Tag Archives: iran

So this is the kind of person you want answering the phone at 3am?

Hilary Clinton on the morning of the PA primary:
...she told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that, if she were president, she would “totally obliterate” Iran if Iran attacked Israel.
And…
This foolish and dangerous threat was muted in domestic media coverage. But it reverberated in headlines around the world.
Boston Globe
So why wasn’t this made into a bigger issue? [...]

Posted 28 April 2008 † Jason § Politics ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , ,

More on Iran; 2008 election tidbits

Lots of news lately, so here’s a round up of the most interesting stories:

One year ago (wow!), Seymour Hersh wrote in the New Yorker that the Bush Administration was holding up the release of a National Intelligence Estimate on Iran that had failed to find any evidence of an ongoing nuclear weapons program.
Surprise of the [...]

Posted 05 December 2007 † Jason § Politics ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Hmm. Why is Bush so hot and bothered over Iran?

Seems they ended their nuclear arms program in 2003—over four years ago. [NY Times]
So why are the Bushies so gung-ho on starting another war? Don’t they have two others they need to finish first? I mean, last I checked, Iraq and Afghanistan weren’t going all that well.
Not to mention that Iran already holds [...]

Posted 03 December 2007 † Jason § Politics ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: ,