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discntnt_irny_srcsm Donating Member (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 11:12 AM
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You have to appreciate irony.
"...Hillary Clinton was in Rome making progress on that other budding war we've sort of been fighting. Clinton and Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini helped convince the Libya Contact Group, a NATO coalition of representatives from 22 countries and six international organizations, to support the decision to set up a fund to back the Libyan rebels." << http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/05/hillary_clinton_strikes_deal_t.html >>

"Over a period of months, numerous senior U.S. officials including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder personally lobbied Thai authorities on the matter, (the extradition of Viktor Bout*) and their efforts appear to have produced a major diplomatic success." << http://asiancorrespondent.com/39461/why-did-the-thai-pms-personal-aide-meet-with-viktor-bout/ >>

(Viktor Bout* - an alleged arms dealer accused of agreeing to supply arms to Colombian rebels.)


Mr. Bout probably made some money doing business with a certain Colonel North awhile back, but today he sits in jail in New York awaiting trial.


From the movie Lord of War:
Yuri Orlov - I know that just because they needed me that day didn't mean that they wouldn't make me a scapegoat the next.
(The character of Yuri Orlov is based in part on the dealings of Viktor Bout.)
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GreenStormCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 11:46 AM
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1. He supplied the wrong rebels. N/T
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discntnt_irny_srcsm Donating Member (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 12:01 PM
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2. Obviously
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