Just the first sign heralding his early training.
Posted on 08/02/2007 4:23:20 PM PDT by zendari
WASHINGTON - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday he would not use nuclear weapons "in any circumstance" to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, drawing criticism from Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democratic rivals.
Asked about Obama's speech and his comments about nuclear weapons, Clinton chided her fellow senator about addressing hypotheticals.
"Presidents should be very careful at all times in discussing the use or non-use of nuclear weapons. ... I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or non-use of nuclear weapons," Clinton said.
"It's a well-intended notion he has, but it's a very naive way of figuring out how you're going to conduct foreign policy," the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Comittee said on National Public Radio's "The Diane Rehm Show."
Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee along with Obama, also took his rival to task.
"Over the past several days, Senator Obama's assertions about foreign and military affairs have been, frankly, confusing and confused. He has made threats he should not make and made unwise categorical statements about military options," Dodd said in a statement.
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And Obama, he's showing his idiocy.
It’s a set up.
Just the first sign heralding his early training.
“And Obama, he’s showing his idiocy.”
Actually he’s imitating John Kerry campaign
Kerry had the same style of accusations Bush wasn’t multilateral enough, wasn’t peaceful enough coupled with accusations he wasn’t tough enough on terrorists and wasn’t unilateral enough, for example North Korea.
Problem is Obama does not have the age and style to make inconsistent idiocy seem like tough guy wisdom.
All his nonsense is a moot point. He will not even survive the primaries much less the presidential race.
Crawl back under your rock Obammie
Obama was already declared doofus on the earlier thread.
Obama should not be talking about this kind of stuff. We should keep them guessing about what we might do in retaliation against them. Nuclear is our ultimate weapon. Maybe there is a place for its use; he shouldn’t just say we won’t do this or that in fighting them.
Nukes are NEVER off the table.
Idiot.
Just showing his ineptitude.
Obama nor Hillary will ever be President. The rat party is full of racists and misogynists.
The moon bat left will nominate one of them but he/she will not win the general election when more of the rats come out to vote.
You'll see it four or five more times tonight as the evening shift signs on.
He has not intention of fighting them, he is one of them.
How would you like to be in the military under this wingnut?
And he's suggested invading Pakistan, a nuke armed country (as well as an ally).
Sounds like Hussein is becoming his own worst enemy. My guess is that he’s going to talk himself right out of contention. Too bad, because his opponent would have a treasure trove of sound bites to hit him with.
You’re right, of course.
It’s too bad that this bridge, which has already been blamed on Bush by Harry Reid, is sucking up all the news 24/7. Because this gem by Barak Obama, who’s already going to invade Pakistan to find Osama, could be his “macaca” moment.
He’s trying to be tough guy.
It’s one thing to talk about “going after” the bad guys as a policy, etc. but using specific weapons systems in speech is childish.
There goes “Deterrence.” The bully’s are drawn to those who cannot or will not fight back.
He is a naive dumb ass. Some will fall for it but not enough.
His candidacy is over
How can a presidential hopeful tell the world nukes would never be used? I’m sure China and others WOULD. Shouldn’t our enemies be guessing? Now this jerk wants to castrate us?
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