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To: Cogito who wrote (61448)	4/24/2008 12:06:20 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 542132

Our Presidents since then have been wiser than that, thankfully. Since it is clear we do have the capability to "obliterate" other nations, they have had the good sense not to be belligerent about it. "Massive retalitation" was the open policy of the Eisenhower administration. I'm not sure if you can find any quotes directly attributed to him, but the policies were basically what was articulated by Hillary. en.wikipedia.org Personally, I think we are asking the wrong question. It isnt whether Hillary should have said it, but is this really the policy that we want? Israel has a nuclear force of their own (including submarine based) and can promise destruction of any country that was responsible for a nuclear attack. Do we want or need the US to explicitly or implicitly promise destruction on Israel's behalf? The answer might be yes, but I think that discussion is more important than whether Hillary committed some sort of diplomatic mistake. Slacker