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Old 05-16-2008, 12:08 AM   #21 (permalink)
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ummm...soo you're going to tell me...that there wouldn't have been FAR more appropriate/diplomatic responses? cuz I could give you a dozen off the top of my head if need be.
No doubt.
But her response was what it was, and it is not the same thing as Bush's
willingness to invade Iran at the first opportunity, real, imagined or,
much more likely, manufactured.
I said her response did not please me, meaning it was not what I preferred
to hear. But I have to deal with it as it is, not as what I wish was said.
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Old 05-16-2008, 12:09 AM   #22 (permalink)
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What would have been a worse response?
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Old 05-16-2008, 12:13 AM   #23 (permalink)
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ummm...soo you're going to tell me...that there wouldn't have been FAR more appropriate/diplomatic responses? cuz I could give you a dozen off the top of my head if need be.
DRS...the original hypothetical to Clinton was, ..."what would happen to Iran if they started a nuclear attack against Israel"

she responded they would be "obliterated".

I don't think the Israels would wait for diplomatic intervention as they are being destroyed...they would react, hence Iran would risk being "obliterated"


these are all doomsday scenarios that no one wants, sans maybe McCain, Bush and Cheney.
and this is precisely why we start diplomatic interventions now.
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DRS...the original hypothetical to Clinton was, ..."what would happen to Iran if they started a nuclear attack against Israel"

she responded they would be "obliterated".

I don't think the Israels would wait for diplomatic intervention as they are being destroyed...they would react, hence Iran would risk being "obliterated"


these are all doomsday scenarios that no one wants, sans maybe McCain, Bush and Cheney.
and this is precisely why we start diplomatic interventions now.
She wasn't answering on behalf of the Israelies......

diplomatic starts by not threatening to obliterate another country hypothetically or not.
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Do I need to remind everyone that Israel is armed to the teeth?
Is it remotely possible that was what Clinton was talking about?
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Old 05-16-2008, 12:18 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Do I need to remind everyone that Israel is armed to the teeth?
Is it remotely possible that was what Clinton was talking about?
If you believe in your heart of hearts that is what she was talking about...then so be it....but I wouldn't bet a weeks paycheck on it.
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She wasn't answering on behalf of the Israelies......
I am not so sure.

In the real world, how do you think the Israelis would respond?

I think the immediate diplomatic intervention on our part would be to keep Pakistan, India and North Korea from reacting with nuclear weapons.
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If you believe in your heart of hearts that is what she was talking about...then so be it....but I wouldn't bet a weeks paycheck on it.
I am saying I am not sure.


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I am saying I am not sure.


Well I am....she said WE...here is the video.

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She wasn't answering on behalf of the Israelies......

diplomatic starts by not threatening to obliterate another country hypothetically or not.
Okay...what if the hypothetical is Russia starts a nuclear attack against the United States?


once again these are doomsday scenerios which is why they produce frightening answers that NONE of us like.
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