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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:56 AM Original message |
BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle : "Totally Obliterate" is No 1 Story |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Written word on BBC News reiterates that |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hillary paraphrases Nikita Khrushchev |
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mckeown1128 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. heh truth has an Obama bias... nt |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Story has just moved up to No 1 on BBC World Service |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. ATTN: HILLARY SUPPORTERS. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Just curious, if you are now saying deterrence doesn't work, what is your solution? |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. This is NOT Cold-War USSR or China we're talking about... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. What makes you think I'm saying deterrence doesn't work? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Fine. If that is what you meant, then I agree "obliterate" was a poor choice of words. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. 'Poor choice of words' are not Presidential or Diplomatic |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Wording *is* conduct on the international stage. An explicit threat of a thermonuclear holocaust |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. This goes far beyond "a poor choice of words." |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
49. The point is to provoke Iran, or some faction or ally, into something stupid. |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. No, she IS WRONG. Period. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. You are completely spinning what she meant. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:00 PM Original message |
Is that like what the meaning of the word "is" is? But it seems |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. There will not be 71 million left left after the return fire. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. IINM, Russia has already signaled that they would support Iran in a conflict. nt |
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Window (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. What in hell is wrong with Hillary. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. You don't say 'obliterate' you say 'effective deterrent' against Iran |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. This is how a sane politician would respond: |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. SNAP!!!! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Exactly. THAT is diplomacy. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
50. That's a sane response |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. I was called a liar for pointing it out. I guess the whole world is a liar too. |
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Diamond Dog (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Right. The point isn't that there wouldn't be nuclear retaliation, but that... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. This one isn't going away. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. you know, yesterday I had a really strange feeling |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. We moved beyond it, but then Bush dragged us back into it... |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. deterrence: "I will kick your ass if you screw up." |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. well said. can you contribute that to my other thread? |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. happy to... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Excellent analogy for simpletons who don't get it. n/t |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ahhhh, just fucking great. Just what we need. Please someone, give her the hook! -eom |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hillary. Bringing pride back to America once again |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. 'Bring em On' comes to mind |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Precisely. See my post here... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I guess we can call it "Cow girl diplomacy" now |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. 'Cow girls for Goldwater' and Nuclear war |
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goletian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. yeah, top story is her iran threat, wow. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. She really gets around. |
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goletian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. that doesnt look like her, lol. -nt |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. And I'll bet that the rest of the world is thinking: |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. The story hasn't really broken her in Denmark |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. I hope they are also broadcasting that Hillary does not speak for America yet... n/t |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. But the sad and pathetic part |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. Great that should change what the world thinks of us! |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. The most important story in the world today |
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barack the house (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yep, the world is clicking on to middle east malarky and cleary upimpressed with Hillary. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. She repeated it word for word to Olberman. She hasn't started ducking it yet. nt |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. kick |
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