Secretary Clinton “talks shit” about Arab Spring and Democracy in clueless rant to “Communities of Democracies” meeting as US support and weapons kill protesters and crush democracy movement in Bahrain
Clinton: Democracy must emerge in Arab world
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warns of risk Middle East and North African nations will slip back into autocratic ways.
By The Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that the rule of law, political parties and democratic institutions must emerge in the Arab world if it is to emulate Eastern Europe’s remarkable transition two decades ago from authoritarianism to truly free societies.
In Lithuania for an international democracy conference, Clinton cited the real risk of Middle East and North African nations slipping back into autocratic old ways. She lamented the latest accounts of violence in Syria, with security forces and knife-wielding, government-organized thugs reportedly attacking protesters in the city of Aleppo.
“Today there are new democracies fighting for life, there are vicious autocrats clinging to power,” Clinton said in a speech at the “Community of Democracies” meeting. “This is an hour of need. And every democracy should stand up and be counted.” …more