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What about Hillary Clinton saying that she would "obliterate" Iran, presumably with nuclear weapons, if that country's government attacks Israel? Isn't that far worse than what McCain said about him being the worst enemy of Hamas? She's talking about obliterating a whole nation of men, women, and children, not for what they may do to Americans but to a foreign country embroiled in a tense national and religious struggle in a hostile neighborhood (i.e. not NATO members like Britain and France). Even right-wing bloggers like Amanda Carpenter, from Townhall, on Bloggingheads.tv, have said that such bellicose rhetoric is over-the-top.
Why is the mainstream media and left-wing bloggers not screaming from the rooftops how militaristic this country has become? If Hillary Clinton feels that she must "act tough" to prove that a woman can be a strong commander-in-chief while merely running for office, what's to prevent her from feeling the need to "act tough" as the actual commander-in-chief and doing something catastrophically violent?
