Clinton wants talks with ‘terrorists’
October 12, 2007
- Her rivel, Barach Obama, attacks Hillary Clinton for voting to designate Iranian Revolutionary Guards as ‘terrorists’
- At the same time, Clinton has called for talks with Iran, with no preconditions
The Iran issue has become a political hot potato with the Democrat nominees for the presidency. In the last few days the frontrunners, Obama and Clinton, have been jostling to get their policies heard.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/10/11/hillarys_iran_vote.html?hpid=news-col-blog
In the space of two weeks, Hillary Clinton, favourite for the Democratic nomination and US Presidency has effectively said she’s happy to sit and talk with ‘terrorists’. Having voted two weeks ago to designate the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as a terrorist entity, she has also promised to talk directly to the Iranian government if elected.
The IRGC are an integral part of the Iranian government – they have political and economic influence, acting as the right arm of the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad himself was a former member.
So in other words, Clinton would give the green-light to open negotiations with ‘terrorists’; a notion that would be unacceptable to the US public. No wonder Obama has criticised her apparent ‘flip-flopping’.
