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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:08 PM Original message |
Why is Hillary talking about war with Iran, according to Wall Street Journal? |
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jab105 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because she thinks that she has to out-Republican the |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 06:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
61. No. It's not for show. It's because she supports their agenda. (nt) |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Out of curiosity, have any of the candidates said... |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. don't let reality get in the way of their outrage! |
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maximusveritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I don't see anything outrageous here either |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. General John Abizaid said that we could live with a nuclear Iran |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I agree. MAD has worked for 60 years. |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Iran's president is much more equipped to handle Bush |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. But he's not running. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I agree. nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
59. It would be refreshing if it were the case |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Who on Planet Earth would be comfortable with a nuclear armed Iran? (eom) |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Like General Abizaid said, Iran is not a suicidal nation |
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Clanfear (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I don't think "suicidal" is the biggest concern |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The Middle East is NOT an American colony! |
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Clanfear (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Who said it was our colony? |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It may not be equitable but, nobody wants ayatollah nutjobs to have nuclear weapons. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You let Bush have his finger on the nuclear button |
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Clanfear (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. And you would let Ahmadinejad have his finger on a nuclear button |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Ahmadinejad has no military control authority whatsoever |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. There isn't one shred of evidence that Iran's program is anything but peaceful |
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Clanfear (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yeah, except that they keep defying the world community. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Defying the US/Israel is not the same as defying the world community |
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Clanfear (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I didn't know that the US/Israel controlled the U.N. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. "Iran has continually defied the U.N.," so has Israel. |
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Clanfear (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Maybe, just maybe |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Israel has nukes and they are batshit fucking crazy too.. |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Are you replying to another poster? A simple question was asked on my post.(eom) |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. why are we comfortable with a nuclear armed N. Korea? Pakistan? India? |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Could it be OIL not nukes, that we're more concerned with ? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. We also demonize Chavez, who has no nukes, but who DOES have oil |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
63. Interestingly |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. we're comfortable with a nuclear armed N. Korea? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. by "we" I mean the administration, and Clinton and other candidates |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
55. what an absurd thing to say |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 01:11 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. you're really not understanding my point at all. |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. according to Wall Street Journal? |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Fine, since that's not good enough for you... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The Guardian's headline: Clinton would use violence against Tehran |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Good point about Biden. I'm okay wih Joe. |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Nothing new there |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Biden said that Iran was not a threat |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Good for him |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Are you going to enlist in the military to fight Hillary's wars? |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Are you joining the insurgency? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I'll be joining the resistance, the American version of White Rose |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You "will be joining"? Why the future tense? No time like the present |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. At the present I am involved in the local peace movement and in the upcoming local elections |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. The more I read your replies, the more they ressemble "Love It Or Leave It" |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 05:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
60. Biden voted against the Amendment...Hillary edited the Amendment |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. Her Trigger finger is |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. why is hillary talking about war with Iran?.... |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. I will wait to see which candidates disagree with her |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Biden disagrees with her. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Is that so? "At the end of the day if they had the weapon on a missile..." |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. He said they are a decade away from having a nuclear bomb. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I thought the main point was that he wont let them have nukes |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Biden voted NO - Hillary voted Yay - that's the difference. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Seriously |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
47. Because starting a war is the only way to ensure that diplomacy will work. nt |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
57. and only by killing a million civilians will we win their hearts and minds. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Seymour Hersh wrote that the Pentagon was planning to use tactical nukes on Iran |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-15-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
49. A presidential candidate must speak to other audiences, such as world leaders, both friend and foe. |
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