2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Come on, people. We're Democrats. [View all]modestybl
(458 posts)... HRC had a chance to LEAD... and she did lead the Dem effort that justified that war... she referred (and still does) to the "intelligence" that she claimed she and Bill saw when THEY were in the WH... of course most of the Dems and the rest of us who could get online and research knew that to be crap... and Sanders politely called her out on that in the first debate.
The circus over in the House distracted from the REAL questions of the Libya policy, like, what did they anticipate would happen with another invasion of and Arab country and overthrow of their leader? Libya is in chaos and on the verge of civil war. HRC was one of the more hawkish members of the Obama admin, did she not learn ANYTHING from the Iraq debacle? Apparently not.
The TPP is turning out to be a worse travesty than even its detractors imagined: as SoS she presided over the majority of the meetings where it was hammered out... not only her abysmal judgement (or compliance with the wishes of her then past and future donors), but her fundamental dishonesty with recent statements may now be on display.
Part of the blame for the rampant experiment in laissez faire capitalism that ended in ruins in 2008 can be laid at the feet of the WJC admin. when Bill was listening to Larry Summers and Robert Rubin (no longer Reich and Stieglitz), in signing legislation that overturned Glass-Stegall and deregulated derivatives. HRC wants to take credit for being an engaged, policy-involved FLOTUS, so can't run away from that important section of her C.V. ...