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*Communist University** Course Downloads**:* *[image: CU Course Archive] <http://studycircle.wikispaces.com/Communist+University>* *E-mail forums (click)*: *Communist University <https://groups.google.com/group/communist-university>*; *YCLSA <https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum>*; *CU-Africa <https://groups.google.com/group/CUAfrica>*; *SADTU <https://groups.google.com/group/sadtu-political-education-forum>* *Moderator*: *[email protected] <[email protected]>* On 14 March 2016 at 20:30, VC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > [image: RT.png] > > > > > > > > *First Woman President Nukes Iran* > > > > *Susie Day, MRZine, USA, 1 March 2016* > > > > WASHINGTON -- President Hillary Clinton, making good on *her 2008 threat* > <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/04/clintons-obliterate-iran_n_100031.html> > to *"totally obliterate" Iran* <https://youtu.be/857guwaNbRc>, > celebrated her first week in office by ordering a *nuclear strike* > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb> on Iran's capital city > of Tehran. As a squadron of *F-35s* > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II> streaked > through the sky toward the Mideast metropolis of over eight million, > President Clinton outlined her foreign policy to a bevy of reporters at a > White House press conference. > > > > "I'm not here to bake cookies, people," the President announced. "Women > CEOs have to be twice as good as the boys. Which is why I went nuclear. > You get the entire job done in an hour and a half. Funny you macho sexist > creeps didn't think of this." > > > > Amid a hushed assemblage of media representatives, CNN correspondent > Christiane Amanpour was the first to speak, asking the president just why > she had done this. > > > > "There's nothing in your *'Distrust and Verify'* > <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/us/politics/hillary-clinton-backs-iran-nuclear-deal.html> > plan > that should apply here, Madam President," Ms. Amanpour said. "The Iranian > government has not bombed Israel; neither has *Iran* > <http://news.yahoo.com/iran-complying-nuclear-deal-un-watchdog-165453766.html> > been > caught with nuclear material. And -- just to play devil's advocate -- why > can *Israel* > <https://www.google.com/search?q=nuclear+Israel+site%3Aelectronicintifada.net> > have > nuclear weapons, while Iran can't?" > > > > "You know, Christiane," smiled the president evenly, as she pressed a > little button on the podium to summon the Secret Service, "my friend, > former Secretary of State *Madeleine Albright* > <https://www.google.com/search?q=Albright%3A+There%27s+a+special+place+in+hell+for+women+who+don%27t+help+each+other>, > once said, 'There's a special place in hell for women who don't help each > other. . .'" > > > > As Ms. Amanpour disappeared behind a posse of black-suited agents, the > president called on CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer. > > > > "Not that I have any real problem with this," began Mr. Blitzer > cautiously, "but shouldn't *Congress* > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution> have approved this > strike?" > > > > Eyes flashing defiance, fists methodically clenching then unclenching, > President Clinton announced that she was "fed up" with "male media bias." > > > > "Ever since aerial bombardment was invented, white male American > presidents have launched missile strikes without congressional approval," > the President shot back. "My stars, look at *Nixon* > <http://monthlyreview.org/2015/05/01/honor-the-vietnamese-not-those-who-killed-them/>; > look at *Reagan* <https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL30352.pdf>. Look > at *Obama* > <http://theweek.com/articles/539263/obamas-warpowers-farce-want-limit-presidential-power-dont-start-illegal-wars> > paving > the way for presidents of color to *bomb* > <https://twitter.com/MicahZenko/status/695258208861052928> *Syria* > <https://twitter.com/JorgeGestoso/status/680028460891418625> and *Iraq* > <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/world/middleeast/more-and-more-special-forces-become-obamas-military-answer.html>without > permission -- even pioneering unauthorized *drone* > <http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/01/12/reflecting-on-obamas-presidency/obamas-embrace-of-drone-strikes-will-be-a-lasting-legacy> > strikes. > Call this equal-opportunity Armageddon, but if *Harry S. Truman* > <http://apjjf.org/-Peter-J.-Kuznick/2479/article.html> can drop the big > one *without congressional approval* > <https://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/>, > so can I." > > > > Although some "it's-time-for-a-woman" presidential campaigners say they > feel betrayed by the president's nuclear strike, it does, in fact, square > with decades of Hillary Clinton's military policy. This includes Mrs. > Clinton's support for *massive government aid and commercial arms sales > to rightwing countries* > <http://www.ibtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donors-got-weapons-deals-hillary-clintons-state-department-1934187>, > including *Israel* > <https://twitter.com/KumarsSalehi/status/685928243178766336> and *Saudi > Arabia* <https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/603186163189354496>; *her > 2002 vote* <https://youtu.be/2ySJLIc5BJM>in the Senate for the war in > *Iraq* <https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/704368855968260096>; and, > as Secretary of State, her military intervention in *Libya* > <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/hillary-clinton-libya.html>. > Interviewed on CBS News about the 2011 ouster of Libyan leader *Muammar* > <http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/butchering-gaddafi-america%E2%80%99s-crime> > *Qaddafi* > <http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n22/hugh-roberts/who-said-gaddafi-had-to-go>, > Mrs. Clinton quipped, *"We came, we saw, he died."