{"id":53506,"date":"2016-10-26T08:29:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T12:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=53506"},"modified":"2016-10-26T08:31:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T12:31:27","slug":"trump-clintons-foreign-policy-plan-would-start-ww3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=53506","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Clinton&#8217;s foreign policy plan would start WW3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->BBC<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53508\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/92090149_c362d343-4588-4ee0-a590-b8a8728541d5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53508\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53508\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/92090149_c362d343-4588-4ee0-a590-b8a8728541d5.jpg\" alt=\"AP \u2022 Donald Trump: &quot;Russia is a nuclear country, but a country where the nukes work&quot;\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/92090149_c362d343-4588-4ee0-a590-b8a8728541d5.jpg 660w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/92090149_c362d343-4588-4ee0-a590-b8a8728541d5-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP \u2022 Donald Trump: &#8220;Russia is a nuclear country, but a country where the nukes work&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-body__inner\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"pullout mini-hyper\">\n<div class=\"pullout-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Road to the White House<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"related-items\">\n<li class=\"unit unit--regular\">\n<div class=\"unit__body\">\n<div class=\"unit__header\">\n<div class=\"unit__title\"><span class=\"cta\">Trump v Clinton: Who&#8217;s ahead in the polls?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"unit unit--regular\">\n<div class=\"unit__body\">\n<div class=\"unit__header\">\n<div class=\"unit__title\"><span class=\"cta\">Trump &#8211; living the American dream<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"unit unit--regular\">\n<div class=\"unit__body\">\n<div class=\"unit__header\">\n<div class=\"unit__title\"><span class=\"cta\">Who is the real Hillary Clinton?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"unit unit--regular\">\n<div class=\"unit__body\">\n<div class=\"unit__header\">\n<div class=\"unit__title\"><span class=\"cta\">Key issues &#8211; where candidates stand<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said his rival Hillary Clinton&#8217;s foreign policy plan in Syria would trigger World War Three.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the US should focus on defeating so-called Islamic State (IS) rather than removing Syria&#8217;s president.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Clinton has proposed a no-fly zone over Syria. The top US military chief has said that could spell conflict with Russian jets in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Clinton campaign accused Mr Trump of &#8220;playing to Americans&#8217; fears&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump also attacked Republicans for not uniting behind his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we had party unity, we couldn&#8217;t lose this election to Hillary Clinton,&#8221; he told Reuters news agency at Trump National Doral golf resort in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican standard-bearer struck an apocalyptic tone when criticising his Democratic rival&#8217;s plan to control Syrian air space.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re going to end up in World War Three over Syria if we listen to Hillary Clinton,&#8221; Mr Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re not fighting Syria any more, you&#8217;re fighting Syria, Russia and Iran, all right?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia is a nuclear country, but a country where the nukes work as opposed to other countries that talk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump suggested there should be a refocus away from the long-held US position of trying to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying: &#8220;What we should do is focus on IS. We should not be focusing on Syria.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also suggested Mrs Clinton would be unable to talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin after her sharp criticism of him.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump questioned &#8220;how she is going to go back and negotiate with this man who she has made to be so evil&#8221; if she is elected president on 8 November.<\/p>\n<p>The Clinton campaign dismissed the criticism, saying both Republican and Democratic national security experts have denounced Mr Trump as unfit to be commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once again, he is parroting Putin&#8217;s talking points and playing to Americans&#8217; fears, all while refusing to lay out any plans of his own for defeating ISIS or alleviating humanitarian suffering in Syria,&#8221; Clinton spokesman Jesse Lehrich said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">&#8216;Kill a lot of Syrians&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Mr Trump&#8217;s warning of confrontation with Russia echoes concerns raised last month at a congressional hearing by the highest-ranking military officer in the US armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Marine Gen Joseph Dunford told lawmakers a &#8220;no-fly zone&#8221; in Syria could spell war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, senator, for us to control all of the airspace in Syria it would require us to go to war, against Syria and Russia,&#8221; Gen Dunford told the Senate Arms Services Committee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53509\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/92090342_hi035465952.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53509\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53509\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/92090342_hi035465952.jpg\" alt=\"AP  \u2022  America's highest-ranking military officer has warned against a US-imposed no-fly zone in Syria\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/92090342_hi035465952.jpg 624w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/92090342_hi035465952-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP \u2022 America&#8217;s highest-ranking military officer has warned against a US-imposed no-fly zone in Syria<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a pretty fundamental decision that certainly I&#8217;m not going to make.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the final presidential debate in Nevada on 20 October, Mrs Clinton outlined her support for the measure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A no-fly zone can save lives and hasten the end of the conflict,&#8221; she said on stage.<\/p>\n<p>But in a 2013 speech to Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs, Mrs Clinton said establishing a no-fly zone would &#8220;kill a lot of Syrians&#8221;, according to a transcript disclosed by Wikileaks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"responsive-iframe-89929671\" class=\"bbc-news-vj-iframe-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<p>The civilian death toll would result from the US needing to take out Syrian air defences, which are located in populous areas.<\/p>\n<p>Her policy is not only a disagreement with President Barack Obama, but would be a significant escalation of US involvement in the Syrian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump&#8217;s comments come two weeks before election day and as his campaign grapples with a backlash over a string of accusers who have come forward with allegations of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>The New York businessman, who is trailing Mrs Clinton in national polls, has railed against media and suggested members of the press were colluding to rig the election against him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people are very angry with the leadership of this party, because this is an election that we will win 100% if we had support from the top,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think we&#8217;re going to win it anyway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-body__line\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">What happens next?<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">The two candidates spend the remaining 13 days of campaigning, criss-crossing the country in their bid to persuade undecided voters. Expect to see lots of appearances in battleground states such as Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday 8 November to decide who becomes the 45th president of the US<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">The new president will be inaugurated on 20 January 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/election-us-2016-37766786\">Trump: Clinton&#8217;s foreign policy plan would start WW3 &#8211; BBC News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}