I Agree With Hillary, It Must Be Chilly In Hell

It doesn’t happen often, but this morning there is something about which Hillary Clinton and I agree. Over the weekend, Hillary stated that if she were president, and Iran used nuclear weapons to attack Israel, she would “obliterate’ Iran. Barack Obama said those words were too much like the foreign policy of George Bush. Read about it here.

"It's not the language we need right now, and I think it's language reflective of George Bush," Obama told NBC's "Meet the Press."

Well maybe that’s why I agree with her.

This is a great example of why Barack Obama should not be president. I personally am of the opinion that the United States should do whatever is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, including, as a last resort, military action. I understand there are those that disagree. They argue that we survived a nuclear armed Soviet Union through deterrence; we can survive a nuclear armed Iran the same way. I am not sure that will work with Iran. President Ahmadinejad, who has called for wiping Israel off the map, is a religious zealot. As I have argued before he may very well believe Iran could survive all out war with Israel or even the United States. After all, how could he lose if God wants him to win? But if deterrence is going to be your policy, make sure your message is unambiguous. The Columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote about this idea last month.

How to create deterrence? The way John Kennedy did during the Cuban missile crisis. President Bush should issue the following declaration, adopting Kennedy’s language while changing the names of the miscreants:

It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear attack upon Israel by Iran, or originating in Iran, as an attack by Iran on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon Iran.

This should be followed with a simple explanation: “As a beacon of tolerance and as leader of the free world, the United States will not permit a second Holocaust to be perpetrated upon the Jewish people.”This policy — the Holocaust Declaration — would establish a firm benchmark that would outlive this administration. Every future president — and every serious presidential candidate — would have to publicly state whether or not he supports the Holocaust Declaration.

Well Senator Obama, do you support the Holocaust Declaration or is that too much like George Bush?