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Bill Clinton: Liar or Just Stupid?

By Doug Bandow on 7.11.09 @ 7:11PM

Was Bill Clinton lying or is he dumber than we thought? You decide.

Haiti has been chaos since it won independence centuries ago. Multiple interventions by the U.S. have not changed anything. In 1994 the Clinton administration intervened militarily to reinstate a violent demagogue as Haiti's president. A decade later the Bush administration intervened militarily to remove him.

Yet Bill Clinton professes himself to be shocked, shocked that Haiti is a mess!

Reports Reuters:

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Wednesday a lack of cooperation between Haitian politicians, aid groups and business leaders was hurting efforts to help the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Clinton, on his first visit since being named U.N. special envoy to Haiti, said he was optimistic about its future but surprised by the continuing divide between the private and public sectors and the nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Haiti.

"The most surprising thing to me ... is how little the investor community, all the elements of the government, including the legislative branch and the NGO community seem to have taught and absorbed each others' lessons," Clinton told reporters at the end of a two-day fact-finding mission.

So which is it, liar or fool?

View all comments (9) | Leave a comment

Alan Brooks| 7.11.09 @ 7:33PM

his comments are boilerplate diplomatese.

Trudy| 7.11.09 @ 7:41PM

Why not liar and fool?

I Conner Klast| 7.11.09 @ 8:31PM

Bill Clinton is a congenial lawyer and congenital liar. He has the base modus of lying to himself in order to vehemently lie to others. As an example of this recall how Mr Bill submitted a DNA sample to prove it wasn't his on Monica's blouse. All he had to do was admit an affair and refuse the test, as the need was entirely based on his denial of same. Instead he convinced himself that it wasn't his DNA and made official history. Liar or Stupid?

Angel| 7.11.09 @ 8:55PM

I think the liar part of the answer has already been established.

Interested Conservative| 7.11.09 @ 10:35PM

Yes.

Ronald Moore| 7.12.09 @ 7:18AM

Hell, He can not even admit to himself the he's NOT the first Black President. He figured that being Black(snicker) that they would do what bthe Great Man wanted. We still haven't gotten the first Black President, we have a Zebra President!

Sandra| 7.12.09 @ 8:03AM

He's both...no question!

G. A. Kevis| 7.12.09 @ 9:32AM

Trick question - right ?

Pat| 7.13.09 @ 8:21AM

Bill Clinton is two french fries short of a happy meal when it comes to any real diplomatic abilities. He is incapable of getting anything done mainly because he refuses to roll up his diplomatic sleeves and get dirty. That is what it will take to get any country like Haiti on the road to recovery....but he loves that envoy status wit hall its perks, especially when all goes well and he can garner the credit. I will admit though, I am at a loss as to why the first Black President cannot get this small (size wise) country squared away.