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| | From 1985 to 1992, North Korea "bought time" for its nuclear weapons program by entering into a series of agreements under which it promised to "de-weaponize" its reactors and halt further production of [[plutonium]]. The Clinton administraion forged a deal with [[Kim Il-sung]] during Clinton's first term known as the Agreed Framework signed on 21 October 1994 that North Korea would supposedly halt its nuclear program.<ref>[http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aankorea.htm The North Korean Nuclear Situation]</ref> | | From 1985 to 1992, North Korea "bought time" for its nuclear weapons program by entering into a series of agreements under which it promised to "de-weaponize" its reactors and halt further production of [[plutonium]]. The Clinton administraion forged a deal with [[Kim Il-sung]] during Clinton's first term known as the Agreed Framework signed on 21 October 1994 that North Korea would supposedly halt its nuclear program.<ref>[http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aankorea.htm The North Korean Nuclear Situation]</ref> |
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| − | In addition to the oil supplied under the 1994 Agreed Framework, North Korea depended on the United States and other countries for free, unconditional food aid while making no committment reform of its [[Stalin]]ist agricultural system.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/crs/91-141.htm North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program, Updated December 12, 1996]</ref> | + | In addition to the oil supplied under the 1994 Agreed Framework, North Korea depended on the United States and other countries for free, unconditional food aid while making no commitment reform of its [[Stalin]]ist agricultural system.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/crs/91-141.htm North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program, Updated December 12, 1996]</ref> |
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| | Once Clinton won re-election however, North Korea had violated most of the terms of the non-proliferation agreements and withdrew from the rest. By 2000 the money the Clonton administration paid to North Korea amounted to over $61 million. After the Clinton's left office in 2001, and [[Bush administration]] no longer paying the blackmail money in the form of food aid and humanitarian assistanc, North Korea tested it's [[nuclear bomb]] it had built with aid paid by the Clinton administration. | | Once Clinton won re-election however, North Korea had violated most of the terms of the non-proliferation agreements and withdrew from the rest. By 2000 the money the Clonton administration paid to North Korea amounted to over $61 million. After the Clinton's left office in 2001, and [[Bush administration]] no longer paying the blackmail money in the form of food aid and humanitarian assistanc, North Korea tested it's [[nuclear bomb]] it had built with aid paid by the Clinton administration. |
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| | An unclassified [[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs]] report issued in 1998 stated that both James Riady and his father Mochtar "had a long-term relationship with a Chinese intelligence agency." According to journalist [[Bob Woodward]], details of the relationship came from highly classified intelligence information supplied to the committee by both the CIA and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]].<ref>Woodward, Bob, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/cf021098.htm "Findings Link Clinton Allies to Chinese Intelligence"], ''Washington Post'', Feb. 10, 1998.</ref> | | An unclassified [[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs]] report issued in 1998 stated that both James Riady and his father Mochtar "had a long-term relationship with a Chinese intelligence agency." According to journalist [[Bob Woodward]], details of the relationship came from highly classified intelligence information supplied to the committee by both the CIA and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]].<ref>Woodward, Bob, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/cf021098.htm "Findings Link Clinton Allies to Chinese Intelligence"], ''Washington Post'', Feb. 10, 1998.</ref> |
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| − | The relationship between John Huang, the Riady Family, and the Clintons, goes back to the late 1970’s in Little Rock, Arkansas. The patriarch of the family, Mochtar Riady, is an [[Indonesia]]n of [[Chinese]] descent who built up the Lippo Group empire. In the mid-1970s, Mochtar Riady planned to expand his business into the United States and began looking for partners. He met the Stephens family of Arkansas and entered into various joint ventures with Stephens Inc. | + | The relationship between John Huang, the Riady Family, and the Clintons, goes back to the late 1970s in Little Rock, Arkansas. The patriarch of the family, Mochtar Riady, is an [[Indonesia]]n of [[Chinese]] descent who built up the Lippo Group empire. In the mid-1970s, Mochtar Riady planned to expand his business into the United States and began looking for partners. He met the Stephens family of Arkansas and entered into various joint ventures with Stephens Inc. |
