Posted on 01/19/2006 2:53:35 PM PST by neverdem
Clinton blasts Bush administration’s handling of country’s possible development of nuclear weapons
PRINCETON, N.J. -- A tough-talking Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday suggested she would back a military strike on Iran if that country's radical Islamic government attempts to build nuclear weapons.
Clinton's speech seemed to position her somewhat to the right of the Bush administration, which has stressed diplomacy without ruling out any other option. Most experts on the region say a military strike is not feasible and therefore unlikely.
"We cannot take any option off the table in sending a clear message to Iran that they will not be permitted to acquire nuclear weapons," she said.
Her statements closely echoed comments made by interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who this week said his country would not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran.
Capping off a bitter 45- minute denunciation of Bush administration policy in the Middle East, Clinton said she was optimistic that U.S. troop levels in Iraq could be reduced this year. Allying herself with Rep. Jack Murtha (D-Pa.), the former first lady said she believes the U.S. military in the region should be reduced to a relatively small, quick-strike force to "send a message to Iran that they don't have a free hand" in the region.
She also blasted the Bush administration for allowing European countries to lead negotiations with the hard-line regime of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"I believe that we lost critical time with ... Iran because the White House chose to downplay the threats and to outsource the negotiations," she said. "I don't believe ... in standing on the sidelines."
Clinton accused the White House of "substituting ideology and arrogance" for "evidence-based decision-making."
Clinton's comments came on a day when the International Atomic Energy Agency accepted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's call for a...
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I'll believe they'll bail on her when I see it.
Unfounded wishful thinking alert!
You just watch, The democrats are in favor of it before they're against it.
Hillary is so full of sh**, she makes it up as she speaks to different groups ala Bill.
Hillary lied, people died.
Hillary has some nerve, chickenhawk that she is. And to think that her child is not in the service...
And to think her husband protested while safely enscounced in Oxford...
The nerve... ( -;
God that felt good....
"I believe that we lost critical time with ... Iran because the White House chose to downplay the threats and to outsource the negotiations," she said. "I don't believe ... in standing on the sidelines."
Dems accused the Administration of exactly the opposite re: Iraq.
Just goes to show:
Dems oppose everything!
Is this woman short-circuiting or something?
she's trying so hard to sound presidential
LOL! The _itch!
10 minutes from now, she'll be talking to the code pink ladies and saying she supports the current Iranian regime.
SENATOR CLINTON ACCEPTS MONEY FROM SUPPORTERS OF IRANIAN MULLAHS (John Spencer Slaps Hill)
You hit the nail on that one..
Of course not, that's too far away from the snack bar.
Nice try to appear hawkish, Hill, but your lack of a moral core is blindingly obvious.
There's nothing "tough-talking" about backing a proposal she knows won't happen. But, it may "appear" to be tough-talk to those red state voters she needs.
As for her liberal backer they already understand she has to "look tough" to get elected so they'll give her a pass.
That's beautiful. If we strike Iran and the country goes nuts with disapproval, she will say she didn't back the strike because it was never proven Iran had nukes.
If we strike Iran and the country cheers, she will say she backed the strike the whole time. She's ready for anything.
Take a look at DU and daily kos, they rip on her all the time.
Half her base wants to hang her.
I'm sure all will be forgiven when she gets the nomination, but they do trash her alot.
If he does, all Hillary! need do is fly over there, and give Mrs. Ahmadinejad a warm hug and kiss. Then, things will be just fine!
Which she knows. Unless there's a credible candidate that can challenge her from the left she won't care what the Dummies think.
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