2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton: I Will Take U.S. Relationship With Israel 'To The Next Level'
Leading Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says if she is elected president next year, she will take the relationship between the United States and Israel "to the next level."
“I would extend an invitation to the Israeli prime minister to come to the United States,” Clinton said on Sunday at the Saban Forum in Washington hosted by the Brookings Institution when asked about her first day in the White House, "to work towards very much strengthening and intensifying our relationship on military matters."
Ties between the Obama administration and the Zionist regime have been strained because of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strong opposition to the Iran nuclear agreement and the creation of a Palestinian state.
Clinton said that Iran could violate its nuclear accord with the P5+1 group of countries, and accused the Islamic Republic of showing "provocative behavior”.
In addition, she said the military option should not be "taken off the table" when dealing with Iran, echoing the rhetoric of Netanyahu who has repeatedly called on the US to use force against the Islamic Republic to stop its peaceful nuclear program.
MORE....
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2015/12/06/440607/Hillary-Clinton-US-relationship-Israel-next-level
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Cheese Sandwich This message was self-deleted by its author.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)And once you threaten, draw that line in the sand, you have to do it or you cost the USA it's credibility as the top global cop.
She said there should be “no doubt in Tehran” that if the United States saw “any violations in the deal” or an effort to procure or develop nuclear weapons technology, “we will stop them,” including, she added, “taking military action.”
At one point, responding to a question, she referred to using the “nuclear option” against Iran — usually interpreted as using a nuclear weapon — before her attention was caught by a prominent member of the audience, Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court.
“Oh, the military option, thank you, Justice Breyer. He’s a careful listener,” Mrs. Clinton said, reiterating that she meant a military option to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. It was a rare moment: a sitting member of the court rescuing a political candidate from a mistaken comment.
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Dick waving a la macho dude.
elleng
(141,926 posts)
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Clinton aims to take U.S. relationship with Israel 'to the next level'
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-idUSKBN0TP0QN20151206#urvmbou18cOTRc18.97
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/04/22/us-usa-politics-iran-idUSN2224332720080422
On the day of a crucial vote in her nomination battle against fellow Democrat Barack Obama, the New York senator said she wanted to make clear to Tehran what she was prepared to do as president in hopes that this warning would deter any Iranian nuclear attack against the Jewish state.
"I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran (if it attacks Israel)," Clinton said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America."
"In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them," she said.
"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," Clinton said.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Is Israel gonna be moving in with us?
DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)We're going to pop the question over dinner at Israel's favorite restaurant. Israel will be the 51st state, and then in the coming years we'll adopt a whole bunch of other countries to add to our little family.
ericson00
(2,707 posts)honestly, how do you get away with posting that?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)ericson00
(2,707 posts)then those sources are fine.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Response to Scuba (Reply #8)
RandiFan1290 This message was self-deleted by its author.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)NuttyYahoo is a bigot and a murderer.
betterdemsonly
(1,967 posts)Nentanyahu, Avigdore Lieberman love.
Autumn
(49,020 posts)It's a toxic relationship. I'd really rather break up.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)
fbc
(1,668 posts)More text of her speech here: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/12/bragging-clinton-praises
I prefer the current Obama/Kerry policy
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)
Bread and Circus
(9,454 posts)
Fearless
(18,458 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)about American meddling in middle eastern affairs.
Kick in to the DU tip jar?
This week we're running a special pop-up mini fund drive. From Monday through Friday we're going ad-free for all registered members, and we're asking you to kick in to the DU tip jar to support the site and keep us financially healthy.
As a bonus, making a contribution will allow you to leave kudos for another DU member, and at the end of the week we'll recognize the DUers who you think make this community great.