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demwing

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58. But you support the candidate that voted for the Iraq war
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 10:09 AM
Nov 2015




450,000 + people died in that war and in the ten years that followed. ISIS was formed, and now another war looms, all as a direct result of that illegal war.

Clinton has since admitted it was a bad vote. All forgiven, eh?

When then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton voted to authorize the war against Iraq in 2002, she justified her support of the invasion as a way to protect America’s national security. But less than a decade later, as secretary of state, Clinton promoted the war-torn country as a place where American corporations could make big money.

“It's time for the United States to start thinking of Iraq as a business opportunity," she said in a 2011 speech.

The quote was included in an email released by the State Department on Wednesday that specifically mentioned JPMorgan and Exxon Mobil. JPMorgan was selected by the U.S. government to run a key import-export bank in Iraq and in 2013 announced plans to expand its operations in the country. Exxon Mobil signed a deal to redevelop Iraqi oil fields. JPMorgan has collectively paid the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation at least $450,000 for speeches, and Exxon Mobil has donated over $1 million to the family’s foundation...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/9/30/1426522/-Hillary-Clinton-Pitched-Iraq-as-a-Business-Opportunity-For-US-Corporations


LOOK. Look at the picture of the victims above, and tell me that it makes you think "business opportunity."

Disgusting.

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guilt by association treestar Nov 2015 #11
You didn't read it, did you? demwing Nov 2015 #14
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Facts are still facts demwing Nov 2015 #29
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Then you didn't look very hard demwing Nov 2015 #36
This is an article constructed to attack to the two front runners. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #40
How about a discussion on character? demwing Nov 2015 #41
OK. Sanders voted against the Bradey Bill and for immunizing gun manufacturers. That speaks to his Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #42
Character or Judgement? demwing Nov 2015 #46
Bad judgement and bad character. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #48
Don't like nuance eh? Then Hillary is just as complicit as Bush or Cheney demwing Nov 2015 #50
I don't like welfare for gun corporations, and dead children. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #55
But you support the candidate that voted for the Iraq war demwing Nov 2015 #58
Love? I don't "love" any candidate. I am not a member of a cult of personality. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #67
OK...Changed "love" to "support" demwing Nov 2015 #68
You support a candidate who doesn't give a damn about gun regulation and immunizes gun corporations. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #74
"Foreign governments should be responsible for their people" demwing Nov 2015 #77
I don't blame victims. I was clear about my stance on war. Read it again. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #81
So war profiteering just isn't important enough demwing Nov 2015 #85
Again you make a baseless attacks. Why is that? Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #87
Your priorities - as you expressed them - are also Bernie's demwing Nov 2015 #88
Gun control, Sanders voted against both the Brady Bill and voted to immunize Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #89
thanks for repeatedly kicking this thread to the top of the GDP demwing Nov 2015 #90
My claims about Sanders priorities are demonstrably factual. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #91
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Doesn't Trump also have a history of donating to R candidates, as well? Isn't that what most of Hiraeth Nov 2015 #43
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Sometimes an image does tell a story Tommy2Tone Nov 2015 #47
Ironic. That image doesn't tell any story at all demwing Nov 2015 #52
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