Adviser: Romney Would Back Israeli Strike Against Iran
- Posted on July 29, 2012 at 8:29am by
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, arriving in Israel with wife Ann on July 28, would "respect" a unilateral strike by the Jewish state against Iran to keep it from developing nuclear weapons, a top adviser said Sunday. (AP)
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would “respect” a unilateral Israeli strike against Iran to keep the country from developing nuclear weapons, a top Romney adviser said Sunday.
(Related: Report: Obama Admin Shared U.S. Contingency Plan for Iran Attack With Netanyahu)
“If Israel has to take action on its own, in order to stop Iran from developing that capability the governor would respect that decision,” foreign policy adviser Dan Senor told reporters in Israel during the candidate’s visit to the Jewish state, CNN reported.
According to Politico, Senor said keeping the threat of a military strike on the table represents the best chance for peace.
“The governor believes that at this point the only thing that could focus and force the minds of the Iranian leadership on ending their nuclear weapons, their path to a nuclear weapons capability, is the belief that the alternative is far worse,” he said.
The Romney campaign subsequently issued a clarification from Senor saying the former Massachusetts governor “believes we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the Iranian regime from its nuclear course, and it is his fervent hope that diplomatic and economic measures will do so.”
“In the final analysis, of course, no option should be excluded. Gov. Romney recognizes Israel’s right to defend itself, and that it is right for America to stand with it,” he said.
The hawkish tone from the Romney camp comes as both he and President Barack Obama vie for Jewish voter support and seek to establish their commitment to Israel: Last week, on the eve of Romney’s overseas tour, Obama signed a $70 million bill in approved funding for Israel’s “Iron Dome” rocket defense system. Additionally, a report in an Israeli newspaper the same weekend as Romney’s trip said the Obama administration has shared its contingency plan for an attack on Iran with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a major foreign policy address scheduled for later Sunday, Romney is expected to state flat-out that preventing a nuclear Iran “must be our highest national security priority.”
“Make no mistake: the ayatollahs in Tehran are testing our moral defenses. They want to know who will object, and who will look the other way,” Romney will say, according to advance excerpts of the address provided by his campaign. “My message to the people of Israel and the leaders of Iran is one and the same: I will not look away, and neither will my country.”
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Comments (103)
LeadNotFollow
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 3:28pm…
Report Post »Israel is a tiny but powerful nation. I don’t think they need our help to defeat Iran.
Israel has taken a whole lot of crap from Iran. Israel is getting sick of being pushed around, bullied, and threatened, by Iran.
I stand with Israel. God stands with Israel. They will be victorious.
marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 3:49pmWhat Mitt Romney actually said was we will join the nations that will follow us.
Is he on drugs?
If people are following you, are you not the leader?
Mitt Romney is as shallow as President Obama.
Report Post »Tonto USA
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:15pmAside from the fact that Israel has endured 60+ years of attacks, killings and woundings inspired by islam, all indicators point to the fact that ISLAM has been at war with the world for 1400+ years. When talking to an islam slave, one will find that the purist islamisist will tell you that the planet exists in two parts….Dar al islam(world of submission) and Dar al Harb(world of war). Our own Thomas Jefferson studied the coran to try to figure out why islamics were attacking American shipping in the Mediterranean. He found that they were simply following the teachings of their “book” and islamisists saw nothing unusual about it at all. War, slavery, robbery, misogyny, destruction and attacks at anything considered “anti-islam“ or ”disrespectful” of some of the stupidest stuff I ever heard of is NORMAL for islam.
Report Post »Not only is Romney correct about supporting Israel, but what is happening in every islamic area should be motivation to proactively support a Crusade to destroy islam “root and branch”.
mygunsweetness
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 1:42pmI am a American and there is no way I’m voting for romney or obummer cuz nothing will change,both of them work and worship the top 1% of the world(globalist) don’t you people get it they want to rip our Constitution apart and make us slaves that might be alright with you,but,I was born a free man and I plan on dying a free man and if you think what we have now is freedom you deserve to be they’re slaves and lap dogs.If either one of these men get in the W.H. they will drive us to a civil war.People are way pasted getting lied to,so just stick to your rep.,dem crap and help them destroy America.WAKE UP and help make America right again.God will not help us if we don’t try to help ourselves
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:05pmWay to take a stand.
Report Post »Not voting only helps Obama.
You are accountable for that.
soybomb315
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 3:29pm@TelepromoterNChief
Report Post »I blame the people who nominated the most liberal and most anti-constitutional candidate in the republican field. I also blame those in the republican party who seek to refute the constitutional wing at every opportunity (whether legal or illegally)
BlackCrow
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:36pmThe biggest mistake Ronald Reagan made was NOT taking those wantabe Persians off the face of the planet with extreme prejudice.
Report Post »jonnydoe
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 11:21amYeah, that’s it. Who cares about all the millions of Iranian citizens who just want to live out their lives peacefully and don’t want war?
When innocent women and children become nothing more than collateral damage, then you are no better than those you oppose.
