October 20, 2011 4:01 PM

Clinton on Qaddafi: "We came, we saw, he died"

By
Corbett B. Daly
Topics
Foreign Policy ,
Obama Administration ,
Libya

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits down for six consecutive television interviews in Kabul, Afghanistan October 20, 2011

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared a laugh with a television news reporter moments after hearing deposed Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi had been killed.

"We came, we saw, he died," she joked when told of news reports of Qaddafi's death by an aide in between formal interviews.

Clinton was in Tripoli earlier this week for talks with leaders of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC).

The reporter asked if Qaddafi's death had anything to do with her surprise visit to show support for the Libyan people.

"No," she replied, before rolling her eyes and saying "I'm sure it did" with a chuckle.

Watch the video here:



"Don't shoot": Qaddafi's last moments
Photos: The death of Qaddafi
Photos: The life of Qaddafi
Obit: Qaddafi's warped vision maddened world
Graphic: Dramatic video shows Qaddafi's final moments
Graphic: Qaddafi's body carried by jubilant crowd
"60 Minutes" 2001 interview with Qaddafi
Special section: Anger in the Arab world


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by preztle October 27, 2011 2:59 PM EDT
If President Clinton would have reacted responsibly during his Presidency much of what we had to deal with & are presently dealing with would not have had to come to this. What's the next decade going to look like?
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by SJames6621 October 30, 2011 11:06 PM EDT
yes surew w- who with qantoehr 100,000 of our troops? and how many dead.

We didnt lose a single person in the battle to take down this tyrant. the Arabs finally got fed up, we obviously encouraged it, and things are changing.

in memory of a girl a I met long ago. She and all the passengers on Pan Am 103 are still watching the altimeter unwind at warp speed.
by preztle October 27, 2011 2:59 PM EDT
If President Clinton would have reacted responsibly during his Presidency much of what we had to deal with & are presently dealing with would not have had to come to this. What's the next decade going to look like?
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by longdrycreek October 27, 2011 2:57 PM EDT
Hillary Clinton, in spite of the dumb praise of Time Magazine, is
callouse when it comes to human life. Of course, Qaddiffi was a despicable figure on the world stage, but Frau Clinton forgets that she too is mortal.
Obviously, while a student in Wellsey College, must never had encountered the famous work of John Donne who wrote: "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee."
Though she claims to be a United Methodist, it appears her theology and her life's force a built upon sand. Thus she can laugh when another person dies.
If one reads "Blood Sport," based on the Clinton Years in Arkansas, her callousness toward others appears with enough frequency to label her an uncaring and selfish individual.
She may be book smart but equally unwise. ["Blood Sport," commissioned by the Clinton clan as a puff piece, was written
by a New York Times reporter. His research presents the "real" face of the Clintons, especially Hillary, and the Clinton Clan
was displeased.
Since then I have not trusted her judgment and have been amazed at her lack of wisdom.
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by SJames6621 October 30, 2011 11:07 PM EDT
So you'd ratgehr have ghaddafi still in charge ?
by SJames6621 October 30, 2011 11:16 PM EDT
I suppose you could do better?
by sunnyd55 October 27, 2011 2:47 PM EDT
What about Syria. What about the slaughter of Catholics in Egypt. Now obama wants to go into Uganda. Really? Typical progressive arrogance and hypocrisy...
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by SJames6621 October 30, 2011 11:17 PM EDT
Uganda is a crap hole of hate, but where did you get that one - the thoroughly discredited, lieing and phone tapping Fox news?
by WeakLibs October 27, 2011 2:28 PM EDT
Hillary did not know that the 'death cackle' was wrong (on so many levels). Really - she has NO CLUE. Think about this: she grew up a spoiled, rich liberal. She went to 'the most selective liberal arts college in the country (Wellesley), which was paid for by her rich daddy and upon graduation, she promptly dissed men 'taking care of women'. She goes to Yale Law and promptly defends the Black Panthers...she marries Bubba and while it is Arkansas, she lived in a mansion and was treated to life in general. Fast forward to her political career - she earned WHAT part of it? Her only political 'experience' was a roundly rebuked, socialist experiement in national healthcare - Hillarycare, circa 1994. I guess Travelgate was a rebuke of sorts - but to her shrewish personality. She was then annointed (Senator) in NY (you New Yorkers must be so proud). Now she's a diplomat? Puhleeze.

Her screechy laugh was part of a play - how she thought she should act/react to the death report of our 'friend', Kadafi (one of a hundred spellings). She has no instincts, people skills or insight beyond that of a Black Widow spider. I don't know who scares me more - her of that dimwit, Barry Soetoro.
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by Springtex October 27, 2011 2:30 PM EDT
to WeakLibs--very well said and absolutely right.
by Springtex October 27, 2011 2:28 PM EDT
Some liberals have praised Obama's "foreign policy success" in the killing of bin Laden, al-Awlaki and Khadaffi. The same liberals no doubt thought Al Capone was a great businessman. I guess there really is "a Chicago way."
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by RushBabe1 October 27, 2011 2:16 PM EDT
Are any of you hearing the number of Americans that are saying "we are attacked because we are in the arab countries"... I am not saying I agree with this, but I will say that THIS BY HILLARY IS NOT HELPING THINGS!
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by jd8786 October 27, 2011 2:15 PM EDT
So the blood of an untried man assumed to be worthy of death is on Hilery Clintons hands.
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by boot238 October 27, 2011 2:07 PM EDT
Pouring water on a terrorist's head to prevent further deadly attacks on your people - evil.

Killing an American citizen with a drone without due process - wonderful.

Killing a foreign despot by shooting him in the face - awe inspiring.

Left-wingers sure seem to be inconsistent.
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by SJames6621 October 30, 2011 11:14 PM EDT
Down below - the marxist pig statement - this is the repubs again and again recylcling the terrorism of the McCarthy era.

Eg Roy cohn called everyone he didnt like a homosexual. He died of AIDS in 1982

McCarthy, according to a psychologist whose Dad knew Mc.Carthy - She said he was a psychopath.

No wonder some repubs smell so bad - they keep recylcling use waste products.

Jigs up baby
by 1tymtrvlr1 October 27, 2011 1:54 PM EDT
I see where this article accompanies Time magrag's article " Smart Power ". I have been saying it is just a matter of time before the marxist stream media starts telling us how hillary is the smartest person in the universe. You can put lipstick on a marxist pig, they are still a marxist.
When it comes to advancing the marxist's agenda, there is no value put on a human life. hillary is the epitome of what is vile, evil, and perverted in this world.
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