Hillary Clinton: Arms Makers’ Darling
Hillary Clinton portrays herself as an antiwar candidate, though she has consistently voted to support George W. Bush’s war on the people of Iraq. In fact, much of her recent rhetoric suggests, as president, she might not be able to withdraw troops from the conflict for years.
She also claims opposition to war with Iran; yet, in an article for Foreign Affairs, she espouses the standard administration line, verbatim — citing unproven allegations as fact and stoking the fires of propaganda. Why?
It couldn’t be she is romancing military industrial contributions, could it? The UK Independent reports, “The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party.”
Mrs Clinton’s wooing of the defence industry is all the more remarkable given the frosty relations between Bill Clinton and the military during his presidency. An analysis of campaign contributions shows senior defence industry employees are pouring money into her war chest in the belief that their generosity will be repaid many times over with future defence contracts….
So far, Mrs Clinton has received $52,600 in contributions from individual arms industry employees. That is more than half the sum given to all Democrats and 60 per cent of the total going to Republican candidates. Election fundraising laws ban individuals from donating more than $4,600 but contributions are often “bundled” to obtain influence over a candidate.
Ms. Clinton can say all she wants about being an antiwar candidate, but until her voting record matches her campaign pandering, I’ll still consider her the best pro-war Republican running on the Democratic ticket.
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