peecoolyour (239 posts)
HRC's State Dept. Increased Chemical Arms Sales To M.E. Countries That Gave to Clinton Foundation
As Egyptian democracy protesters massed in the streets of Cairo in 2011, provoking a bloody crackdown from the authoritarian regime of Hosni Mubarak, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented herself as a champion of human rights. Clinton was “deeply concerned about the use of violence by Egyptian police and security forces against protesters,†she told reporters at the State Department. “Egyptian authorities,†she urged, should not impede “peaceful protests.â€
But behind the scenes, Clinton pursued contrasting aims. She cautioned the White House about backing the ouster of President Mubarak, whom she had previously described as a family friend. Her State Department cleared Egypt to continue purchasing arms the U.S. government classified as "toxicological agents,†a broad designation that included chemical and biological weapons, as well as vaccines -- this, at the very moment Mubarak’s forces were unleashing one toxicological agent, tear gas, against protesters demanding his ouster.
The Clinton-run State Department’s approval of chemical and biological exports to the Egyptian government increased in volume just as dollars flowed from Mubarak-linked entities into the coffers of Clinton family concerns. A group closely associated with the Mubarak government paid Bill Clinton a $250,000 speaking fee in 2010, less than 4 months before the Egyptian revolution began. In 2012, a firm with an ownership stake in the company that manufactured the tear gas reportedly used by Egyptian security forces against the uprising paid $100,000 to $250,000 for another Bill Clinton speech.
The approval of American chemical weapons sales to Egypt as Mubarak’s associates were stocking Clinton family interests with cash is but one example of a dynamic that prevailed though Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. During the roughly two years of Arab Spring protests that confronted authoritarian governments with popular uprisings, Clinton’s State Department approved $66 million worth of so-called Category 14 exports -- defined as "toxicological agents, including chemical agents, biological agents and associated equipment" -- to nine Middle Eastern governments that either donated to the Clinton Foundation or whose affiliated groups paid Bill Clinton speaking fees.
http://www.ibtimes.com/hillary-clintons-state-department-increased-chemical-arms-sales-middle-east-countries-1949653
It Just Doesn't Get Filthier Than a Clinton, But Hey, She's a Woman and a Democrat, So...Cali is trying to pin Hillary to the wall like she's an employer with earwigs and annoying customers, but the DUmmy is strong with certain of them:
DemocratSinceBirth (53,692 posts)
13. Like the gentleman or lady I was referring to I am immune to the criticism of Ms. Clinton
And no amount of trying to cow me by Mr. Sanders' supporters can make feel otherwise.
It only strengthens my resolve.
Think that through for a moment:
I am immune to the criticism of Ms. Clinton.
First of all, it isn't "criticism." It's a data point that fits within the clear datastream that shows she is a filthy, dirty, unethical peddler of influence and has been for years. And wasn't it DU that ridiculed Republicans for Bush myopia? Finally, it isn't "Ms" Clinton. She's MRS. Clinton, married to disgraced and disbarred influence peddling rapist scumbag Bill Clinton.
I'd love for some lurker to explain how the Clintons aren't a crime syndicate. All we seem to get, however, is smug assholes who can't stay on point and who won't address a question directly.
