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Quote by: sdbest  Please see the this video on YouTube for Clinton threatening Iran with nuclear retaliation.
If I'm not being accurate, in your view, how would you characterize Clinton's position? |
I can't watch youtube videos where I am right now, so I had to look up a transcript of the comment. This is what it said:
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CHRIS CUOMO: You said if Iran were to strike Israel, there would be 'massive retaliation." Scary words. Does 'massive retaliation" mean you'd go into Iran? You would bomb Iran? Is that what that's supposed to suggest?
CLINTON: Well, the question was, if Iran were to launch a nuclear attack on Israel, what would our response be? And I want the Iranians to know that if I am president, we will attack Iran.
And I want them to understand that. Because it does mean that they have to look very carefully at their society. Because whatever stage of development they might be in their nuclear weapons program, in the next 10 years during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.
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Nowhere in the passage quoted above does Clinton claim that she "will obliterate Iran." Nor does it mention nuclear retribution on the part of the US. I apologize if there's more to the comment that what is quoted above. I'll watch the video when I can.