Report Post »DisposableWorker
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:17pmI know I said the there were a lot of political cow pies in this guys recent past; but the more he “grows into” the position the better he looks. I am willing to give him 4 years; but the Republican Party is officially **** in my book. I’ll vote Romney just before I find out if I’m going to live or if I’m on my way out. For the sake of the family I may be leaving behind, I hope this whole thing can be turned around.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:14amDoesn’t matter”
Report Post »Mitt wont be president.
Obama will do whatever possible to maintain his power.
America is finished.
Shame on everyone who did not vote or voted for Obama.
Shame on you!!
VoteBushIn12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:43pmShame proudly received.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:07amHowever tenuous the alliance is, Mr. Beck has joined forces with Pastor Hagee.
It is Pastor Hagee that says all Jews are going to hell.
It is Pastor Hagee’s mission to convert all Jews to Christianity.
This would wipe Judasim off the face of the earth.
It is Pastro Hagee, Mr. Beck, and his Keys, who are supposed to be like-minded, who are a bigger threat to Israel than Iran could ever be.
Report Post »DisposableWorker
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:08pm“Pastor [whatever his name] needs to review the curses HaShem laid on everybody who curses us. Jews already believe in messiah; they just don’t go for the gentile version of him. Also, many of us do know that Yeshua BenYosef is the Messiah. Lastly Yeshua didn’t teach “Christianity” he taught paleo-Judaism. So Christians need to consider moving away from pagan practices and toward becoming righteous gentiles. Guys like this Hagee exist in every religion. They insist that they have the only shiny key to GanEden, but they are nothing more than blind shepherds. So sorry if that upsets anybody. The truth after 2 millenia of lies from Shaul Ben Yahuda (Paul) on one side and Akiva Ben Josehh on the other have hardened hearts to such an extent that very few will look away from their own dogmas. May your spirit and your soul be blessed. May you have a joyful place in the world to come. May laughter be your song and dancing be your walk. May the only tears you shed be those of overwhelming joy.
Report Post »Beachmastermax
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 6:26pmThe only difference between Judaism and Christianity is that we believe the Messiah has already come. We believe Jesus of Bethlehem (Micah 5:2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.”) is the Son of God (Psalms 2:7-8), the Anointed one, the one who is “Ready to Judge”. Jesus is the sin bearer, the Lamb of God (Isaiah 53, . 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities ; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way ; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.) Lastly he was crucified as told in Psalms 22:14 “I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint ; My heart is like wax ; It is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws ; And You lay me in the dust of death. 16 For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me; 18 They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots” (this was written 2000 years before the Romans invented crucifixtion). And no…it was not pastor Hagee who said Jesus is the only way…..it was Lion of Judah, Jesus who
Report Post »Guerrino_P
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:56amRomney should really keep his yapper shut. I’m putting my money on Iran if Israel does something stupid.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:14amChina and Russia will eventually slap Washington down, we can’t even fix our problems, we need to stay out of more war….by the way, we’re BROKE….
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:06pmThat’s why I support abortion.
Report Post »No right minded moral person will do such a hideous crime against humanity.
Abortion is what cowards do and it keeps their numbers down.
Eadweard Merten
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:53amIf Israel wants to do that, fine with me, just do not get the United States involved, we have enough problems right now as it is (Obama, Holder, bad economy, etc.,)
In fact I support Israel and Zionism so much I wish that more American Jews would move there to make Israel stronger!
Report Post »VoteBushIn12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:43pmYou hate Jews and want them to leave America?
Report Post »Eadweard Merten
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 12:05pmAbsolutely not!
One of my Uncles (related through marriage) is Jewish and is one of the leading physicists in the Country.
He is a big time Zionist and so am I. Just want to see Israel become stronger that is all.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:48amRemember in the debates when Ron Paul said Israel should be allowed to defend itself against Iran? Remember how he said that solve the Iran problem, instead of USA going in to nation-build. Remember how the republicans laughed him off the stage and called those ideas “kooky”…..
Now Mitt Romney goes to Israel and says the same exact thing. WHO IS THE WISER?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZrTV-CDAUc
Report Post »mygunsweetness
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:53amAmen Brother
Report Post »Ted Zeppelin
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:27amIf I were President, I’d encourage Iran to accelerate their nuclear bomb programs by showing them just how well our nuclear bombs work. I’d drop a couple on Iran real soon.
However as a humanitarian, I’d want to warn the people. I’d put a loud whistle on the front of the bombs.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:36amTED ZEPPELIN, I fully expect to turn on the news one of these days to find out that Iranian nuke scientists have accidentally turned a portion of their own country into a navigational aid for UFOs.
Report Post »mygunsweetness
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:51amWe can‘t keep bombing nations that hasn’t done anything to us first,Iran knows they cannot bomb us and serve it and they like their lifes alot better than they let on.These wars are going to bankrupt us and that’s what the gobalist want so they can set up the new world order. If you want the UN to run our nation and the top 1% of the world run them.Don’t you think we better fix our problems,before we go starting more wars.Our enemys aren’t 7,000 miles away they’re right here in our backyards.Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:42amMYGUNS.
