Clinton McWars?

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It’s difficult to know exactly which political party Hillary Clinton thinks she belongs to at times, but today’s statements are of such extraordinary bellicosity that it is clear that a liberal Democratic party is not what she has in mind. There is, in fact, nothing to distinguish her from Dick Cheney, including her unshakable arrogance. Not only has she never apologized for errors of judgment in regard to the invasion of Iraq, but she has now exceeded even Bush and Cheney in her willingness to “obliterate” the entire nation of Iran.

“I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president, we will attack Iran,” Clinton told ABC News, when asked what she would do as president if the Islamic Republic were to launch a nuclear attack on Israel.

“In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.”

Once again, Clinton appears only to care that she portrays herself as a tough guy, apparently willing to slaughter millions of innocent Iranians based on the potentially bad judgment of their autocratic leaders. Unfortunately, there is nothing in Clinton’s record or in comments like this to suggest that this is purely political sword-rattling and that, once in the White House, she would morph into a thoughtful and deliberate stateswoman. It’s simply all too plausible to think that she would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack on another sovereign nation that had attacked, not the US, but an ally.

This is nothing but a continuation of the Bush foreign policy: “Do what we want you to do when we want you to do it, or we’ll blow your shit up.” We don’t need more of this attitude, we don’t need any more wars. We need to learn out to participate on the planet with people we disagree with and begin to act like a civilized nation.

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