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| | In Little Rock the Riadys met then-Governor Bill Clinton and financially supported Clinton’s gubernatorial campaigns throughout the 1980s. | | In Little Rock the Riadys met then-Governor Bill Clinton and financially supported Clinton’s gubernatorial campaigns throughout the 1980s. |
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| | {{Main|Libyan War#Ambassador Stevens dispatched to give aid|l1=Libyan War/Ambassador Stevens dispatched to give aid}} | | {{Main|Libyan War#Ambassador Stevens dispatched to give aid|l1=Libyan War/Ambassador Stevens dispatched to give aid}} |
| − | [[Libya]] had been under [[Muammar Gaddafi]] since 1969. The United States broke relations in 1981 and considered Libya a state sponsor of terror after a series incidents culminating in the mid-air bombing of Pan AM Flight 103 over [[Lockerbie]] Scotland in 1988. Libya had a WMD program. Western powers laid out a series of demands to be met to re-establish normal relations. By 1999, Muammar Gaddafi had a change of heart, as aged dictators sometimes do. Gaddafi began thinking about his legacy. Did he wish to be remembered as a killer? or as someone who really had the best interests of his people at heart. This is the actual substance of diplomacy and negotiation-the job of the Secretary of State, to pursuade lunatic dictators to think about such things rather than use force in every situation. Gaddafi began complying, step-by-step, with Western demands in order to be welcomed back within the "community of nations". Gaddafi renounced terrorism and gave up his WMD. He paid reparations to the families of victims of Flight 103; he publicly condemned the [[September 11 attacks]] . Trade was restored. Gaddafi became the model that Western powers began using to encourage other corrupt dictators such as Bashar Assad or [[Kim Jong-il]] that they could remain in power, enjoy trade, and live in peace with the international community. | + | [[Libya]] had been under [[Muammar Gaddafi]] since 1969. The United States broke relations in 1981 and considered Libya a state sponsor of terror after a series incidents culminating in the mid-air bombing of Pan AM Flight 103 over [[Lockerbie]] Scotland in 1988. Libya had a WMD program. Western powers laid out a series of demands to be met to re-establish normal relations. By 1999, Muammar Gaddafi had a change of heart, as aged dictators sometimes do. Gaddafi began thinking about his legacy. Did he wish to be remembered as a killer? or as someone who really had the best interests of his people at heart. This is the actual substance of diplomacy and negotiation-the job of the Secretary of State, to persuade lunatic dictators to think about such things rather than use force in every situation. Gaddafi began complying, step-by-step, with Western demands in order to be welcomed back within the "community of nations". Gaddafi renounced terrorism and gave up his WMD. He paid reparations to the families of victims of Flight 103; he publicly condemned the [[September 11 attacks]] . Trade was restored. Gaddafi became the model that Western powers began using to encourage other corrupt dictators such as Bashar Assad or [[Kim Jong-il]] that they could remain in power, enjoy trade, and live in peace with the international community. |
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| | Then Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State. Hillary Clinton divided the [[NATO]] treaty organization against itself to organize a coalition of a few member states.<ref>National Security [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/hillarys-war-how-conviction-replaced-skepticism-in-libya-intervention/2011/10/28/gIQAhGS7WM_story.html Hillary’s war: How conviction replaced skepticism in Libya intervention], By Joby Warrick, ''[[Washington Post]]'', October 30, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.europeaninstitute.org/index.php/130-european-affairs/ea-august-2011/1417-lessons-of-libya-for-future-western-military-forays LESSONS OF LIBYA FOR FUTURE WESTERN MILITARY FORAYS], By John Barry, Newsweek National Security Correspondent. europeaninstitute.org</ref> President Obama, who has always been reluctant to use force, was persuaded to come along. "Humanitarian concerns" were identified, and the "values that we stand for".<ref>[https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R41725.pdf Operation Odyssey Dawn (Libya): Background and Issues for Congress], ''Congressional Research Service'', March 30, 2011, p.3 (p.7 pdf).</ref> Gaddafi was brutally and inhumanely murdered, an eye tore out beforehand, sodomized with pipes and objects, and dragged behind vehicles while still alive in the name of the "values that we stand for".