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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:43 AM Original message |
Threatening to "obliterate" a country is NOT diplomacy |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good thing no one threatened to obliterate a country then. |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Um yes she did |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Um, no...said massive retaliation...stop the lies, please... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Explain the lie or stop your flimsy accusation n/t |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. link: stop accusing me of lying |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Yahoo: Clinton threatens to 'obliterate' Iran if Israel attacked |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
59. Out of context |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. Didn't watch TV this morning, did you? |
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zerostar (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
95. No, you are ignorant. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. No, I'm not ignorant, and no, it doesn't make a difference in what she said. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #95 |
102. you're not getting the point, but that's ok |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
104. The quote in print, above, is "would be able to ..." |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. a distinction without a difference. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. No, there's a huge difference. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. No, there really isn't. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. That's US policy; has been for years. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. Sure, since Bush has been in office. |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. We are spending right now, 150 billion to replace most of our |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Her words will be used to aid the recruiting efforts at this rate. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Yup... (nt) |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. then Obama shouldn't say that ALL options are on the table regarding Iran |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. rhetoric is important. her's is saber rattling |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Let's look at the words: |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Maybe he'll clarify for you that obliteration is off the table. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
106. I believe he said NO OPTION is off the table. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. Have a quote to what she said? Did she say "If Israel is nuked by Iran, then we nuke Iran....? nt |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. see post #9 |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Yep, I was right....Her words taken out of context and distorted by posters here ...... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. sorry, I meant post #10, where I included the complete context. |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
76. Very clear that she would use nuclear weapons... |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. She believes in "robust diplomacy," as in bunker (ro) buster diplomacy. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's the strategy of deterrence. |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. MAD does NOTHING against them! |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Do you honestly believe that??? |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
89. All due respect, we are not talking about Cold-War Russia or China. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. Is anyone else completely fucking FLOORED that this has to be EXPLAINED? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Absolutely. I'm amazed how many people are ignorant to deterrence.... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Check the reactions in the foreign press. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I don't have to check the foreign press. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Wow. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Not even Darth Cheney talks in those terms. She has lost her shit. |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
90. Yeah...what do the Germans know about the Cold War, anyway? |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
62. Foreign press influences US deterrance policy since...when? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. I'm not talking about Russians... I'm talking about our allies. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
72. deterrence FROM WHAT????????????? |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #72 |
96. Deterrence from being perceived as weak? Deterrence from... |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
88. Pot meets Kettle |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I am. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. She did explain: IF Israel is nuked by Iran, she will "obliterate" Iran...get it? See link.... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
71. can you explain this statement? |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
100. Hillary READ the NIE on Iran's "program".... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
70. YES!!! 2 years ago if the Bushies said the same thing, everyone would be up in arms |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. I honestly don't recognize these people anymore. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. we are seeing the EXACT SAME REASONING as the Neocons |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Exactly... the same "reasoning"... |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #79 |
93. Cognitive dissonance is a curious thing... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. well put. I was trying to come up with a way of saying the same thing |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. Kitchen-sink pop psychology aside, I'm still slack-jawed and stupefied by.... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. if I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd point out the similarities of these arguments |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #79 |
116. The Clinton/Bush families live in a sad, delusional world... |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #75 |
125. I'm shock too |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
103. I was about to post the same thing... |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
20. If Iran nukes Israel, you have to retaliate with force |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. There's the distinction, absolutely |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
123. Why? Israel has (probably hundreds of) their own nukes to do their own retaliating. (NT) |
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Independent-Voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. She's such a fucking idiot! I can't believe there are some people still ignorant enough to support |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Check the posts above that claimed that it is a lie! |
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Independent-Voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
117. I can't say that I'm surprised about Veruca's apologists. |
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Taxmyth (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
29. Confusing Diplomacy to PREVENT an occurrence with a response should that event occur |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
50. well, if you stop posting crap, the crap will stop. |
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Taxmyth (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Touche |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. What would Obama do? |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
33. She did not threaten obliteration... |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yahoo: Clinton threatens to 'obliterate' Iran if Israel attacked |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Iran has no nukes... |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Truth telling is good.... |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. What's 'my statement' and what's inaccurate? n/t |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. Yes, she did. Direct quote: "we will obliterate them." |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
34. She has shown us that she is a rank amateur. |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
36. She needs to be kept far, far, away from the nuclear football |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I don't want her or McCain anywhere near the button. |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. agree 100%... looking forward to the day ... |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #44 |
77. Agreed, but Hillary is more of a threat now than McCain is. She is unstable. n/t |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
41. Distorted quotes by Hillary haters here....she said IF IF IF Israel is nuked by Iran.... |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Nothing distored about it. Obiterate means everything. Every man woman and Child |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. There are no women and children in Israel? Oh, I didn't know that......nt |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. That is not how we work. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. actually, Bush's policy of preemptive attack allows us to do so |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I don't think they are neocons just desperate in my view. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. valid point, I don't mean the whole group, just the ones defending this reckless threat |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Also remember that some republicans have joined the Clinton camp to cause Chaos |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. We, of course understand that. Do you realize the consequences of her statement? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
73. "if Iran does achieve what appears to be its continuing goal of obtaining nuclear weapons" |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
74. Oh, well. That's OK then. Murdering 71 million people is just fine. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. 71 million? We should "murder" the same number Iran "murders" in Israel..... nt |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. How very humanitarian. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
46. Oh, we're just lying and distorting. "Obliterate" doesn't actually mean "obliterate", Silly! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. She said "IF"! What's the big deal? She didn't say we're doing it NOW! |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. The truth is she meant to say this, plus the fear ad, all to try for votes. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
57. people are still not getting it: This reckless threat by Clinton is NOT diplomacy |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Google "massive retaliation." This has been done before. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. "obliterate" an entire nation is GENOCIDE, not "massive retaliation". words are important |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Thanks--that's the point precisely. One of our biggest complaints about Bush has been... |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
68. Threats and attacks are Hillary's answer to everything |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
69. The definition had the word manage in it, Hillary isn't a good Manager IMHO |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
80. Talkingpointsmemo's Josh Marshall's take: "Over The Top" |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
82. deterrence: "I will kick your ass if you screw up." |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
83. Correct. It is insanity. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
84. Thank you! |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #84 |
92. well, its bizarre that it has to be spelled out, HERE of all places. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #92 |
105. Sometimes people behave like herds. That can be a good thing |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
85. She said, as I understand, that America COULD nuke Iran IF Iran nukes Israel... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #85 |
113. I don't think anyone's saying she's planning a first strike. |
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ksoze (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
87. So, if Iran NUKES Israel, Obama will seek a meeting to negotiate? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. words are important: "obliterate" is nuclear genocide of 71 million people |
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ksoze (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #91 |
110. Where is the negotiation meeting? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #110 |
114. I don't know if you're intentionally missing my point or not |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #87 |
107. Ever heard the term "Straw man?" |
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wowimthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
99. My God, I was right. She is DUMB! |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
109. Well, I guess we now know how Hillary disagrees with MoveOn in regards |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. Might have saved all of us here the time and anguish of even considering her as a candidate... |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
118. K&R |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
121. another important point: Iran does not have nukes...yet, BUT |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
122. Just imagine being the receiving end of this threat |
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Zero Division (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
124. It was an awkward moment of politically motivated posturing. |
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126. Context is everything, Mr. Chamberlain. |
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