* > <https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/704490123128410112> Recently, > former Republican Florida Representative *Joe Scarborough* > <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/03/26/scarborough_hillary_clinton_will_be_more_of_a_neocon_than_the_republican_nominee.html> > remarked, > "Hillary is the neocon's neocon. . . . There's hardly been a military > engagement that Hillary hasn't been for in the past 20 years." > > > > Indeed, there is some indication that, among neocons of note, Hillary > Clinton's presence in the White House may actually have advanced the cause > of *feminism* > <http://www.thenation.com/article/why-this-socialist-feminist-is-not-voting-for-hillary/>. > Reached by phone, former presidential candidate and Hillary-hater *Donald > Trump* <https://twitter.com/DailyMail/status/703950809424379905> expressed > "total support" for President Clinton's bombing, admitting that, because of > it, he has realized he is a "sexist pig." > > > > "I used to think *feminists* <http://monthlyreview.org/subjects/feminism/> > wanted > to tear down our *military/industrialist complex* > <http://monthlyreview.org/2014/07/01/surveillance-capitalism/> and make > it all sissy-socialist. But if *feminists* > <http://monthlyreview.org/2014/11/01/welcome-to-post-feminism-and-the-left-is-obsolete/> > can > help us get rid of the towel-head menace, they're OK by me. You also got > to admire how the little lady never really responded to those *Black > Lives Matter* > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihdrYOJZWKCRAR5v59d79A/videos> > *activists* <https://twitter.com/Ash_Bash23/status/703273566800896001> who > kept *interrupting her campaign* > <https://twitter.com/Ash_Bash23/status/703017144741732352> -- proving > conclusively that they *don't* matter. And if *feminism* > <http://monthlyreview.org/2010/12/01/free-market-feminism/> had anything > to do with how Hillary has not lifted a finger to change the drug laws or > sentencing guidelines that she and her hubby devised in the 1990s to > overflow the *prisons* <http://monthlyreview.org/subjects/incarceration/> > with *super-predators* > <http://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/>, > I got to say, All Hail Hillary." > > > > Adding that he regrets all the sexist things he has ever done or said in > his life, Mr. Trump announced that he now believes menstruation is "neat." > To atone for his sexism, Mr. Trump stated, he would sign an open letter > being circulated by a group of renowned misogynists, including Lawrence > Summers and Mel Gibson, apologizing for male chauvinism and promoting the > global equality of all the sexes, "providing they are of the Caucasian > gender." > > > > Meanwhile, in Iran, reports are that the mushroom cloud over Tehran is > dissipating, while fireballs, shockwaves, and radiation are beginning to > encircle the Earth, causing nuclear winter and the probable extinction of > life as we know it. Back at the White House press conference, Fox News > anchor Megyn Kelly speaks up. > > > > "Madam President, I say with all humility that I am in awe of how you > overcame your weepy, liberal female concern for millions of supposedly > defenseless Iranians. Bravo. How did you do it?" > > > > "Assertiveness workshops," answers President Clinton. "I also channeled > the powerful women in history, like Catherine the Great and Golda Meir. > They helped me to see my strike was a sort of 'bomb for a people in a > country without a bomb.' Besides, what did any of *those* > <https://youtu.be/558NW8DI4L8?list=PLQbXtUcOCRRap0A5Id8ZKmGmoplVgw3Cy> > *Iranian* > <https://youtu.be/cawsYtfkKlo?list=PLQbXtUcOCRRap0A5Id8ZKmGmoplVgw3Cy> > *women* > <https://youtu.be/3xzw3MytYCA?list=PLQbXtUcOCRRap0A5Id8ZKmGmoplVgw3Cy> ever > do to get me elected?" > > > > Laughing joyfully, the two women rushed across the pressroom, threw their > arms around one another, and hugged, like sisters. > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Susie Day is a writer. Her book *Snidelines: Talking Trash to Power > <http://www.abingdonsquarepublishing.com/snidelines.htm>* is available > from Abdingdon Square Publishing: < > *www.abingdonsquarepublishing.com/snidelines.htm* > <http://www.abingdonsquarepublishing.com/snidelines.htm>>. > > > > > > *From: http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2016/day010316.html > <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2016/day010316.html>* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 13176 (20160314) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > -- > -- > You are subscribed. 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