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Title: Hillary Clinton's Monstrous Threat
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Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel
URL Source: http://baltimorechronicle.com/2008/042308Lindorff.shtml
Published: Apr 22, 2008
Author: Dave Lindorff
Post Date: 2008-04-23 17:27:47 by aristeides
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Hillary Clinton's Monstrous Threat By Dave Lindorff Tue, 04/22/2008—Tough guy Hillary Clinton, on the morning of a critical primary vote in Pennsylvania, uttered a monstrous threat, saying on ABC's Good Morning America program today that if Iran were to launch a nuclear attack on Israel while she was president, "we would be able to totally obliterate them." Think about that a moment! A country that we view as a theocracy, run dictatorially by a bunch of self-appointed religious fanatics, whose rule is enforced by an army of equally fanatic quasi-military thugs and enforcers, launches an attack on America's ally Israel, and Clinton says her response would be to incinerate the people of that country--people who are as powerless to stop such an attack as would be the people of Israel or the United States. Is this the way we want the world the work? Is this the way we want our government to act? Granted that if Iran's leaders were, for some crazy reason, to decide to launch an unprovoked nuclear attack on Israel, it would require some kind of response by the US and other nations, but is the appropriate response the slaughter of tens of millions of innocent Iranian citizens? Of course not. The destruction of Iran's government might be a logical response. Certainly the incineration of the Religious Council might be appropriate, or the leveling of the country's military headquarters and its command and control system. But killing the country's people, who are civilians and have no say over such things, is pathological. Clinton, hoping to prove her testerone levels are high, and to win votes and much-needed campaign swill from backers of Israel, is channeling her inner McCain. What makes this particular threat so disgusting is that Clinton knows better. Unlike McCain, who appears to relish the thought of death and mayhem, whether in Iraq or Iran, and who presents his history of bombing dikes and hospitals in North Vietnam as heroic exploits, she opposed that war in Indochina once upon a time. I assume that among other things she opposed the Indochina War because she thought it was wrong for the US to be slaughtering millions of innocent peasants. Now she's talking about slaughtering not millions of innocent Vietnamese, but tens of millions of innocent Iranians. What a fine display of leadership potential we have here! As far as I'm concerned Clinton has just disqualified herself for the job of commander in chief of the world's most awesome military power. We've had our experience with a power-crazed, jingoistic leader, and we're living with the ugly results--five years of pointless bloody war. At least so far, though, George Bush has kept his finger off the nuclear button (unless reports prove true that small nuclear bunker busters were employed secretly in Iraq and Afghanistan). Now Clinton is saying she's ready to push that button. Folks, if you haven't already got reason enough to reject this woman--her lies about her support for NAFTA, her red-baiting of Barack Obama, her lies about her visit "under fire" to Bosnia, her corrupt financial history, etc., etc.--this latest statement about her readiness to incinerate a nation of 70 million people for the actions of their leaders ought to do the trick. Hillary Clinton is the Democratic answer to John McCain. They both belong where they are, in the Senate, where they can do no harm. About the author: Philadelphia journalist Dave Lindorff is a 34-year veteran, an award-winning journalist, a former New York Times contributor, a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, a two-time Journalism Fulbright Scholar, and the co-author, with Barbara Olshansky, of a well-regarded book on impeachment, The Case for Impeachment. His work is available at www.thiscantbehappening.net.
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#1. To: aristeides (#0)
Incinerating a country on the border of Russia just might bring an unwelcome response. An incineration of Iran would have its neighbors glowing in the dark. They might take umbrage.
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
I'm glad an American newspaper has an article in it like this. The rest of the world (TROW in their terminology) was shocked by Hilary's statement. and I'm glad someone has an article in an American paper like this.
Revelation 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
And the Jewish vote in PA, according to Bill Schneider, was 57% Hillary, 43% Obama (as I recall). They stood around wondering aloud why there is a difference but never mentioned the statement she gave that very morning. amusing
'Individuals should not take responsibility for their own defense. That’s what the police are for. ... If I oppose individuals defending themselves, I have to support police defending them. I have to support a police state.”' Alan Dershowitz
That's not what is so bad. They want to take our babies, put 'em all in a big pot of water, boil 'em and eat 'em. And that's just not right. So I oppose them. For the children.
People were surprised by how well Hillary did in the Philadelphia suburbs. I guess this is the reason.
To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
The goal of every Muslim is to behead you, sell your wife into a harem, date Jane Fonda, read the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin and then run off and marry a gay guy. Rush explained it to me.
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I thought that's what Cheney's recent visits were about to explain to them which way the wind blows, and how none of it will touch them.
'Individuals should not take responsibility for their own defense. That’s what the police are for. ... If I oppose individuals defending themselves, I have to support police defending them. I have to support a police state.”' Alan Dershowitz
Thanks for the summary. I was wondering what all the hubaloo was about.
"Satan / Cheney in "08"
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
May the fleas from a thousand camels infest your nether regions - infidel dog.
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Clinton says her response would be to incinerate the people of that country....
#2. To: nolu_chan (#1)
#3. To: aristeides (#0)
#4. To: aristeides (#0)
if Iran were to launch a nuclear attack on Israel while she was president, "we would be able to totally obliterate them."
#5. To: ghostdogtxn (#2)
Plus the Iranians are all muslims and muslims want to kill you and behead you and take your wife into their harem and stuff.
#6. To: robin (#4)
And the Jewish vote in PA, according to Bill Schneider, was 57% Hillary, 43% Obama (as I recall).
#7. To: ghostdogtxn (#2)
Plus the Iranians are all muslims and muslims want to kill you and behead you and take your wife into their harem and stuff.
#8. To: nolu_chan (#1)
An incineration of Iran would have its neighbors glowing in the dark. They might take umbrage.
#9. To: ... (#7)
he goal of every Muslim is to behead you, sell your wife into a harem, date Jane Fonda, read the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin and then run off and marry a gay guy. Rush explained it to me.
#10. To: nolu_chan (#5)
#11. To: ... (#7)
#12. To: ghostdogtxn (#11)
That's ridiculous. Everyone knows it's Susan Sarandon they're hot for these days.
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