ISIL
Hillary Clinton Secrete Hacked Documents
2016ER ATTACKS
RAND PAUL CLAIMED SECRETARY CLINTON SAID
“ISIS IS NOT A THREAT…TO AMERICA”
Rand Paul: Hillary
Clinton Said “ISIS Is Not A Threat – Not A Threat To America. Those I Think
Were Her Exact Words.” RAND PAUL: “Well you know, I don't
think we really want a commander-in-chief who is battling climate change
instead of terrorism. She also has been out there saying ISIS is not a threat –
not a threat to America. Those I think were her exact words.” BILL HEMMER: “Did she say that?” RAND PAUL:
“I believe a couple of months ago there was a quote from her saying ISIS is not
a threat to America. But what I would say is that for her to be out there
saying that the biggest threat to our safety and our wellbeing is climate
change, I think is -- goes to the heart of the matter whether she has the
wisdom to lead the country, which I think it's obvious she doesn't.” [America’s
Newsroom, Fox News, 9/5/14]
BOBBY JINDAL BLAMED SECRETARY
CLINTON FOR ALLOWING THE RISE OF ISIL AS PART OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
Bobby Jindal
Blamed The Obama White House And Former Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton For
Fumbling Foreign Policy, Including “The Rise Of ISIS.” “Otherwise,
Jindal's remark were heavy on blaming the Obama White House, including former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for fumbling foreign policy. ‘Today, we see
a world in which the Obama administration has neglected or abandoned America's
long-standing allies. Our “special relationship” with Britain is gone, NATO is
drifting, Eastern Europe is disaffected, and Israel has been purposefully
alienated from the United States,’ he said. He went on to say the last months
has sparked the rise of ISIS, Russia's incursion into Crimea and Ukraine, and
other flare-ups around the world.” [The Post And Courier, 10/7/14]
CLINTON DEFENSE
SECRETARY CLINTON
HAD RECOGNIZED THAT ISIS WAS A REGIONAL THREAT, BUT SAID SHE COULD NOT HAVE
PREDICTED THE SUCCESS OF ISIS IN TAKING OVER PORTIONS OF IRAQ[BJ1]
Clinton Said She
Thought ISIS Was A “Regional Problem” As Opposed To “Just A Syrian Problem,”
But Never Could Not Have Predicted The
Rise Of ISIS And Its Efficacy “In Seizing Cities In Iraq And Trying To Erase
Boundaries To Create An Islamic State.” “‘So this is not just a Syrian problem
anymore,’ Clinton said. ‘I never thought it was just a Syrian problem. I
thought it was a regional problem. I could not have predicted, however, the
extent to which ISIS could be effective in seizing cities in Iraq and trying to
erase boundaries to create an Islamic state. That’s why it’s a wicked
problem.’” [Daily Caller, 6/12/14]
JUNE 2014: SECRETARY
CLINTON JOINED OBAMA IN RULING OUT AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISIL, CITING THE
LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS OF IRAQI PRIME MINISTER MALIKI
CNN: June 2014: “Hillary Clinton Has Firmly Planted
Herself With The White House And Those Who Say The United States Should Not Provide
Military Assistance – Particularly Airstrikes – To The Iraqi Government” To
Fight ISIL. “Hillary Clinton has firmly planted herself with the White House and
those who say the United States should not provide military assistance –
particularly airstrikes – to the Iraqi government in response to the rise of
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and other militants.” [CNN, 6/13/14]
CNN: In June 2014, Secretary Clinton Said About
Airstrikes In Iraq: “That Is Not A Role For The United States,” Citing
Insufficient Commitment To “An Inclusive Iraq” From Prime Minister Maliki. “Earlier on
Friday, the BBC released a 20-minute interview with Clinton, where the former
secretary of state said airstrikes in Iraq were not appropriate ‘at this time.’
‘That is not a role for the United States,’ Clinton said. ‘There needs to be a
number of steps that Maliki and his government must take to demonstrate that he
is committed to an inclusive Iraq – something he has not done up to date.’”
