Clinton: Return to Cold War Policies, ‘Massive Retaliation’ Against Iran
Hillary Clinton’s response in ABC’s Democratic debate last week on what she would do if Iran attacked Israel was anything but a knee-jerk reaction. She confirmed her "massive retaliation" answer tonight to Keith Olbermann on Countdown and added the U.S. should return to "Cold War" foreign policies.
OLBERMANN: Can you clarify…which hypothetical Middle East conflicts would incur massive retaliation by this country and what constitutes massive retaliation?
CLINTON: What we were talking about was the potential for a nuclear attack by Iran. If Iran does achieve what appears to be a continuing goal of obtaining nuclear weapons. And I think deterrence has not been effectively used in recent times. We used it very well during the Cold War when we had a bipolar world. And what I think the president should do and what our policy should be is to make it very clear to the Iranians that they would be risking massive retaliation were they to launch a nuclear attack on Israel.
At the moment, I can’t decide which is worse, Clinton’s desire to return to Cold War foreign policies or her blatant brinkmanship with respect to the Middle East.
Well that certainly takes the cake - Now she’s outMc Cained McCain and outBushed Bush. The next question is: Is she as tough as Hitler? Is she prepared to carry out this genocide all the way? The Israelis will be thrilled of course. What an honor! The end of the world in their behalf. The Christian Zionists have been promising them that for years but we didn’t take them that seriously. Now that the voice of reason has been reduced to poor ex-president Carter who singlehandedly works for Peace against all the forces of power and money it’s a sure thing.