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Hillary Clinton

yallerdawg

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9. America has a long history of supporting dictators and tyrants.

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Tue Jul 5, 2016, 08:31 AM

Jul 2016

As ugly and uncontrollable as it may be, supporting "self-determination" is an alternative path in foreign policy for us.

Isolation and protectionism is one extreme. Endless military intervention is another extreme.

We'll see where Syria and Libya end up. That includes normal human beings leaving failed states and uninhabitable deserts - if they can!

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Can someone direct me to a list of Jeffrey Sachs' foreign policy credentials? [View all] Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 OP

Found Jeffrey Sachs Wiki Page Her Sister Jul 2016 #1

Interest and expertise in post-communist economies...okay, I'll buy that. Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #4

Yes the guy exudes a lot of self-importance! Her Sister Jul 2016 #5

All you really need to know about him BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #2

And yet, he was waxing wise about military deployment and strategy, both the US' and Russia's. Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #3

Who do you think is impressed with this guy? JS? Her Sister Jul 2016 #6

It doesn't. BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #14

"...arrogant and sure that HE is always right about absolutely everything." Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #17

What can I say, Surya? BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #18

Does his voice still get all quivering as he bashes Hillary LuvLoogie Jul 2016 #7

He WAS pretty giddy this morning when bashing Obama and Clinton. When he goes off like that, Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #8

America has a long history of supporting dictators and tyrants. yallerdawg Jul 2016 #9

"...supporting "self-determination" is an alternative path in foreign policy for us." Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #10

As I recall... yallerdawg Jul 2016 #12

This minor factoid apparently escaped the notice of Dr. Sachs: Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #13

OMG! yallerdawg Jul 2016 #15

She was in high-dudgeon--spewing her talking points and displaying wide-eyed, fake "concern". Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #16

He occasionally works at the Vatican? He was Sanders' "In" to that Vatican conference KittyWampus Jul 2016 #11