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> But like Obama actively campaigning for politicians in other countries The source you quoted shows nothing about 'Obama actively campaigning for politicians
by justboxing 9y ago
> But like Obama actively campaigning for politicians in other countries
The source you quoted shows nothing about 'Obama actively campaigning for politicians in other countries'. In fact it exonerates him of your charges.
The most recent US interference in a foreign election (quoted in your source) was in 2000, when Dubya was President. You could arguable attribute that to Bill Clinton, since the groundwork would have to have been laid earlier than 2000.
> In 2000, the U.S. spent millions of dollars in aid for political parties, campaign costs and independent media. Funding and broadcast equipment provided to the media arms of the opposition were a decisive factor in electing opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica as Yugoslav president, according to Levin. “If it wouldn’t have been for overt intervention … Milosevic would have been very likely to have won another term,” he said.
Obama would come to power a full 2 terms later.
- fortythirteen 9y agoWikileaks showed CIA interference in the 2012 French elections[0] [0] - https://wikileaks.org/cia-france-elections-2012/ https://wikileaks.org/cia-france-elections-2012/
- bryananderson 9y agoNot that I am one to defend George W. Bush, but he was not President until January 2001. Whatever else he is guilty of (spoiler: a lot), he is entirely innocent of this, as it happened during the Clinton presidency.
- spaceflunky 9y agoHere are six examples of Obama outwardly interfering in foreign elections. https://spectator.org/obamas-meddling-in-foreign-elections-six-examples/ https://spectator.org/obamas-meddling-in-foreign-elections-s...
- nickparker 9y agoMan, that website is insane. Some dude's diary is front page news there: https://spectator.org/as-im-being-audited/ https://spectator.org/as-im-being-audited/
- tim333 9y agoPolitifact debunks example #1. Can't be bothered to research the others but I'm skeptical http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/aug/20/jerome-corsi/obama-did-not-take-sides-in-kenya/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/aug/...
- spaceflunky 9y agoYeah because Politifact is a totally unbiased trustworthy source....
- cholantesh 9y agoAll sources have some level of bias. can you demonstrate that Politifact's bias compromises them in this context?
- dogma1138 9y agohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/07/12/ngo-connected-to-obamas-2008-campaign-used-u-s-tax-dollars-trying-to-oust-netanyahu/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/07/1... http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/12/obama-admin-sent-taxpayer-money-oust-netanyahu/ http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/12/obama-admin-se...
- owebmaster 9y ago> The most recent US interference in a foreign election (quoted in your source) was in 2000 You are been naive. The coup in Brazil (2016) was deliberately discussed, supported and planned in events of american "NGOs" in Brazil. Also, a lot of Syrian rebel's like groups were created or supported by american money. Direct interference is one thing, but if you have a machine that mess with the elections of every country in the world it is still a state interference in another one's affair. EDIT: and also direct State interference: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/nsa-spying-brazil-oil-petrobras https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/nsa-spying-bra... EDIT 2: and support of the media with ludicrous arguments. The corruption version of the WMD: https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/09/09/of-course-the-nsa-should-be-spying-on-petrobras/#50f497e3174b https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/09/09/of...