Clinton on Iran: We would "totally obliterate them". by turnover [Subscribe]
Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 04:13:47 PM PDT
I know that ABC News is incredibly unpopular these days, and rightly so. But I just took a cruise by their website and saw the following headline:
Clinton on An Iran Attack: 'Obliterate Them'
Uh...what? This comment seemed injudicious at best, so I read further:
Clinton further displayed tough talk in an interview airing on Good Morning America Tuesday, ABC News' Chris Cuomo asked Clinton what she would do if Iran attacked Israel with nuclear weapons. "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president we will attack Iran," Clinton said. "In the next ten years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
I have no idea what to say. I really don't. It's not that I don't recognize Iran as being a problem. Nor is it that I question our strategic alliance with Israel.
But, I mean...
This is just a batshit crazy thing to say! Even the current Cowboy-in-Chief has generally refrained from verbal saber-rattling to this degree.
I'm at a loss. Just completely speechless.