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[–] Gaylactus@lemmy.world -1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I don't get it... she said she would retaliate against Iran, if Iran attacked Israel with a nuclear weapon. This is inline with any nation that has nuclear weapons, mainly for deterrence, since the start of the Cold War. Do I like it? No... But it's the reality of nuclear weapons existing. The same would happen if Russia attacked any other US ally... And the same would happen if the US attacked any Russia ally. This is why, ultimately, someone will fuck up, and start a chain of events that may lead to Human's extinction. Because any nation that uses nuclear weapons has a very high chance of getting hit by one, immediately after! This applies to Murica, to Russia, to Israel, Iran, Pakistan, France, or any other nation that has nuclear weapons, and regardless to who is in power.

I honestly don't understand what is the value of this "gotcha" sort of post. Is the OP not aware of how nuclear weapons are used for deterrence purposes? I can assure you, this would happen with whichever POTUS would be in power, even if (and specially if) it was Bernie! Are people forgetting how emotionally tied Bernie is to Israel, and that only after much push back, was he wiling to denounce Israel, when some other of his colleagues in the Senate had already done?

Hillary has said far more dumb shit recently, like for example, accusing younger folks of being radicalized against Israel by Tik Tok, simply because they are pro-Palestinian, with complete disregard to uncontestable historical facts. I see no value in this post.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world -1 points 9 hours ago

I don’t get it… she said she would retaliate against Iran, if Iran attacked Israel with a nuclear weapon. This is inline with any nation that has nuclear weapons, mainly for deterrence, since the start of the Cold War. Do I like it? No… But it’s the reality of nuclear weapons existing.

She said multiple time after this interview that she would attack Iran at any point of the building of a nuclear weapon . So she want to invite the lie that Trump is currently using it to justify attacking Iran.

Secondly , why should the USA should protect a settler colonial power anyway ? Will she attack Israel if Israel threaten to nuke Palestine or Lebanon? Does having a settler genocidal state called Israel deserve to be an American ally?

And of course you are going to ignore that Hilary backed up multiple American war of aggression . Witch is the exact reason why I called her a warmonger.

I honestly don’t understand what is the value of this “gotcha” sort of post.

There is no gotcha. It is just part of your delusional mind . I understand the concept of deterrence but you can't claim deterrence over an inexistent threat

Hillary has said far more dumb shit recently, like for example, accusing younger folks of being radicalized against Israel by Tik Tok, simply because they are pro-Palestinian, with complete disregard to uncontestable historical facts. I see no value in this post.

That's your example of dumb? Not only it is evil but she said worse about Palestine. She do not oppose sending arms to israel , she act like she believe in the pallywood propaganda . Blaming the genocide and all the murder of children on Hamas, blaming Palestinians for peace failures, supporting Israel's West Bank wall.

Since you are a cunning person , I will say it right now Trump said even more evil things about Palestine then Hillary like asking Israel to finish the job

[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 58 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Why are we still talking about shit that Hillary Clinton said nearly 20 years ago?

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because the Republicans are going to get their asses handed to them during the next midterm elections.

Both Parties Are The Same rhetoric gets pumped out by the right, as a part of their broader voter suppression strategy.

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is important to recognize which Democrats are Neoliberals or ruling elite like the Clintons.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (34 children)

By jerking off about something Hillary said nearly 20 years ago?

Yes I'm sure we'll gain much insight from discussing how much we all hate the Clintons again.

Edit: that is a crazy instadownvote — sus

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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 points 21 hours ago

nearly 20 years ago

Fuck, where does the time go?

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 21 points 1 day ago

Well, that settles it. There goes my vote for 2008 Clinton.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

Why is an ancient quote by a failed presidential candidate that was made 8 fucking years before her campaign being posted anywhere outside of a history sub? Why don't you post complaints about her email server too?

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 6 points 21 hours ago

The infamous "Buttery males"?

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[–] elevenbones@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This whole post is just silly.

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[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Oh good. Shit no one cares about...

[–] leoj@piefed.social 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

I mean there are reasons she lost the 2016 election, part of it was the progressive wing staying home, this is pertinent from that lens, but I'm not sure what else?

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