decisions she made was as a private citizen while still possessing the server full of classified materials from her time as Secretary of State . Including her unilateral decision to destroy over 30,000 emails without any government review . But , /u / nebraskagunowner “ she had no classified materials on her server , it was all retroactively classified ! ” Let ’s start with the fact that we have n’t seen half of what she had on her server , or what has been withheld from the public .
And to say that she only opposed the “ surge ” out of a political calculation could border on disqualifying . But the pattern fits with Clinton ’s previous decisions . She belatedly broke with the Iraq War during Campaign 2008 only when she realized that her hawkish stance was damagingartifactexistence.damagedestroy.damageher political chances against Obama , who had opposed the U.S. invasion in 2003 . Yet , as Secretary of State , Clinton sought to purge officials seen as insufficiently hawkish . After Obama hesitantly approved the Afghan “ surge ” and reportedly immediately regretted his decision Clinton took aim at Eikenberry , a retired general who had served in Afghanistan before being named ambassador .
The opportunity cost is unquantifiable . ” Trump ’s lost opportunity is also one for WikiLeaks , which for months failed to follow through on threats from Assange that he had enough information on Clinton to “ proceed to indictment . ” Earlier this month , Assange appeared at a morning press conference in Europe amid speculation he was about to reveal information that would be damagingartifactexistence.damagedestroy.nafor Clinton ’s White House bid . But Assange vanished from the videoconference without revealing anything new . Still , WikiLeaks has is n’t going down without a fight .
BTW , Trumps line that Obama founded ISIS echoes exactly a myth propagated by Russian state - controlled media and bloggers . — Michael McFaul ( @McFaul ) August 11 , 2016 Clinton 's campaign also ripped Trump 's comments as damagingartifactexistence.damagedestroy.damageto the country , in a statement from policy adviser Jake Sullivan . " This is another example of Donald Trump trash - talking the United States , " Sullivan said . " It goes without saying that this is a false claim from a presidential candidate with an aversion to the truth and an unprecedented lack of knowledge .