Blumenthal: The Hyperbole and Over-Heated Rhetoric Raises Questions About Credibility

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BLUMENTHAL: "The hyperbole and overheated rhetoric raises questions about credibility. And so, many us question whether it shows the kind of judgment and temperament that are appropriate in this situation. As you observed and Mr. Rhodes, not since Harry Truman, in fact, has this kind of rain of ruin, I think those were Harry Truman’s words, after the Hiroshima attack, to pressure the Japanese into surrendering, in effect, a threat of another nuclear attack, has any president used this kind of rhetoric, and the fact that it was used and improvised without review or vetting of his national security team, certainly raises questions about the process that is under way in the White House; a process that will involve the most serious decisions about war and peace."