Top Economist, UN Advisor: Hillary Is Unfit to be President

[amborin]

Top economist, UN advisor and climate activist: "Clinton is a danger to world peace"

Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath

by Jeffrey D. Sachs

At Milwaukee Debate, Hillary stated:

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.

Except, Hillary was blatantly lying:

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs notes:

This is the kind of compulsive misrepresentation 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. Clinton bears heavy responsibility for that carnage, which has by now displaced more than 10 million Syrians and left more than 250,000 dead......

from daily kos

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/15/1485382/-Top-economist-UN-advisor-and-climate-activist-Clinton-is-a-danger-to-world-peace

[Kip Humphrey]

1. getting me a front seat for this one...

[Mika]

3. IBTL

[NWCorona]

6. I have a feeling that this will mostly go unchallenged as it would be hard to put a good spin on it

But I'm waiting as well

[cosmicone]

2. Meh ... n/t

[whatchamacallit]

12. Meh, reality is overrated

[cosmicone]

13. Reality is the delegate math

Everything else from Bernie's campaign is "meh."

[whatchamacallit]

14. Might Makes Right!

[Lizzie Poppet]

4. This illustrates the problem with her SoS stint as a resume item: she was awful.

Her supposed advantage over Sanders in foreign policy is rubbish.

[djean111]

5. Yes, we know that. n/t

[cantbeserious]

7. This Citizen Thanks The UN For This Confirmation

eom

[NWCorona]

8. Good post!

"This is the kind of compulsive misrepresentation 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."

Has there ever been a conflict that Hillary didn't want to escalate?

[DemocracyDirect]

11. Money Trump's peace?

Argh.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. reason #146

Why i dont want to vote for her

[Jitter65]

10. Yeah, like Clinton was the President. nt

[amborin]

15. she pressured Obama to bomb Libya, against his wishes & against advice of Gates, Biden, etc.

she took full credit in her emails

same with Syria---she wanted regime change and obstructed any peace accord

[amborin]

16. kick