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Hillary Clinton: I ‘Could Not Have Predicted’ That Al Qaida Would Take Over Iraq
The Daily Caller ^
| 12 Jun 2014
| Patrick Howley
Posted on 06/12/2014 6:22:47 PM PDT by mandaladon
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted that she “could not have predicted” the effectiveness of the al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist group that seized control this week of two major Iraqi cities.
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which has pledged allegiance to al-Qaida since 2004, captured the western Iraqi cities of Tikrit and Mosul, expanding its influence across the entire Sunni-dominated western region of Iraq in addition to Syria — where it remains one of the strongest rebel factions fighting dictator Bashar al-Assad. The group, led by enigmatic terrorist Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, evolved out of al-Qaida’s Bush-era presence in Iraq, adopting a version of its current name as early as 2006.
Clinton, the Obama administration’s first Secretary of State and a presumptive 2016 presidential candidate, admitted that she underestimated ISIS in an interview Thursday with NPR’s Terry Gross at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhomiddleeast; cicobama; clinton; hillary; hillaryisdumb; iraq; isis; oif; soshillary
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To: mandaladon
No doubt. Brain damage from stroke is a terrible thing.
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:14:11 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: mandaladon
WE KNOW YOU COULDN’T, HILLARY. WE KNOW.
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:15:34 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: mandaladon
She does seem to grasp much of anything related to real life. She is dead broke, dead stupid, an pretty much dead to the real world
Freegards
LEX
To: ConservativeStatement
Looks like a Lewinski moment to me.
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:16:56 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses...)
To: mandaladon
She could not have predicted that the Cubs would loose either.
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:18:44 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
To: mandaladon
Everybody else could, Hilly. We could see it in a heartbeat.
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:19:54 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi or Atty General Holder, who brought more guns to Mexico?)
To: Dilbert San Diego; Impy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Perdogg; Liz; GOPJ
RE:”
That clip on homosexual marriage is really amazing.
The host said she wanted to clarify because Hillary had given unclear answers. And Hillary talked back to the host, saying that she was trying to distort Hillary’s words, which were unclear to begin with.
Somehow I get the feeling you should not talk back to the interviewer like that. You just generate bad feelings and make yourself look like a fool. Host says she wants to clarify the position, and Hillary said, no you don’t want to clarify??? “ Exactly, Hillary's claim is plausible but that she did it for politics is even MORE plausible than that is.
And the question asked her was perfectly logical.
But whining like she did sends the message that she is covering up something, and insecure too.
Glad you saw it and shared your thoughts.
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:20:38 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi shows why he’s the world’s most dangerous man (ISIS leader in Iraq)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3166656/posts
Guess Hillary never could have predicted that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi would be leading the army that has over run Northern Iraq when she and Obama released him from Gitmo in 2009 either
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:21:49 PM PDT
by
rdcbn
To: Chode; dontreadthis
No kidding. That’s repulsive.
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:26:14 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: mandaladon
Billary’s Presidential aspirations are slipping away from her grasp before they even begin to have substance.
To: mandaladon
I think anyone with any ounce of common sense & an awareness of recent Iraqi history knew that Iraq would need our help for years to make their newborn democracy work.
Abandoning Iraq as Obama did left a void that terrorists eagerly filled.
Why is anybody surprised?
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:54:15 PM PDT
by
Mister Da
(The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
To: mandaladon
"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted that she “could not have predicted” the effectiveness of the al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist group that seized control this week of two major Iraqi cities."Looking for the /satire tag - "could not have predicted?" Really? Just amazing...
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:59:10 PM PDT
by
free-in-nyc
(Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
To: joethedrummer
Maybe W. should have left Sadaam alone, instead of squandering unimaginable amounts of American blood and treasure over there.
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posted on
06/12/2014 7:59:57 PM PDT
by
Paulie
(Buy local, bank local, exert your influence locally; the left will fold like a cheap suit.)
To: mandaladon
How did she ever get a Yale degree?
To: mandaladon
Once again my plumber’s wife has predicted nearly everthing this administration has done and caused.
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posted on
06/12/2014 8:04:25 PM PDT
by
jimfree
(In November 2016 my 13 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
To: mandaladon
I predicted it as soon as we decided to not leave a residual force there....that’s all these idiots have to do, they don’t take off work to become terrorists, they just are terorists!!!!
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posted on
06/12/2014 8:30:31 PM PDT
by
terycarl
To: Viennacon
To: mandaladon
Wonder how it feels being dumber than a reasonably intelligent 6th grader?
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posted on
06/12/2014 9:02:38 PM PDT
by
oldtech
To: mandaladon
Hillaryous. Anybody could have “predicted” it.
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posted on
06/12/2014 9:03:02 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Mister Da
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posted on
06/12/2014 9:11:19 PM PDT
by
Hoodat
(Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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