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I Will "Obliterate" Iran
Times Online ^ | April 22, 2008 | Hanna Strange

Posted on 04/26/2008 11:24:33 AM PDT by freerepublic_or_die

Hillary Clinton's threat to "obliterate" Iran, in an ABC interview broadcast just as the voters of Pennsylvania prepared to head to the polls this morning, doesn't appear to have been particularly well received by anyone other than the hard right, which is somewhat telling as to where the former first lady is pitching her policies - or at least campaign pledges - these days. While one assumes that her campaign must have known what she was planning, it too seemed a little taken aback at just how belligerent and absolute her language was: it spent a large part of last night and this morning frantically backpeddling away from her apparent commitment to nuke a large swathe of the Middle East.

A few key points were repeatedly raised by pundits. First, in exactly what scenario would this obliteration take place? Would a proxy attack, for example by Lebanese Hezbollah, justify the obliteration of which she speaks? Or would a retaliatory attack by Tehran, for example if Israel had launched strikes against suspected Iranian nuclear facilities (a reasonably likely prospect) be sufficient cause? Or, as her statement might be interpreted, would a suspicion that Iran was considering such an attack be met with a preemptive strike? Some also noted that while the second part of her answer (below) made a strike conditional on Iranian aggression, the first part seemed to suggest the only condition was a Clinton presidency. Further queries were raised as to exactly what she meant by "total obliteration."

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2008elections; armageddon; hillary; iran
I Will "Obliterate" Iran...that is, if i don't obliterate myself trying to get the nomination.
1 posted on 04/26/2008 11:24:33 AM PDT by freerepublic_or_die
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To: freerepublic_or_die

did you see Glenn Beck last night?
He had on Joel Rosenberg who wrote The Last Jihad, Last Days, etc.

He was commenting on how Hillary stated that we would annihilate Iran if they attacked one of the neigboring countries.

He mentioned that Hillary had no understanding of the Middle East, since Imanutjob actually wants a war to hasten the 12th Iman’s return.

He also mentioned that when the Ayatollah took power he was scared to death of the “Twelver’s” and ordered their group banned, and members arrested.


2 posted on 04/26/2008 11:26:29 AM PDT by mware (mware...killer of threads.)
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To: freerepublic_or_die

I seem to recall she she “We could obliterate Iran,” not that she would do so unilaterally, on her own.


3 posted on 04/26/2008 11:30:11 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: freerepublic_or_die

I might take that as a point in her favor. That is, I might if I gave credence to much of anything she says.


4 posted on 04/26/2008 11:31:45 AM PDT by RichInOC (Hillary Rodham Clinton is a lying slag.)
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To: RichInOC

“I might take that as a point in her favor. That is, I might if I gave credence to much of anything she says.”

That’s a fair appraisal. As I recall Hillary and her felonious hubby obliterated their personal lawyer when he refused to deliver their blind trust on time. Three days after his untimely death, the blind trust was filed, and with his signature on it! If we need to hire an attack dog, Hillary might be a bit tougher than John, just as Ann Coulter has suggested.


5 posted on 04/26/2008 11:38:21 AM PDT by devere
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To: freerepublic_or_die
Hillary is mad.. Iran does not allow lesbians..
Not lesbian this or that but lesbians period..

Hillary as Prez.. would ensure the nuking of America..
Muslim male bravado would REQUIRE IT...

6 posted on 04/26/2008 11:40:35 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: freerepublic_or_die

I just watched the video and heard her toned-tone, hoarse-throat cackle.

I’ve got to go barf now.


7 posted on 04/26/2008 11:44:14 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: mware

Not all of the Iranians are in the tank with nut job. Even the grey beard mullahs may not want to meet Allah so quckly. Its one thing for the Iranian leadership to talk tough but do they really want to perish in a wave of nuclear fire? I think she said the right thing. I wouldn’t want to test her resolve, Would you?


9 posted on 04/26/2008 11:51:57 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: ConservativeMind
Video clip at Raw Story. Note the question to her was posed as a request to amplify on a previous comment of hers that, "... if Iran were to strike Israel there would be massive retaliation," along with the editorial remark, "scary words." (You'd think this would be a warning to her.)

In her response she immediately stated that "the question was if Iran were to launch a nuclear attack on Israel" ... "we will attack Iran" and "... we would be able to totally obliterate them."

What happened to her policy of not responding to hypotheticals?

10 posted on 04/26/2008 11:56:33 AM PDT by dr_lew
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To: freerepublic_or_die

"We are advancing constantly, and we're not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy. We're going to hold onto him by the nose, and we're going to kick him in the ass. We're going to kick the hell out of him all the time, and we're going to go through him like crap through a goose."

11 posted on 04/26/2008 12:05:54 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: freerepublic_or_die
I Will "Obliterate" Iran...that is, if i don't obliterate myself trying to get the nomination.

Did she promise to fly over Teheran on her broom, personally carpet-bombing them back into 7th-century Islamic paradise?

12 posted on 04/26/2008 12:15:14 PM PDT by E. Cartman (Ronald Reagan's single biggest mistake: Picking Poppy Bush to be his veep.)
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To: freerepublic_or_die

She’ll “Waco” the towel heads.

Listen up Ahmadhimmijob, the Beast has a track record.
You don’t.


13 posted on 04/26/2008 12:38:19 PM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (The republic is over kids!)
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To: freerepublic_or_die
 

 

14 posted on 04/26/2008 12:38:29 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: freerepublic_or_die

I think we should preemtively obliterate Iran!


15 posted on 04/26/2008 1:12:00 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: E. Cartman
Now that you mention it........

Air Force One in a Hillary Presidency


16 posted on 04/26/2008 1:27:25 PM PDT by freerepublic_or_die (Words to live/die by: (Nathan Hale) I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.)
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To: freerepublic_or_die

I believe when she was First Lady the secret service code name for her airplane was “Broom One”.


17 posted on 04/26/2008 1:51:33 PM PDT by E. Cartman (Ronald Reagan's single biggest mistake: Picking Poppy Bush to be his veep.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

LMAO!


18 posted on 04/26/2008 2:00:55 PM PDT by labette
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To: freerepublic_or_die

I think she really said, “I will Obomanate them!”.


19 posted on 04/26/2008 2:10:46 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: freerepublic_or_die

Poor Hitlery. She must not be getting enough sleep again.


20 posted on 04/26/2008 3:03:33 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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