Although ‘vote for change’ has been central to the campaigns of both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the latest comment from Clinton may suggest the opposite.
When asked in a television interview with ABC last week, how she would respond as a future President, if Iran launched a nuclear attack on Israel, she replied:
“If I was the President, we will attack Iran…We would be able to totally obliterate them.”
The comment has been criticised for being irresponsible and insensitive and it seems though doubtful that Mrs Clinton shares the diplomatic abilities of her husband.
As the ‘vote for change’ campaigns continues this might indicate desperation from Clinton who is still behind Obama by 131 delegates, and we can ask whether her latest comment is a last attempt in increasing her support base which has mainly contained women, by speaking the language Americans know, War!
Through the election campaign I have been rooting for Hilary as her experience and relationship with Europe gave me hope the she was the right candidate to continue her husband’s diplomatic work.
Also the ideological conviction she had in relation to the failed but still highly inspirational medical campaign in the mid 1990s showed signs of strength, a woman who cares about the weaker in society and is not willing to compromise her ideological conviction. Now I am not so sure…
