Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s response to the latest Wikileaks release was shaky and full of holes at best. Hypocritical is more like it. Clinton stated “Let’s be clear. This disclosure is not just an attack on America — it’s an attack on the international community.” Such leaks, “tear at the fabric” of responsible government.
“There is nothing laudable about endangering innocent people, and there is nothing brave about sabotaging the peaceful relations between nations,” Clinton said at the State Department news conference.
Former Senator Clinton thinks that we all have short memories. Senator Clinton voted for the 2002 Iraq war resolution. Knowing according to former IAEA weapons inspector Scott Ritter and others that Iraq had been required to eliminate its nuclear weapons program in the 90’s, Clinton had a damn good idea that the intelligence that the Bush administration put forth was highly questionable. Secretary Clinton, votes like yours tore and “tear at the fabric” of our government. How dare she pretend to be concerned about “endangering innocent people.”
Along with Clinton’s 2002 vote for the Iraq war resolution, there are many more decisions based on a “pack of lies” that have been tearing at the “fabric of our government.”
Just to name a few of those “tears in the fabric” of our government:
A 2000 Supreme Court judicial coup selecting the Bush administration, ignoring terrorism warnings from counter terrorism expert Richard Clarke, 9/11, invasion of Iraq based on a “pack of lies”, rewriting torture laws, torture, protection of that torture (Republicans, Nancy “impeachment is off the table” Pelosi, and now the Obama, Holder administration continuing to let the Bush administration off the hook), hundreds of thousands dead in Iraq, hundreds of thousands injured, millions displaced, American soldiers dead and injured (some of them for life) the complete lack of accountability for these crimes.
That is what has torn and continues to “tear at the fabric of government.” And many people in our country and around the world who want to believe in the rule of law are now hanging on by the threads.
