The State Department under Hillary Clinton fought hard against placing the al Qaeda-linked militant group Boko Haram on its official list of foreign terrorist organizations for two years. And now, lawmakers and former U.S. officials are saying that the decision may have hampered the American government’s ability to confront the Nigerian group that shocked the world by abducting hundreds of innocent girls.
In the past week, Clinton, who made protecting women and girls a key pillar of her tenure at the State Department, has been a vocal advocate for the 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, the loosely organized group of militants terrorizing northern Nigeria. Her May 4 tweet about the girls, using the hashtag #BringOurGirlsBack, was cited across the media and widely credited for raising awareness of their plight.
On Wednesday, Clinton said that the abduction of the girls by Boko Haram was “abominable, it’s criminal, it’s an act of terrorism and it really merits the fullest response possible, first and foremost from the government of Nigeria.” Clinton said that as Secretary of State she had numerous meetings with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and had urged the Nigerian government to do more on counterterrorism.
What Clinton didn’t mention was that her own State Department refused to place Boko Haram on the list of foreign terrorist organizations in 2011, after the group bombed the U.N. headquarters in Abuja. The refusal came despite the urging of the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA, and over a dozen senators and congressmen.
Lucy, you got some splainin’ to do….
More at the Daily Beast
H/T Jim Geraghty
A. F. Branco created the perfect political cartoon for Hillary.
The list of females hanging by their wrists waiting for Hillary’s lash is growing and growing.
Let me see if I get this.
Boko Haram wages war on Christians, murdering pastors and worshipers, destroys village, blow up churches, burns homes with people inside and Hill keeps them off the terrorist list.
Now, due to a mass kidnapping of girls (Note to H.C.: they had already been kidnapping girls), they are just now the scum off the earth.
Where were you Hillary at 3:00am? Why did you fail to take action (or even notice) of these homicidal criminals?
Please answer.
Yeh, the grammar is tortured.
Sorry.
And who actually thinks this incorrigible fool has the mental acuity to be President?
What, exactly, has she ever done to show she is qualified for the Oval Office?
Can you imagine what the left would be saying about Palin if she had done or said these incredibly incompetent things ?
@Pete: She is eminently qualified — just look at all the other crap that has been elevated to that level since Reagan! — they just keep getting worse – and she fits that requirement perfectly