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoRGeCa9uQ&spfreload=10 Frame by frame HD video of murdering Colonel Gaddafi (RA) Part 2], posted by Salahuddin. youtube.com</ref> Nuclear armed dictators such as [[Kim Jong-un]] witnessed how Gaddafi had been lied to and double-crossed by the Clinton consortium.<ref>[http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/what-kim-jong-il-learned-from-qaddafis-fall-never-disarm/247192/ What Kim Jong-Il Learned from Qaddafi's Fall: Never Disarm], As the U.S. tries to restart multiparty talks with North Korea, it may find that the rogue state suddenly sees greater value in keeping its nuclear arsenal, Mira Rapp-Hooper and Kenneth N. Waltz, ''The Atlantic'', Oct 24, 2011.</ref> Decades of negotiation were lost with him, his father, and his grandfather, to persuade [[North Korea]] to give up its WMD, nukes and [[ballistic missile]] programs, return to the community of "civilized nations", and to live in peace and harmony by simply trusting the United States chief negotiator, the Secretary of State.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/12090658/North-Korea-cites-Muammar-Gaddafis-destruction-in-nuclear-test-defence.html North Korea cites Muammar Gaddafi's 'destruction' in nuclear test defence] Pyongyang says the fates of the late Libyan leader and Saddam Hussein show the need for a nuclear deterrent, By AFP, 2:49AM GMT 09 Jan 2016. www.telegraph.co.uk</ref> | | Then Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State. Hillary Clinton divided the [[NATO]] treaty organization against itself to organize a coalition of a few member states.<ref>National Security [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/hillarys-war-how-conviction-replaced-skepticism-in-libya-intervention/2011/10/28/gIQAhGS7WM_story.html Hillary’s war: How conviction replaced skepticism in Libya intervention], By Joby Warrick, ''[[Washington Post]]'', October 30, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.europeaninstitute.org/index.php/130-european-affairs/ea-august-2011/1417-lessons-of-libya-for-future-western-military-forays LESSONS OF LIBYA FOR FUTURE WESTERN MILITARY FORAYS], By John Barry, Newsweek National Security Correspondent. europeaninstitute.org</ref> President Obama, who has always been reluctant to use force, was persuaded to come along. "Humanitarian concerns" were identified, and the "values that we stand for".<ref>[https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R41725.pdf Operation Odyssey Dawn (Libya): Background and Issues for Congress], ''Congressional Research Service'', March 30, 2011, p.3 (p.7 pdf).</ref> Gaddafi was brutally and inhumanely murdered, an eye tore out beforehand, sodomized with pipes and objects, and dragged behind vehicles while still alive in the name of the "values that we stand for".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoRGeCa9uQ&spfreload=10 Frame by frame HD video of murdering Colonel Gaddafi (RA) Part 2], posted by Salahuddin. youtube.com</ref> Nuclear armed dictators such as [[Kim Jong-un]] witnessed how Gaddafi had been lied to and double-crossed by the Clinton consortium.<ref>[http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/what-kim-jong-il-learned-from-qaddafis-fall-never-disarm/247192/ What Kim Jong-Il Learned from Qaddafi's Fall: Never Disarm], As the U.S. tries to restart multiparty talks with North Korea, it may find that the rogue state suddenly sees greater value in keeping its nuclear arsenal, Mira Rapp-Hooper and Kenneth N. Waltz, ''The Atlantic'', Oct 24, 2011.</ref> Decades of negotiation were lost with him, his father, and his grandfather, to persuade [[North Korea]] to give up its WMD, nukes and [[ballistic missile]] programs, return to the community of "civilized nations", and to live in peace and harmony by simply trusting the United States chief negotiator, the Secretary of State.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/12090658/North-Korea-cites-Muammar-Gaddafis-destruction-in-nuclear-test-defence.html North Korea cites Muammar Gaddafi's 'destruction' in nuclear test defence] Pyongyang says the fates of the late Libyan leader and Saddam Hussein show the need for a nuclear deterrent, By AFP, 2:49AM GMT 09 Jan 2016. www.telegraph.co.uk</ref> |
