British Foreign Minister: Clinton's "obliterate" Iran threat imprudent


	British Foreign Minister: Clinton's "obliterate" Iran threat imprudent

masbury

4-23-2008 10:15 PM

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clinton, politics, foreign policy

masbury says:

No kidding. We thought Ahmadinejad was nuts for supposedly threatening the same toward Israel

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4-25-2008 1:16 AM

wiccantexan

Great foreign policy example, Hillary!

4-25-2008 4:03 PM

masbury

Experience counts. Which is also why Bill's done so well during this campaign.

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