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snowbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 10:08 PM
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Hillary Threatens Using Nuclear Weapons In The Middle East?

Brent Budowsky, Huffington Post

Brent Budowsky served as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, responsible for commerce and intelligence matters, including one of the core drafters of the CIA Identities Law. Served as Legislative Director to Congressman Bill Alexander, then Chief Deputy Whip, House of Representatives. Currently a member of the International Advisory Council of the Intelligence Summit.

It is a testament to the triumph of positioning politics over common sense and sound national security strategy that Hillary Clinton is now positioning herself, yet again, by threatening a possible nuclear strike.

Let us be blunt: it would be a profound and catastrophic disaster for America to launch a nuclear attack as Hillary Clinton suggests may be proper. When he rules out a nuclear attack, Obama is 100 percent right and when Hillary says she might do it, she is 100 percent wrong and for 100 percent the wrong reasons, her endless maneuvering and positioning.

Let's be clear: if there is actionable intelligence about Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan or Pakistan, it would be proper to kill him through attacks via missiles or air power.

However, it is not necessary and would be a disaster to send American ground forces into Pakistan for such an attack. It is not necessary and would be a catastrophe of regional and worldwide dimension for the United States to launch a nuclear attack.


More - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/hillary-threatens-using-n_b_59070.html

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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 10:16 PM
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1. That is completely false....
She said nothing of the kind!!!
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 10:27 PM
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2. I haven't a clue. What was actually said?
I think it would really be helpful to have the simple, unvarnished facts in this case. What did Hillary say? If she advocated first-strike use of nuclear weapons, that would be reprehensible & should be given wide publicity. Is she didn't say anything like that, then let's spike a vicious distortion (if that's what it its). I'm no fan of Hillary, but can hardly believe she is quite this reckless.
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Kagemusha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 10:39 PM
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3. She said Real Presidents never, ever take nukes off the table
for any reason, even the reason that using a nuke against a small group of human targets that may include Osama Bin Laden would be insane overkill.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 10:41 PM
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4. it`s the same old obama -hillary bullshit
clinton said she would never take the nuke option off the table and said obama does`t know anything about foreign policy or something like that....this shit is getting really old.let`s attack each other instead of the enemy...ya that is real fucking smart



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