Clinton Threatens Against Iranian Threat

Iran has sent the UN a formal protest condemning Senator Hillary Clinton's remarks about Iran that she made on "Good Morning America." on April 22nd. She stated, "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran (if it attacked Israel)," and goes on to explain that "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
She does explain that while this is a terrible thing to say she is aiming this at the "people who run Iran" and hopes to deter any nuclear action by taking such a bold stance. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday night that Iran is "hell-bent" on acquiring nuclear weapons, which explains Clinton's fear of a potential attack, but that such a threat shouldn't push the US into another war right now.
Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi, Iran’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, was the one to submit the letter of protest to the United Nations secretary general and the United Nations Security Council. He labeled the comments as “provocative, unwarranted and irresponsible” and “a flagrant violation” of the United Nations charter. He went on to say that Iran has no intention of attacking any other country right now but would not hesitate to do so to protect itself.
Clinton has been known to take a much harsher stance on an Iranian attack on Israel than her opponent Senator Barack Obama because, according to Republican nominee John McCain, "Obama's willingness to have diplomatic talks with nations like Iran." McCain, in the same article, goes on to claim that Hamas wants Obama to win the election. He said, "I think it is very clear... why they would not want me to be president of the United States, so if Sen. Obama is favored by Hamas, I think people can make judgments accordingly."