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Iron Maiden Hillary Clinton has claimed that she was against the Iraq invasion. Then, during the campaign, it was pointed out that she voted in support of it - unlike Barak Obama. Now Hillary says that she's prepared to blow Iran off the map if elected. Her exact word was 'obliterate'.

Perhaps for a sizable portion of the population, atom smashing the middle east may sound like a good idea (assuming that Israel isn't in the path of the fall out). However activists have been against nuclear war on principle (when it was an issue with which to oppose the right, and was imbued with as much creditability as possible!) for awhile, and old habits die hard. Besides once the pundits get a hold of Hilly's statement, it won't take long to point out the complications in such a position, ie. nuking Iran would draw China's strong opposition, and that could lead to a global situation of 'apocalyptic' proportions. Basically her statement is bad, and can only look even worse once it starts to sink in!

I wouldn't be too concerned about Hillary getting her stubby finger on the button. This may just be another one of those 'political promises' that our leaders never get around to keeping. Still I'm not sure that this is anything people want to hear, especially after 8 years of being mired in a fiasco conflict. Besides, with petroleum over $100 a barrel, can we afford to nuke that many oil fields (not to mention the loss of human life, which I'm sure we're all very much concerned)? People seem to want change; Hillary is sounding like more of the same (at least George W Bush has an excuse for bad judgment - he was drunk!).

Hillary Clinton has criticized Senator Obama for his lack of political experience, yet in the wake of Hysterical Hillary's Nuke'em comments, it's the Senator who sounds like the sober minded statesman. Sen Obama has said, by way of response, that Hillary's comments are probably not helpful to the current situation. He has also proposed that America should reopen direct diplomatic talks with Iran, and employ a carrot and stick policy. In other words, don't just bully them, but give them a real incentive to co operate, as well as real consequences if they don't.

Meanwhile Hillary has been doing some explaining. She said that she only made those comments as a 'deterrent'. Trouble is deterrents don't work if you admit they're only deterrents. Then they're empty threats. So Hillary loses on both counts. Cynics will say that she really only said that to get elected. I suspect that Hillary has more heart than that. Perhaps she got carried away, with her recent win. Then, just like the hockey fans in Montreal, she wanted to celebrated with a little dreamy eyed all American mayhem! Perhaps she could find a constructive way to focus that ecstatic destructiveness, say by coming up with a plan to balance the budget, or even taking another swipe at universal health care? Now that would have to cheese some one off! Remember that guy who said that Obama's finger doesn't need to be on the button? I think that perhaps it does. As for Ms Clinton, whatever kind of a president she might make - she could be one hell of a sports fan!

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