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Title: Why Did the Saudi Regime and Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions to the Clinton Foundation?
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URL Source: https://theintercept.com/2016/08/25 ... ons-to-the-clinton-foundation/
Published: Aug 26, 2016
Author: Glenn Greenwald
Post Date: 2016-08-26 16:08:05 by Ada
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Views: 158
Comments: 9

As the numerous and obvious ethical conflicts surrounding the Clinton Foundation receive more media scrutiny, the tactic of Clinton-loyal journalists is to highlight the charitable work done by the foundation, and then insinuate — or even outright state — that anyone raising these questions is opposed to its charity. James Carville announced that those who criticize the foundation are “going to hell.” Other Clinton loyalists insinuated that Clinton Foundation critics are indifferent to the lives of HIV-positive babies or are anti-gay bigots.

That the Clinton Foundation has done some good work is beyond dispute. But that fact has exactly nothing to do with the profound ethical problems and corruption threats raised by the way its funds have been raised. Hillary Clinton was America’s chief diplomat, and tyrannical regimes such as the Saudis and Qataris jointly donated tens of millions of dollars to an organization run by her family and operated in its name, one whose works has been a prominent feature of her public persona. That extremely valuable opportunity to curry favor with the Clintons, and to secure access to them, continues as she runs for president.

The claim that this is all just about trying to help people in need should not even pass a laugh test, let alone rational scrutiny. To see how true that is, just look at who some of the biggest donors are. Although it did not give while she was secretary of state, the Saudi regime by itself has donated between $10 million and $25 million to the Clinton Foundation, with donations coming as late as 2014, as she prepared her presidential run. A group called “Friends of Saudi Arabia,” co-founded “by a Saudi Prince,” gave an additional amount between $1 million and $5 million. The Clinton Foundation says that between $1 million and $5 million was also donated by “the State of Qatar,” the United Arab Emirates, and the government of Brunei. “The State of Kuwait” has donated between $5 million and $10 million.

Theoretically, one could say that these regimes — among the most repressive and regressive in the world — are donating because they deeply believe in the charitable work of the Clinton Foundation and want to help those in need. Is there a single person on the planet who actually believes this? Is Clinton loyalty really so strong that people are going to argue with a straight face that the reason the Saudi, Qatari, Kuwaiti and Emirates regimes donated large amounts of money to the Clinton Foundation is because those regimes simply want to help the foundation achieve its magnanimous goals?

Here’s one of the Clinton Foundation’s principal objectives; decide for yourself if its tyrannical donors are acting with the motive of advancing that charitable goal:

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#1. To: Ada (#0)

Examples of pelf in a sentence

""a politician who seems more interested in pelf than in policy.""

Cynicom  posted on  2016-08-26   16:34:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Cynicom (#1)

pelf

Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin pelfra, pelfa, probably from Old French pelfre; see pilfer.]

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2016-08-26   16:39:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Lod (#2)

Daily I converse with people that, "I dont know about Trump".

I dont bother to ask "what do you know about Clinton".

One can shovel stupid all day and lose ground.

Cynicom  posted on  2016-08-26   16:44:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Cynicom (#3)

Shoveling stupid is like shoveling the ocean.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2016-08-26   16:48:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Lod (#4)

My Father was uneducated, but a wise man.

He told me this many times, "keep your eyes and ears open, your mouth shut", you MIGHT learn something.

I had a lot to learn, the hard way.

Cynicom  posted on  2016-08-26   16:56:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Cynicom (#3)

That is so clever -- and people are so stupid. They just don't know whether they want to leave their nice comfy (if banal and ruinous) Stockholm Syndrome matrix.

The Donald's victory is by no means guaranteed -- because people are so STUPID.

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NeoconsNailed  posted on  2016-08-26   17:02:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Cynicom (#5)

"keep your eyes and ears open, your mouth shut", you MIGHT learn something.

Exactly why we were given two ears and only one mouth. I've never learned anything by talking, only by listening.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2016-08-26   17:29:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Lod (#7)

I've never learned anything by talking,

Right. The mouth has a tendency to run before the brain engages. LOL

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2016-08-26   17:40:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Cynicom (#5)

I had a lot to learn, the hard way.

There are a bunch of us that have been there, The School of Hard Knocks. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2016-08-26   17:42:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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