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| Hildebeast blasts Bush's Iran policy |
| 2006-01-20 |
| EFL Repeatedly referring to a need for "new vision and leadership" in U.S. policy toward the Middle East, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) called Wednesday for United Nations sanctions against Iran and further global advances in women's rights, and urged optimism for a peaceful resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. "We cannot and should not — must not — permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons," Clinton said in a speech before a capacity crowd in Richardson Auditorium. (See full text.) "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." Though never mentioning President Bush by name, Clinton strongly criticized the current administration's policy toward Iran. "I believe that we lost critical time in dealing with Iran because the White House chose to downplay the threats and to outsource the negotiations," Clinton said. Like Bush, a tough-talking Clinton left open the possibility of military action against Iran if it attempts to acquire nuclear weapons. "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," Clinton said. Clinton also criticized recent remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that questioned Israel's right to exist and described the Holocaust as a "myth." Ahmadinejad "is moving to create his own nuclear reality in line with his despicable rewriting of history," she said. Wilson School dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, however, expressed doubts about sanctions' effectiveness. "I agree that we cannot allow a nuclear Iran, but it is a real question as to whether sanctions are not more likely to consolidate support for the government ... than to pressure the government into stopping its behavior," she said in an email Thursday. Turning to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Clinton said the United States must guarantee both Israel's security and a "better future" for the Palestinians. "No more excuses for the Palestinians," Clinton said. "They have to demonstrate clearly and unequivocally their commitment to a peaceful future and they have to also demonstrate their ability to deliver services to their people." Historical grudges present an unnecessary impediment to lasting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, Clinton added. "What we have tried to do over the last 30 years, starting with President Carter, moving through other presidents including my husband, now this president, is to send a uniquely American message: it can get better, just get over it." |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #7 vision and leadership? No blind ambition and wholly void of principles and ethics? Yep |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-20 23:01 |
| #6 Repeatedly referring to a need for "new vision and leadership" That's all I need to read. And Hilly, you have that vision and leadership? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-01-20 22:12 |
| #5 Ground War-Conventional War, and not merely airstrikes, i.e. MSM-verified "NEW QUAGMIRE" and "ANOTHER US-GOP MISTAKE [ala NO WMDS IN IRAN/NORTH KOREA, etc.]" is what the anti-US agendists desire. The USA must be "justified" in giving up its sovereignty, freedoms and endowments to the future OWG/UNO, O'REILLY's alleged "International Coalition of Nations/States", the latter of which will undoubtedly include and be dominated by America's primary Cold War Commie opponents,i.e Russia-China wid their nuclear arsenals and large armies. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-01-20 22:04 |
| #4 Of course she doesn't BAR. That's the beauty of it. When China and Russia don't support us she can blame Bush for failing to have a muscular enough diplomacy with was caused by the diversion that is Iraq. It's called triangulation, she practically invented it with Billy Blowjob. |
| Posted by: Scott R 2006-01-20 21:17 |
| #3 "In order to prevent that from occurring, we must have more support vigorously and publicly expressed by China and Russia,.." Barring some kind of Iranian backstabbing of China and Russia, or an out-and-out declaration by Iran that they're pursuing The Bomb, does she really, REALLY think that we'd get Russian and Chinese "support"? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2006-01-20 20:57 |
| #2 Yawn |
| Posted by: SR-71 2006-01-20 20:03 |
| #1 Great. On Monday Senator Clinton can introduce a bill on the floor of the Senate authorizing President Bush to take military action against Iran. And I will hold my breath until she does so. |
| Posted by: Matt 2006-01-20 20:01 |