Reason Number 762 Why You Shouldn't Vote for Hillary

"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. I don't believe you face threats like Iran or North Korea by outsourcing it to others and standing on the sidelines. 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."

That was HRC in January. Here's what she voted for in the US Senate last week (from the text of the Lieberman Kyl Amendment):

(3) that it should be the policy of the United States to combat, contain, and [stop] the violent activities and destabilizing influence inside Iraq of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, its foreign facilitators such as Lebanese Hezbollah, and its indigenous Iraqi proxies;

(4) to support the prudent and calibrated use of all instruments of United States national power in Iraq, including diplomatic, economic, intelligence, and military instruments, in support of the policy described in paragraph (3) with respect to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies.

You can read her statement about supporting this piece of legislation here.

The main problem with resolution (besides the fact that it opens up the possibility of war with Iran) is that it escalates an already tense situation in the Middle East. This, in turn, lead to the Iranian Foreign Ministry and Parliament labeling the US Army and CIA as terrorist organizations. This, combined with heightened rhetoric about the ties between Baghdad and Tehran (countries that are neighbors and can't really afford to be enemies in the long run)... Well, you draw your own conclusion.

I'm just saying that I don't want my next president to be someone who doesn't take the time to understand the cultural and political implications of her (or his) decisions. She's supposed to be smart. Political intelligence includes the ability to understand your enemies. Instead of neutralizing and already angry Iran, she helps to make it worse. And I bet that Iran could afford and sustain a pro-longed war against the US...

I'm just sayin....