On the eve of the Pennsylvania primary, Sen. Clinton decided it was a good moment to talk about how utterly hawkish she could be when protecting Israel.
She promised, among other things, to "obliterate" Iran if it ever launched a nuclear attack on Israel. This was odd talk from a candidate who has promised to do her all to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons, suggesting that she doesn't believe herself and undercutting any sense of resolve she might want to transmit. But, it was a good line to get Jewish voters in Pennsylvania.
Sunday, she gets scolded in a Boston Globe editorial, headlined, "Hillary Strangelove," which says the intemperate language does all kinds of damage:
"She seems not to realize that she undermined Iranian reformists and pragmatists. The Iranian people have been more favorable to America than any other in the Gulf region or the Middle East.
"A presidential candidate who lightly commits to obliterating Iran - and, presumably, all the children, parents, and grandparents in Iran - should not be answering the White House phone at any time of day or night."
Of course, they must be wrong since she became an established expert on foreign policy during her eight years as First Lady.
And, why would she care anyway? By all accounts, she got the Jewish vote. Which was the point.