Clinton Would Nuke Iran

Clinton’s getting downright hawkish.

In the interview Monday, Clinton affirmed that she would warn Iran’s leaders that “their use of nuclear weapons against Israel would provoke a nuclear response from the United States.”

She said U.S. allies in the Middle East were being “intimidated and bullied into submission by Iran,” raising the prospect of an “incredibly destabilizing” arms race in the region.

“I can imagine that they would be rushing to obtain nuclear weapons themselves” if Iran were to develop a nuclear arsenal, she said.

Clinton said it was vital that the United States create a new “security umbrella” to reassure Israel and its other allies in the region that they would not be threatened by Iran. She said she would tell them that “if you were the subject of an unprovoked nuclear attack by Iran, the United States, and hopefully our NATO allies, would respond to that.”

Of course, that’s all well and good, but what if Iran launches a non-nuclear attack on Israel?  Given that every war in history except one has been fought without nuclear weapons, it’s evident that nuclear weapons are not required for complete destruction.  How would she respond if Iran launched a conventional attack?  A biological or chemical weapons attack? 

Clinton’s position is the correct one, but incomplete.