[CNN, 6/13/14]
CNN: Clinton Called Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki’s
Government “Dysfunctional, Unrepresentative, Authoritarian…There’s No Reason On
Earth That I Know Of That We Would Ever Sacrifice A Single American Life For
That.” “Clinton characterized the Maliki government as ‘dysfunctional,
unrepresentative, authoritarian’ in front of an audience of 1,500 in
Washington. For that reason, she added – to sustained applause – that ‘there's
no reason on earth that I know of that we would ever sacrifice a single
American life for that.’” [CNN, 6/13/14]
AUGUST 2014:
SECRETARY CLINTON ASSERTED THAT FAILURE TO FOLLOW HER RECOMMENDATIONS AND MORE
AGGRESSIVELY TRAIN AND EQUIP SYRIAN REBELS LEFT AN OPENING FOR ISIL’S RISE
Secretary
Clinton: “The Failure To Help Build Up A Credible Fighting Force” Among The
Syrian Opposition “Left A Big Vacuum, Which The Jihadists Have Now Filled.” “I
know that the failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people
who were the originators of the protests against Assad—there were Islamists,
there were secularists, there was everything in the middle—the failure to do
that left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled. They were often
armed in an indiscriminate way by other forces and we had no skin in the game
that really enabled us to prevent this indiscriminate arming.” [The Atlantic, 8/10/14]
·
HEADLINE:
“Hillary Clinton Joins Critics Of Obama's Response To ISIS In Iraq.” [Christian
Science Monitor, 8/10/14]
OCTOBER
2014: SECRETARY CLINTON “DESCRIBED THE SERIOUS THREAT POSED BY ISLAMIC STATE,”
SAYING MILITARY ACTION WAS ESSENTIAL BUT NOT SUFFICIENT IN DEFEATING ISIL
Wall
Street Journal: “Former Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton Described The
Serious Threat Posed By Islamic State.” “Former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton described the serious threat posed by Islamic State in remarks here
Wednesday, saying the group is far more advanced and well-funded than al Qaeda
ever was. ‘This is the best funded, most professional, expansionist Jihadist
military force that we have seen ever,’ she said.” [Wall Street Journal, 10/8/14]
Secretary
Clinton: ISIL Is “The Best Funded, Most Professional, Expansionist Jihadist
Military Force That We Have Seen Ever.” “Former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton described the serious threat posed by Islamic State in remarks here
Wednesday, saying the group is far more advanced and well-funded than al Qaeda
ever was. ‘This is the best funded, most professional, expansionist Jihadist
military force that we have seen ever,’ she said.” [Wall Street Journal, 10/8/14]
CBC News:
Secretary Clinton Called Military Action Against ISIL “Critical…Essential To
Try To Prevent Their Further Advance…[But] Military Action Alone Is Not
Sufficient.” “Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state, says
military action is ‘critical’ to the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State
militants in Iraq and Syria, but is ‘not sufficient’ on its own. ‘I think
military action is critical. In fact, I would say essential to try to prevent
their further advance and their holding of more territory,’ Clinton told an
audience at the Canada 2020 conference in Ottawa…‘Military action alone is not
sufficient,’ Clinton quickly added, describing the fight against Islamic
jihadists as ‘a long-term commitment.’” [CBC News, 10/6/14]
FEBRUARY
2015: SECRETARY CLINTON BACKED PRESIDENT OBAMA’S STRATEGY OF USING AIR STRIKES
AND REGIONAL SOLDIERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIL
Politico:
Secretary Clinton “Essentially Backed The President’s Strategy” Against ISIL,
Saying “You Have To Use, Not Only Air Force But Also Army Soldiers From The
Region…A Lot Of The Right Moves Are Being Made.” “On the effort against ISIL,
Clinton suggested during the Q&A with journalist Kara Swisher that there
was little use in inserting U.S. combat troops into the fight and essentially
backed the president’s strategy so far. ‘It’s a very hard challenge, because
you can’t very well put American or Western troops in to fight this organism,’
she said, in her clearest statement yet on the topic. ‘You have to use, not
only air force but also army soldiers from the region and particularly from
Iraq. … A lot of the right moves are being made, but this is a really
complicated and long-term problem.’” [Politico, 2/24/15]
2016ER VULNERABILITIES
RAND
PAUL’S AIDE HAD TO WALK BACK FALSE COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT SECRETARY CLINTON
ASSERTING THAT ISIL WAS NOT A THREAT TO AMERICA
An Aide To
Rand Paul Walked Back His Comments And Said Paul Meant To Criticize Hillary
Clinton For Her Comments On The Prisoner Swap For U.S. Soldier Bowe Bergdahl,
Not That She Underestimated The Threat Of ISIS. “An aide to Republican
Senator Rand Paul said the lawmaker intended to criticize Hillary Clinton, a
possible 2016 Democratic rival for the presidency, for comments on the prisoner
swap for U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, not that she underestimated the threat
posed by Islamic State. ‘Hillary Clinton has said ISIS is not a threat to the
United States,’ Paul said on Fox News Channel’s ‘Hannity’ on Sept. 3. The
Kentucky lawmaker repeated that assertion to Fox’s Bill Hemmer two days later,
noting his belief that those were Clinton’s ‘exact words.’…An aide to Paul who
requested anonymity said the lawmaker meant to refer to Clinton’s remark in
June that the five Taliban fighters exchanged for Bergdahl were ‘not a threat’
to the U.S.” [Bloomberg, 9/9/14]
[BJ1]We’re
writing ISIS here because that’s the term Clinton is quoted as using, but we’re
sticking with ISIL throughout the rest of the document because that’s the
Administration-preferred term
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