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>Navigating past the mixed metaphors... what are you saying exactly? If Bahrain wants to spend (say) a billion of its petrodollars on weapons and wants to buy most of them from the US, what should HRC do? According to you, she needs to say "buddy, you're SOL because you donated to my foundation. See ya." In which case, what do you think will happen when the French are smarming all over him?

Your last point here is the fundamental issue of why federal corruption laws and "conflict of interest" terms exist.