She Was Against It Before She Was For It...

NEW YORK — "Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, who chastised rival Barack Obama for ruling out the use of nuclear weapons in the war on terror, did just that when asked about Iran a year ago.

"I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table," she said in April 2006.

Her views expressed while she was gearing up for a presidential run stand in conflict with her comments this month regarding Obama, who faced heavy criticism from leaders of both parties, including Clinton, after saying it would be "a profound mistake" to deploy nuclear weapons in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"There's been no discussion of nuclear weapons. That's not on the table," he said.

Clinton, who has tried to cast her rival as too inexperienced for the job of commander in chief, said of Obama's stance on Pakistan: "I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or non-use of nuclear weapons."

But that's exactly what she did in an interview with Bloomberg Television in April 2006. The New York senator, a member of the Armed Services committee, was asked about reports that the Bush administration was considering military intervention — possibly even a nuclear strike — to prevent Iran from escalating its nuclear program.

"I have said publicly no option should be off the table, but I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table," Clinton said. "This administration has been very willing to talk about using nuclear weapons in a way we haven't seen since the dawn of a nuclear age. I think that's a terrible mistake."

Clinton's views on the potential use of nuclear weapons appear to have changed since then."

Duh. Ya think?

NOW she must appear tough, no easy task when one is 5' nothing and matronly, so EVERYTHING is on the table including the kitchen sink. All any of this indicates is the fact that neither Hussein or RodHam should have occupations that require them to be anywhere near weapons of mass destruction because she's a wimp and he hasn't the stones to go after anyone with a purple passion either. Back when RodHam was Chief-Lady she was forever busting the horns of the Joint Chiefs in her attempts to introduce diplomacy and negotiation into scenarios requiring nothing less than a really sharp stick in someone's eye.

Damn but I can't wait until Julie or Fred get the chance to debate either of these mutts.