| | In 2012 Hillary announced [[Syria]]n President Bashar Assad must go. She committed the United States to supporting an odd collection of militias, arms traffickers, narco-terrorists and jihadis. The State Department and media dubbed the assortment with the oxymoronic tag, 'moderate rebels'.<ref>[https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/18/the-media-are-misleading-public-syria/8YB75otYirPzUCnlwaVtcK/story.html The media are misleading the public on Syria], By Stephen Kinzer, ''Boston Globe'', February 18, 2016. "The Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press."</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2749197/ISIS-arming-US-military-hardware-wage-jihad-Middle-East-seizing-weapons-Syrian-rebels-Iraqi-soldiers.html [[ISIS]] arming themselves with US-made military hardware to wage jihad across the Middle East after seizing weapons from Syrian rebels and Iraqi soldiers], By Ted Thornhill for MailOnline, 9 September 2014. www.dailymail.co.uk </ref> | | In 2012 Hillary announced [[Syria]]n President Bashar Assad must go. She committed the United States to supporting an odd collection of militias, arms traffickers, narco-terrorists and jihadis. The State Department and media dubbed the assortment with the oxymoronic tag, 'moderate rebels'.<ref>[https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/18/the-media-are-misleading-public-syria/8YB75otYirPzUCnlwaVtcK/story.html The media are misleading the public on Syria], By Stephen Kinzer, ''Boston Globe'', February 18, 2016. "The Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press."</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2749197/ISIS-arming-US-military-hardware-wage-jihad-Middle-East-seizing-weapons-Syrian-rebels-Iraqi-soldiers.html [[ISIS]] arming themselves with US-made military hardware to wage jihad across the Middle East after seizing weapons from Syrian rebels and Iraqi soldiers], By Ted Thornhill for MailOnline, 9 September 2014. www.dailymail.co.uk </ref> |
| − | By the time she quit the State Department to run for president, 300,000 Syrians had been killed in the uprising that Hillary and Obama engendered, giving it the appalling misnomer, '[[Arab Sprin]]'. Six million Syrians had been displaced - one third of the population - seeking [[refugee]] staus throughout the world. Meantime Assad's position had been strengthened with the support of two powerful allies, [[Vladimir Putin]] of [[Russia]], and the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]], with State Department acquiescence.<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/syria-ceasefire-sham-helps-assad-cling-power-450832 Syria Cease-Fire Is a Sham That Helps Assad Cling to Power], By Faysal Itani and Hossam Abouzahr, ''[[Newsweek]]'', 4/24/16.</ref> | + | By the time she quit the State Department to run for president, 300,000 Syrians had been killed in the uprising that Hillary and Obama engendered, giving it the appalling misnomer, '[[Arab Spring]]'. Six million Syrians had been displaced - one third of the population - seeking [[refugee]] staus throughout the world. Meantime Assad's position had been strengthened with the support of two powerful allies, [[Vladimir Putin]] of [[Russia]], and the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]], with State Department acquiescence.<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/syria-ceasefire-sham-helps-assad-cling-power-450832 Syria Cease-Fire Is a Sham That Helps Assad Cling to Power], By Faysal Itani and Hossam Abouzahr, ''[[Newsweek]]'', 4/24/16.</ref> |