Jeffry Sachs, Columbia U. Earth Institute, on Hillary Clinton:

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Jeffry Sachs: On Hillary Clinton:

Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University: "There’s been considerable concern, for good reason, about Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street ties, but . . . I am even more worried about her neoconservative foreign policy views, and being a lackey for the military-industrial complex."

"In rare cases, great presidents learn to stand up to the CIA and the rest of the military-industrial-intelligence complex. JFK . . . saved the world from nuclear annihilation and halted the unchecked proliferation of nuclear arms."

"O’Malley and Sanders wisely and correctly support an America that works with other countries and with the UN Security Council to build peace in the Middle East rather than an America that continues to indulge in endless and failed CIA adventures of regime change and war."

"O’Malley and Sanders did criticize Clinton’s foreign policy views in the second Democratic debate, but it is clear that Bernie’s heart is in attaching her Wall Street ties. I wish he would pay as much attention to her ties to the military-industrial complex and her overly hawkish foreign policy views."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/hilary-clinton-and-the-is_b_8627042.html



Is Hillary Clinton a Neocon-Lite?

by Robert Parry

….for thoughtful and/or progressive Democrats, the prospect of a President Hillary Clinton could represent a step back from some of President Barack Obama’s more innovative foreign policy strategies, particularly his readiness to cooperate with the Russians and Iranians to defuse Middle East crises and his willingness to face down the Israel Lobby when it is pushing for heightened confrontations and war.

Based on her public record and Gates’s insider account, Clinton could be expected to favor a more neoconservative approach to the Mideast, one more in line with the traditional thinking of Official Washington and the belligerent dictates of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

As a U.S. senator and as Secretary of State, Clinton rarely challenged the conventional wisdom or resisted the use of military force to solve problems. She famously voted for the Iraq War in 2002 – falling for President George W. Bush’s bogus WMD case – and remained a war supporter until her position became politically untenable during Campaign 2008…..

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21794-is-hillary-clinton-a-neocon-lite

Greenwald Bashes ‘Neocon’ Hillary Clinton: ‘She’s a F*cking Hawk’

by Matt Wilstein | 2:31 pm, May 12th, 2014

“Hillary is banal, corrupted, drained of vibrancy and passion. I mean, she’s been around forever, the Clinton circle. She’s a fucking hawk and like a neocon, practically. She’s surrounded by all these sleazy money types who are just corrupting everything everywhere. But she’s going to be the first female president, and women in America are going to be completely invested in her candidacy. Opposition to her is going to be depicted as misogynistic, like opposition to Obama has been depicted as racist. It’s going to be this completely symbolic messaging that’s going to overshadow the fact that she’ll do nothing but continue everything in pursuit of her own power. They’ll probably have a gay person after Hillary who’s just going to do the same thing.

I hope this happens so badly, because I think it’ll be so instructive in that regard. It’ll prove the point. Americans love to mock the idea of monarchy, and yet we have our own de facto monarchy. I think what these leaks did is, they demonstrated that there really is this government that just is the kind of permanent government that doesn’t get affected by election choices and that isn’t in any way accountable to any sort of democratic transparency and just creates its own world off on its own.”

http://www.mediaite.com/online/greenwald-bashes-neocon-hillary-clinton-shes-a-fcking-hawk/

[democrank]

1. Jeffrey Sachs used to have some tough go-arounds with Morning Joe.

Sachs` positions always seemed so insightful....the opposite of Scarborough.

[speaktruthtopower]

2. Money

Money has co-opted both parties and kept things safe for the military-industrial complex in the post Cold War era.

While we borrow the difference from the only rising power that could challenge us.

[amborin]

3. kicking for the evening crowd

[AtomicKitten]

4. Precisely why I oppose her candidacy. I don't want her near the levers of government.

k&r

[CorporatistNation]

5. Greenwald Is SPOT ON! IF Clinton Incorporated Reaches The WH.. The Opposition To NEOCON

Policy will be completely immobilized. The women will have their claws out toward anyone who criticizes HillBill. Thus the vector will swing ever more RIGHTWARD than even Obama... which is precisely as Greenwald describes it. He mentions suiting up a gay post Hillary. Such a move would continue the paradigm.

The General Election is The Democratic Primary. Hillary and the Hillbots MUST be STOPPED. Let's hope that the youth vote gets out in force tomorrow and puts the first pothole in front of the disaster in the making... President Hillary Clinton... NOT!

[amborin]

6. HRC is a continuation of senseless neocon regime change escapades

[CharlotteVale]

7. K&R

[amborin]

8. No reasonable person would want HRC in charge of our foreign policy

[amborin]

9. Hillary would be a scary choice for president; perpetual war until we are bled dry. nt