Clinton Has No Regrets About Threat To 'Obliterate' Iran

[WillyT]

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Hillary Clinton said Sunday she had no regrets about vowing to obliterate Iran if it used a nuclear bomb on Israel, but Barack Obama accused her of George W. Bush-style "bluster."

The Democratic White House rivals locked horns over the Islamic republic on separate television shows, two days before their next nominating showdowns in Indiana and North Carolina.

Clinton was asked on ABC News whether she had any regrets about threatening to "totally obliterate" Iran if it used nuclear weapons against Israel, which prompted Tehran to complain to the United Nations.

"Why would I have any regrets? I am asked a question about what I would do if Iran attacked our ally, a country that many of us have a great deal of, you know, connection with and feeling for," Clinton said.

"I think we have to be very clear about what we would do," Clinton said. "I don't think it is time to equivocate about what we would do.

"I sure want to make it abundantly clear to them that they would face a tremendous cost if they did such a thing."

Clinton however said her priority as president would be to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, though even if it did so, the former first lady said she did not expect Tehran would use such a bomb against Israel.

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Link: http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=080504145314.v2q28gl1.php

:shrug:

[bowens43]

1. the woman is completely insane, out of her freaking mind.

[burythehatchet]

2. Burythehatchet has no regrets about not supporting Clinton.

[dkf]

3. Freaking war monger.

Samantha Powers is right...Hillary is a monster.

[dcindian]

4. Great I have absolutely no regrets in not voting for a clinton for anything ever again.

Man did I get the wool pulled over my eyes. I am sorry to the rest of NY for voting for this vile creature of hate.

[mdmc]

5. At least McCain won't be a kneejerk war hawk

My fear is that Hillary Clinton thinks she needs to be strong and wrong in oder to win a second term. McCain has been a POW and knows the horror of war. Clinton sees military force as a political tool to help win elections.

Husband caught cheating? Bomb Kosovo.

[Faygo Kid]

6. Appalling. Leaves herself no out. She's channeling Bush.

The only thing she truly wants to "obliterate" is anyone standing in the way of her quest for power.

[Catherina]

7. Vile n/t

[BobRossi]

8. Bush in drag.

Nothing more.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Murdering 71 million people would be "for the children".

[thunder rising]

10. Nuke the oil reserves? Hillary is swanning for the cameras again.

[WillyT]

11. And Lookee Here... This News Has Reached Iran !!!

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Clinton's remarks stirred up fierce controversy both in the US and around the world.

While the recent US National Intelligence Estimate indicates that Iran's nuclear program is not diverting into a military one, it is reputed that with her remarks the senator seeks only to influence public opinion ahead of the nominating showdowns in Indiana and North Carolina.

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Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=54327§ionid=3510203

Fucking stupid idiot!!!

:mad:

[Cheap_Trick]

12. I have come to expect nothing less

from Bush-lite.

[knixphan]

13. ugh.

'Israel has the world's sixth largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, behind only the US, Russia, China, the UK and (maybe) France. It can handle ANY Iranian threat on its own...'

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/05/981106.aspx