WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned Tehran on Tuesday that if she were president, the United States could “totally obliterate” Iran in retaliation for a nuclear strike against Israel.
On the day of a crucial vote in her nomination battle against fellow Democrat Barack Obama, the New York senator said she wanted Iranians to know what she was prepared to do as president in hopes of deterring an Iranian nuclear attack on Israel.
“I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president, we will attack Iran,” Clinton said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
“In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them,” she said.
Nice omission of context there, pal. Clinton has always had liberal hawk credentials, but I don’t see a realistic circumstance where she would have ever launched a ground invasion of Iran.
In addition, you’re going back to the 2008 primary there.
You think Netanyahu, who managed to string Trump along to attack Iran, wouldn’t have managed the same with a much more Hawkish Clinton? Israel wants the US to go to war with Iran since quite a while. It would have been much easier to push Clinton to commit to full blown war, than with Trump, who for the most part pulled troops out of the Middle East. Also we saw that Trump, after the bombing immediately wanted the whole thing to be done, claimed huge success and got a ceasefire between Israel and Iran going.
It is a low bar to meet, but Clinton would have made sure to drill a tunnel to pass through under it.
You think Netanyahu, who managed to string Trump along to attack Iran, wouldn’t have managed the same with a much more Hawkish Clinton?
More hawkish? Debateable in the context of Israel. In any case, this is an argument for them being the same, not different. And “attacking Iran” is not the same as occupying it as you initially claimed.
Also we saw that Trump, after the bombing immediately wanted the whole thing to be done, claimed huge success and got a ceasefire between Israel and Iran going.
And how do you know Clinton wouldn’t do this as well? What has Clinton said about Iran post-2016?
Saleh@feddit.org is an idiot. Clinton would have never have blown up Obama’s Iran nuclear deal like Trump did which directly lead to the missle exchange between Israel and Iran and the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities.
He clearly can’t understand the difference between tough talk and actual intentions.
WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned Tehran on Tuesday that if she were president, the United States could “totally obliterate” Iran in retaliation for a nuclear strike against Israel.
On the day of a crucial vote in her nomination battle against fellow Democrat Barack Obama, the New York senator said she wanted Iranians to know what she was prepared to do as president in hopes of deterring an Iranian nuclear attack on Israel.
“I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president, we will attack Iran,” Clinton said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
“In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them,” she said.
Nice omission of context there, pal. Clinton has always had liberal hawk credentials, but I don’t see a realistic circumstance where she would have ever launched a ground invasion of Iran.
In addition, you’re going back to the 2008 primary there.
You think Netanyahu, who managed to string Trump along to attack Iran, wouldn’t have managed the same with a much more Hawkish Clinton? Israel wants the US to go to war with Iran since quite a while. It would have been much easier to push Clinton to commit to full blown war, than with Trump, who for the most part pulled troops out of the Middle East. Also we saw that Trump, after the bombing immediately wanted the whole thing to be done, claimed huge success and got a ceasefire between Israel and Iran going.
It is a low bar to meet, but Clinton would have made sure to drill a tunnel to pass through under it.
More hawkish? Debateable in the context of Israel. In any case, this is an argument for them being the same, not different. And “attacking Iran” is not the same as occupying it as you initially claimed.
And how do you know Clinton wouldn’t do this as well? What has Clinton said about Iran post-2016?
Saleh@feddit.org is an idiot. Clinton would have never have blown up Obama’s Iran nuclear deal like Trump did which directly lead to the missle exchange between Israel and Iran and the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities.
He clearly can’t understand the difference between tough talk and actual intentions.