Posted on 04/29/2008 11:26:53 AM PDT by JZelle
In response to questions about the Iranian nuclear threat, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton recently adopted a dramatic stance. She has taken to talking about how, if she were president, she would "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacks our friends in the region with nuclear weapons.
When asked during her most recent debate with Sen. Barack Obama in Philadelphia whether an Iranian nuclear attack on Israel would result in a U.S. nuclear attack on Iran, Mrs. Clinton responded: "Of course, I would make it clear to the Iranians that an attack on Israel would incur massive retaliation from the United States."
Mrs. Clinton subsequently went even further. During an interview last week with "Good Morning America," she declared: "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran. ... In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
The former first lady has even offered explicitly to extend the protection of America's nuclear umbrella to new parts of the world. In the Philadelphia debate, she said: "We should be looking to create an umbrella of deterrence that goes much further than just Israel. ... I would do the same with other countries in the region. ...You can't go to the Saudis or the Kuwaitis or U.A.E. [United Arab Emirates] and others who have a legitimate concern about Iran and say, 'Well, don't acquire these weapons to defend yourself' unless you're also willing to say we will provide a deterrent backup."
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Israel is capable of defending itself from an atomic Iran. What it seems incapable of doing is defending itself from its political enemies-—American and Israeli-— which wear a cloak of friendship.
This is way different from "would", and is totally Clintonesque.
“In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.”
Please notice that in this quote, Ms. Clinton did not say she would totally obliterate them but only that we would be able to do so.
Har....
She is outing the new Bush Coalition.
I have told of it for months.
It is the coalition of the threatened
“Please notice that in this quote, Ms. Clinton did not say she would totally obliterate them but only that we would be able to do so.”
So True!
Have to nail those Clinton’s down on the meanings of words!
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