Clinton this morning continued her tough military talk, saying she would “obliterate” Iran if the Shia Muslim theocracy launches a nuclear attack on Israel while she is president.
“I want the Iranians to know that if I am president we will attack Iran, and I want them to understand that,” she told ABC News, when asked how she would respond.
“Whatever stage of development they might be in their nuclear weapons programme in the next ten years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.
“That’s a terrible thing to say, but those people who run Iran need to understand that, because that perhaps will deter them from doing something that would be reckless, foolish and tragic.”
Read the full article from The Guardian here.
No, it’s not a terrible thing to say, it’s an insane thing to say.