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===Iraq===

===Iraq===

{{Cquote|Saddam Hussein has given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.|20px|20px|Sen. Hillary Clinton, Oct. 12, 2002.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp Fact Check: Words of Mass Destruction], Snopes.com </ref>}}

{{Cquote|Saddam Hussein has given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.|20px|20px|Sen. Hillary Clinton, Oct. 12, 2002.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp Fact Check: Words of Mass Destruction], Snopes.com </ref>}}

:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton Senate career]]''

:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton Senate career]]''

Sen. Hillary Clinton led the fight on the floor of the [[United States Senate]] among Democrats to grant President [[George W. Bush]] authority to remove [[Saddam Hussein]] from [[Iraq]]. Hillary Clinton claimed, based upon her first hand experience over 8 years in the White House, that Saddam was in possession of [[Weapons of Mass Destruction]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS9y5t0tR0 Hillary Clinton Iraq War Vote Speech]. youtube.com </ref> Sen. Bernie Sanders questioned her judgement, and he and his supporters were ostracized and ridiculed by the Democratic party establishment for doing so.

Sen. Hillary Clinton led the fight on the floor of the [[United States Senate]] among Democrats to grant President [[George W. Bush]] authority to remove [[Saddam Hussein]] from [[Iraq]]. Hillary Clinton claimed, based upon her first hand experience over 8 years in the White House, that Saddam was in possession of [[Weapons of Mass Destruction]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS9y5t0tR0 Hillary Clinton Iraq War Vote Speech]. youtube.com </ref> Sen. Bernie Sanders questioned her judgement, and he and his supporters were ostracized and ridiculed by the Democratic party establishment for doing so.

<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2016/02/22/democrats_who_backed_iraq_now_dare_slime_sanders_foreign_policy_experience/ Democrats who backed Iraq now dare slime Sanders’ foreign policy experience?], Paul Rosenberg, ''[[Salon]]'', Feb 22, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.dailywire.com/news/4709/hillary-panics-sanders-arthritic-fingers-cling-her-ben-shapiro Hillary Panics As Sanders' Arthritic Fingers Cling To Her Electoral Cankles], Ben Shapiro, April 6, 2016.  www.dailywire.com </ref><ref>[http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000154-86bf-da04-a3ff-9ebfd97e0000 Letter from Sen. Bernie Sanders to DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, May 6, 2016].</ref>

<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2016/02/22/democrats_who_backed_iraq_now_dare_slime_sanders_foreign_policy_experience/ Democrats who backed Iraq now dare slime Sanders’ foreign policy experience?], Paul Rosenberg, ''[[Salon]]'', Feb 22, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.dailywire.com/news/4709/hillary-panics-sanders-arthritic-fingers-cling-her-ben-shapiro Hillary Panics As Sanders' Arthritic Fingers Cling To Her Electoral Cankles], Ben Shapiro, April 6, 2016.  www.dailywire.com </ref><ref>[http://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000154-86bf-da04-a3ff-9ebfd97e0000 Letter from Sen. Bernie Sanders to DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, May 6, 2016].</ref>

===Rise of the [[Islamic State]]===

===Rise of the [[Islamic State]]===

By weakening Assad, the Clinton State Department effort opened up the space for the [[Islamic State]] to claim large swathes of territory in both Syria and Iraq. <ref>''HuPo'', ibid.</ref>

By weakening Assad, the Clinton State Department effort opened up the space for the [[Islamic State]] to claim large swathes of territory in both Syria and Iraq. <ref>''HuPo'', ibid.</ref>

Because of the enduring violence between [[Sunni]] and [[Shia]] (Syrian [[Alawite]]s are a minority sect wmong Shia), 6,000,000 refugees now must be resettled worldwide. These include Turkomen, Kurds, Armenians, and Arab Christians as well. 600,000 alone entered [[Germany]] in the last 6 months of 2015 - more than Germany's standing military of 400,000.

Because of the enduring violence between [[Sunni]] and [[Shia]] (Syrian [[Alawite]]s are a minority sect among Shia), 6,000,000 refugees now must be resettled worldwide. These include Turkomen, Kurds, Armenians, and Arab Christians as well. 600,000 alone entered [[Germany]] in the last 6 months of 2015 - more than Germany's standing military of 400,000.

 

In 2012 Hillary announced [[Syria]]n President Bashar Assad must go and committed the United States to supporting an assortment of militias, arms traffickers, narco-terrorists, and jihadis the State Department and media labeled "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 resigned the State Department to run for president 300,000 Syrians had been killed in the uprising that Hillary and Obama started, giving it the misnomer, "Arab Spring". Six million Syrian refugees - one third of the population, are displaced and homeless. By 2016, Assad remained in power and his position had been strengthened with State Department approval and the support of two powerful allies, [[Vladimir Putin]] of [[Russia]], and the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]].

==Memorandum of understanding==

==Memorandum of understanding==