Bill Clinton with his favorite fundamentalist, Yasser Arafat, who stayed at the Clinton White House more than any other world leader. (Pakistan Times)
Judith suggests that Hillary is making the same kind of mistakes with Iran.
But, what is Hillary's stance on Iran?
Or, rather, what ARE Hillary's stands on Iran?
Here is video of Hillary Clinton's differing positions on negotiating with Iran:
(58 seconds)
Here is Hillary Clinton in February 2007:
"You don't refuse to talk to bad people. I think life is filled with uncomfortable situations where you have to deal with people you might not like. I'm sort of an expert on that. I have consistently urged the president to talk to Iran and talk to Syria. I think it's a sign of strength, not weakness."Here is Hillary Clinton at the CNN debate on June 3, 2007:
Well, I am very concerned about Iran. And I believe that we should have been using diplomacy for a number of years now... We have allowed the Iranians to begin their nuclear program, (It's our fault they are building nukes) to imprison Iranian Americans as they are now, to send weapons across their borders to be used against our young men and women.Hillary Clinton on July 24, 2007 on Obama meeting with Iran:
"I thought that was irresponsible and frankly naïve."Here is Hillary this week in New Hampshire:
I would engage in negotiations with Iran, with no conditions because we don't really understand how Iran works. We think we do, from the outside, but I think it is misleading. We spent a couple of weeks paying all this attention to Ahmadinejad. He is a figurehead. He does not have the real power. The real power is held in the supreme leadership and the clerical leadership. They actually control the Iranian revolutionary guard. So I think we should engage in negotiations.And, here is the statement from Howard Wolfson at the Hillary Clinton website:
An Associated Press story that moved late Thursday night mischaracterized comments Senator Clinton made in New Hampshire earlier in the afternoon.There you have it.
Senator Clinton has repeatedly and consistently called for negotiations between the United States and Iran aimed at ensuring that Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons. Senator Clinton repeated that point at an event in New Hampshire.
Senator Clinton did not say that the U.S. President should pre-commit to meetings with the leaders of Iran or other rogue states during the first year of her presidency. Rather, Senator Clinton was clearly referring to diplomacy between nations as she has repeatedly and consistently done for months.
Hillary Clinton on Iran- Clear as mud.
It's sort of like her stand on Iraq.
Amanutjob of Iran is the mouth-piece of the mullahs, kind of like when the mullahs open their mouths, Amanutjob speaks or vice versa. If Hillary doesn't know how Iran works, she is a bigger nutjob than Amanutjob, which would even be a stretch for her.
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ReplyDeleteoh dip.. i got side-tracked & posted this in another thread.. oh well, it's worth repeating..
funny thing about Hillary, everything she says sounds familiar, then it doesn't, then it does again.. ;)
Hillary Rodham Clinton at Princeton (January 19, 2006)
excerpt:
[But let's be clear about the threat we face now: A nuclear Iran is a danger to Israel, to its neighbors and beyond. The regime's pro-terrorist, anti-American and anti-Israel rhetoric only underscores the urgency of the threat it poses. U.S. policy must be clear and unequivocal. We cannot and should not — must not — permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons. In order to prevent that from occurring, we must have more support vigorously and publicly expressed by China and Russia, and we must move as quickly as feasible for sanctions in the United Nations. And we cannot take any option off the table in sending a clear message to the current leadership of Iran — that they will not be permitted to acquire nuclear weapons.]
please excuse the source (April 13, 2007)
excerpt:
[Hillary Clinton says "no option can be taken off the table."
Barack Obama says that the Iranian government is "a threat to all of us" and "we should take no option, including military action, off the table."
John Edwards says, "Under no circumstances can Iran be allowed to have nuclear weapons." And: "We need to keep all options on the table."]
and this.. well, just because it cracked me up!!
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