Getting into Line for Obliteration

I'm not sure why there's such a big brouhaha on the left about Hillary Clinton's comment that the U. S. could "obliterate" Iran if the Iranians launched a nuclear attack on Israel.

That's pretty much what any American administration would do if Iran nuked Israel.

Of course, I imagine that we'd have to get in line because the Israelis would want to obliterate Iran first.

Personally, I don't care all that much for the Israelis than I care for Iran. But Hillary is just stating the fact of American policy.