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| − | While [[homosexuality]] is punishable by [[death]] under certain circumstances, this particular active Clinton donor at the present time is seeking to increase the frequency at which [[execution]]s of [[gay]]s is carried out. [[Social media]] is blamed for causing an increase in 'deliberate' acts of homosexuality. As of the first half of 2016, there currently are 35 people on death row in Saudia Arabia for sodomy.<ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-arabia-pushes-homosexuals-executed-7672283 Saudi Arabia 'pushes for homosexuals to be executed' amid fears social media is 'turning people gay'], By Rhian Lubin, ''Mirror'', 1 April 2016. www.mirror.co.uk</ref> | + | While [[homosexuality]] is punishable by [[death]] under certain circumstances, this particular active Clinton donor at the present time is seeking to increase the frequency at which [[execution]]s of [[gay]]s is carried out. [[Social media]] is blamed for causing an increase in 'deliberate' acts of homosexuality. As of the first half of 2016, there currently are 35 people on death row in Saudi Arabia for sodomy.<ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-arabia-pushes-homosexuals-executed-7672283 Saudi Arabia 'pushes for homosexuals to be executed' amid fears social media is 'turning people gay'], By Rhian Lubin, ''Mirror'', 1 April 2016. www.mirror.co.uk</ref> |
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| − | Early in her tenure the $29.4 Billion sale and upgrades of Boeing F15 fighter aircraft was a "top priority". The Saudi air campaign in [[Yemen]] has been led by American-made F-15 fighter jets. Acording to the United Nations at least 2,800 civilians have been killed by airstrikes so far.<ref>[http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52938#.V2iKGKLT9aU Yemen: civilian casualties top 8,100 as airstrikes and shelling continue, UN reports], 5 Jauary 2016. un.org</ref> Three facilities supported by Doctors Without Borders have been bombed (Médicins Sans Frontières). | + | Early in her tenure the $29.4 Billion sale and upgrades of Boeing F15 fighter aircraft was a "top priority". The Saudi air campaign in [[Yemen]] has been led by American-made F-15 fighter jets. According to the United Nations at least 2,800 civilians have been killed by airstrikes so far.<ref>[http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52938#.V2iKGKLT9aU Yemen: civilian casualties top 8,100 as airstrikes and shelling continue, UN reports], 5 Jauary 2016. un.org</ref> Three facilities supported by Doctors Without Borders have been bombed (Médicins Sans Frontières). |
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| | ====Cluster bombs in Yemen<ref>http://www.the-monitor.org/cmm/2012/pdf/Cluster_Munition_Monitor_2012.pdf</ref>==== | | ====Cluster bombs in Yemen<ref>http://www.the-monitor.org/cmm/2012/pdf/Cluster_Munition_Monitor_2012.pdf</ref>==== |
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| − | The Clinton State Department intervened at the behest of it's [[Wall Street]] interests to oppose a minimum wage increase from 24 cents an hour to 61 cents, or about $5 a day.<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/article/wikileaks-haiti-let-them-live-3-day/ WikiLeaks Haiti: Let Them Live on $3 a Day], By Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives, ''[[Nation magazine]]'', June 1, 2011.</ref> Multinational [[corporation]]s such as Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, Polo, and Levi's have been running sweat shops in [[Haiti]] and paying "[[slave]]" wages, according to the ''Columbia Journalism Review''.<ref>[http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/a_pulled_scoop_shows_us_booste.php A Pulled Scoop Shows U.S. Fought to Keep Haitian Wages Down (UPDATED)], By Ryan Chittum, ''Columbian Journalism Review'', June 3, 2011.</ref> The Clinton State Department got involved o behalf of its corporate interests and argued that the minimum wage increase “did not take economic reality into account” but was a [[populist]] measure aimed at appealing to “the [[unemployed]] and underpaid masses.” | + | The Clinton State Department intervened at the behest of its [[Wall Street]] interests to oppose a minimum wage increase from 24 cents an hour to 61 cents, or about $5 a day.<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/article/wikileaks-haiti-let-them-live-3-day/ WikiLeaks Haiti: Let Them Live on $3 a Day], By Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives, ''[[Nation magazine]]'', June 1, 2011.</ref> Multinational [[corporation]]s such as Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, Polo, and Levi's have been running sweat shops in [[Haiti]] and paying "[[slave]]" wages, according to the ''Columbia Journalism Review''.<ref>[http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/a_pulled_scoop_shows_us_booste.php A Pulled Scoop Shows U.S. Fought to Keep Haitian Wages Down (UPDATED)], By Ryan Chittum, ''Columbian Journalism Review'', June 3, 2011.</ref> The Clinton State Department got involved o behalf of its corporate interests and argued that the minimum wage increase “did not take economic reality into account” but was a [[populist]] measure aimed at appealing to “the [[unemployed]] and underpaid masses.” |
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| | Responding to the Clinton State Department plea, Haiti’s president reduced the raise to 31 cents an hour or $3 a day minimum wage for Haiti's 25,000 workers in textile companies. | | Responding to the Clinton State Department plea, Haiti’s president reduced the raise to 31 cents an hour or $3 a day minimum wage for Haiti's 25,000 workers in textile companies. |