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> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.
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(The rest of your comment seems sincere and expressed with clarity.)
Clinton is obviously the main culprit in this failure, but Albright, then the US Ambassador to the UN, certainly had a part.