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The lies begin: Hillary Clinton claims credit for 'tough new sanctions against Iran'

Hillary Clinton announced today that she is running for President (Hat Tip: Memeorandum), and her newly minted campaign has already started to lie. Clinton, it claims was behind 'tough new sanctions' against Iran.

And when President Obama asked Hillary to serve as his secretary of state, she put aside their hard-fought campaign and answered the call to public service once again. After eight years of Bush foreign policy, Hillary was instrumental in starting to restore America’s standing in the world. Even former Republican Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said she “ran the State Department in the most effective way that I’ve ever seen.”

She built a coalition for tough new sanctions against Iran that brought them to the negotiating table and she brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that ended a war and protected Israel’s security.

The Kissinger quote is true. But 'starting to restore America's standing in the world'? It's been all downhill since 2009.

'Built a coalition for tough new sanctions against Iran'? I think a couple of guys named Kirk and Menendez (the latter currently a political target of the Obama administration under the guise of a criminal indictment) deserve credit for that.

'[B]rokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that ended a war and protected Israel’s security.' What protected Israel's security? Hillary? Don't make me laugh. The end of the war? Israel would have been a lot better off had the war continued. Oh and by the way, to which war is she referring?

I wonder if Suha Arafat will have a role in Hillary's campaign and White House. What could go wrong?

Labels: Hillary Clinton, US presidential campaign 2016

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:32 PM