Hillary Clinton Called Obama To Say She Wasn't Trying To Attack Him

[karynnj]

72. Of course she doesn't and just as people can disagree with Obama's policy --hers can be attacked too

Obama has never been attacked for being too non aggressive here. He was blistered for calling for a target attack on Syria due to their use of chemical weapons. That was the right of anyone here who disagreed. I disputed many who equated what Obama was speaking of to a full fledged war - in some cases, speculating about boots on the ground. Now, there are many who are 100% against ANY action being taken in Iraq.

Hillary CAN take any position she wants - that is her right and privilege. However, just as it is completely the right of anyone to question Obama's positions, they certainly can question Hillary's. He is our elected Democratic President, she is the most likely (but not yet selected) future Presidential nominee. We are entering, not the general election, but the preprimaries. This is a time when people can and will discuss and advocate for the nominees.

It has always been clear that DU is more antiwar and more liberal/progressive than the Democratic party. If DU is more to the left than Obama, it will likely disagree with Hillary on ALL four major disagreements she had on foreign policy - as she is FURTHER from them (us) than Obama is. There is not a huge amount of support here for having done more on Syria. You were here last year, I assume you remember the anger against the less aggressive Obama and Kerry. This is not people attacking Hillary because she is Hillary, this is attacking Hillary because she is advocating things we disliked when McCain advocated them. On Iraq, did you see many unhappy when US troops were completely out? I didn't - yet that was (per Hillary) her position. People here trashed it as McCain's position. Iran is more complicated, but again, I think more people support the Obama goal of working with the P6 to solve the problem -- and against the Netanyahu led effort to derail it. (Here Hillary had been on the fence - poised to claim credit or attack Obama - in this article it seems she has decided to align with Netanyahu.) Only on Israel, will she find some - but not majority support here. The fact is that Obama/Kerry have tried - more than others in the past - to be honest brokers and Israel's response was disgusting. Nice time for Hillary to pile on!