Jeffrey Sachs: Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath

[cali]

In the Milwaukee debate, Hillary Clinton took pride in her role in a recent UN Security Council resolution on a Syrian ceasefire:

But I would add this. You know, the Security Council finally got around to adopting a resolution. At the core of that resolution is an agreement I negotiated in June of 2012 in Geneva, which set forth a cease-fire and moving toward a political resolution, trying to bring the parties at stake in Syria together.

This is the kind of compulsive lying that makes Clinton unfit to be President. Clinton's role in Syria has been to help instigate and prolong the Syrian bloodbath, not to bring it to a close.

In 2012, Clinton was the obstacle, not the solution, to a ceasefire being negotiated by UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan. It was US intransigence - Clinton's intransigence - that led to the failure of Annan's peace efforts in the spring of 2012, a point well known among diplomats. Despite Clinton's insinuation in the Milwaukee debate, there was (of course) no 2012 ceasefire, only escalating carnage. Hillary bears heavy responsibility for that carnage, which has by now displaced more than 10 million Syrians and left more than 250,000 dead.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/hillary-clinton-and-the-s_b_9231190.html

[Broward]

1. But she is so "experienced." I have trouble thinking of a worse possible Dem presidential nominee.

[cali]

2. Yeah, it's confounded me for years that establishment dems

can't see it.

[jfern]

12. She is experienced at turning the middle east into a shithole

Since Henry Kissinger and Dick Cheney aren't on the ballot, she's the most experienced to make sure it remains a shithole.

[casperthegm]

3. Interesting

Hasn't she also stated that she's in favor of a no-fly zone in Syria? What happens when Russian jets ignore it? Does she have a plan for that, because it's going to happen?

Experience is one thing but judgement is another. And hers in foreign policy is not good. I'm curious why she keeps touting it, as if these decisions are good ones?

[cali]

4. Yes. She has expressed support for that.

[malletgirl02]

5. No Fly Zone

I think many people who support a no fly zone in Syria don't know what it entails. They don't realize that the use of force is needed to enforce the zone.

[jfern]

13. It's the sort of thing a middle schooler who forgot to do their homework

would come up with as an idea.

[Skwmom]

6. She is not qualified. And in the General Election that will be exposed to the American Public. n/t

[Doctor_J]

7. she lies about literally

everything. Is it possible that she believes no one will call out these whoppers?

[cali]

8. No. She knows she's got a lot of cover and that the MSM won't

touch this stuff.

[Wig Master]

9. K&R

[AzDar]

10. K & R

[cali]

11. Kick. This is sobering and critically important

[Fumesucker]

14. Is this part of a series?

Hillary Clinton and the Superpredators
Hillary Clinton and the Iraq Invasion
Hillary Clinton and the Welfare Queens
Hillary Clinton and the Wall Street Speeches
Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath
Hillary Clinton and the Libyan Dictator Pining for the Fjords
Hillary Clinton and the Private Email Server
Hillary Clinton and the Tuzla Snipers