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Jill Stein: Syria invited Russia into war; don't threaten no-fly zone

Q: Why do you think a nuclear war is more likely under a President Clinton than a President Trump?

STEIN: If you watched the debate the other night, you would have heard Trump saying that he's looking for collaboration with Putin. But I consider the threat of nuclear war not trivial at all, and this is one of the most clear and present dangers to our surroundings.

Q: Why is it more likely under Clinton, though? This is about Trump's hair-trigger temper generally, not just with Putin.

STEIN: Put it this way: The most likely nuclear threat right now is with Russia. And when you have Hillary Clinton then beating the war drums against Russia, and essentially saying that if she's elected that we will declare war on Russia--because that's what a no-fly zone over Syria amounts to. Shooting down Russian warplanes.

Q: Not if the Russians adhere.

STEIN: But our no-fly zone does not adhere to international law. Syria--for better or for worse--invited Russia there.

Source: Slate.com interview after Second 2016 Presidential Debate Oct 19, 2016

Matt Bevin: No unilateral action in Eastern Europe

I asked about how Bevin would respond to Russia's intervention in Crimea, were he in the Senate. "When you come from a position of waffling and equivocation and weakness, you don't curry respect from the world's leaders."

But would he want missile defense restored in Eastern Europe? "So much of that is contingent what the people in these places where the bases would be built have to say about it. We can't tell people unilaterally that they have to put missile bases on the

Source: Slate.com CPAC coverage of 2014 Kentucky Senate race Mar 7, 2014

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