You didn’t get the memo? You and those ilk you, er, like you… are now supposed end your posts with…
Obama/Biden/Paul (and acolytes)
Report Post »2012.
Individualism
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:22amRomney is a traitor to this country if he does this, if this happens we need to boycott Israel till they leave out of our politics for good, this country is partially responsible for massive debt, troop deaths and making us more enemies.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:33amwe can’t have US troops make Iran another Iraq or Afghanistan and occupy it for 10 years.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:39amWell yeah, he’s a traitor for his support of bills that void our rights, but this has been RP’s position from the start. At least the first part of the story.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:20amWhat are you talking about ? Romney is supposed to be able to “order” another country to do what he decides ? This is crazy talk. Every country must act to protect itself. For all of you so-called Ron Paul who claim to be so independent and hate the UN, gun restrictions , etc., to hit on this point is goofy. You are just out to trash Romney . We get it. Pretty Transparent as “ they ” say….
Report Post »tzion
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 3:15pm@individualism
Report Post »Did you even read the story? Of course not. You just see the words “Romney” and “Iran” and immediately decide what you want it to say is what it actually says. Romney merely said that he wouldn‘t stand in Israel’s way, which is far preferable in my opinion than Obama’s tenuous hints of possible military action. Israel needs to know upfront what our position is. Obama saying he’s considering military action with Israel is merely an attempt to stall them.
mygunsweetness
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:17amListen up Romney supporters Ron Paul will run as a Ind.His supporters will vote for him and it will split the Rep.vote and put obummer back in the W.H. So unless you want this to happen you better WAKE UP and go with Ron Paul the one and only that wants to go back to our Constitution and audit the fed. The one that doesn’t flip flop,tells it like it is,tells the truth and wants to save our Nation from socialism and total control from our gov. and the top 1% that runs them.If you don’t WAKE UP and vote for Ron Paul it will be your fault for what comes on us the next 4yrs and beyond.Ron Paul 2012.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:31amFunny how even Rand Paul is a Romney supporter. Maybe it‘s you guy’s that need to wake-up.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:36amNah, he’s not running as an independent. At least he‘s said that he wouldn’t. I hope he changes his mind.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:46amRon Paul will not be running as an independent. The deadline has passed for filing. However, at least half of the Ron Paul supporters will not vote Romney.
Making Ron Paul the nominee would give the repubilcans >10% boost. Or they could make a compromise and put someone like Rand Paul, Demint or Mike Lee and truely unite the party
Report Post »mygunsweetness
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:55amDon’t blame the father for a rotting son,he made his choice let him live with it
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:03amHeck Soy, They could throw us a bone on Civil Liberties to bridge the gap if they wanted our support, but the way they’ve acted during the primaries, I don’t think the fascist right really cares about us in the remnant.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:11am@MY
So now Rand Paul is a “rotten son”.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:36amRon Paul supporters will be zeroed out by the 10% lazy Obama supporters who won’t get their @sses up off the couch this time around, the White Guilters who did their part for their conscience and are now satisfied, and the history makers who have no need to make history repeat itself.
Ron Paul supporters will continue to be like the Saddam dead-enders who melted into the countryside… but will continue creeping to the roadside, and planting some IED‘s because that’s what they do.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:53am@Time2
Report Post »I guess you missed Restoring Love this weekend. When will you stop posting abject defomations?
TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:11pmSOY. Did you mean abject deformation (like metamorphoses) or abject defamation (like slander)?
I do neither…. lol. I’m a straight up, unchanging and unbending truth teller.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:19pmdont kid yourself…If you dont realize it then you are living in a dream world like one of those mass killers. You arent on mental medications are you?
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:36pmThat old “medication” line never gets old with you testosterone deficient ladies on the left eh SOY?
Reduce that SOY intake… will make you feel more manly, less Code-Pink Lady…
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 2:04pmhe (Time) is not taking his meds that is the problem. If his mind ever worked it quit long ago.
As for Paul, he won’t run if he is not the rep. nominee. If the Republican Party was smart they would try to bring us in the fold. I have my doubts that Romney and the boys actually want to win. We shall see We need to pray for Time
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:11amIran presently has the 2nd highest population of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel:
“Following the overthrow of the shah and the declaration of an Islamic state in 1979, Iran severed relations with Israel. The country has subsequently supported many of the Islamic terrorist organizations that target Jews and Israelis, particularly the Lebanon-based, Hezbollah. Nevertheless, Iran’s Jewish community is the largest in the Middle East outside Israel.”
Jews of Iran
How many Jews currently living in Iran presently are sufficient to sacrifice in an airstrike there?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:25amKIDCHARLEMAGNE, I’m sure that is a point of concern to Israel and the IDF. I would expect that if Israel did strike Iran, it would be contained in a very centralized location or locations. Such as the location or locations of their nuclear industrial and research locations. Maybe you will remember the tight formation of Israeli F16s that resembled the radar reading of a 747 during Operation Opera when they destroyed the nuclear power plant in Iraq, 7 June 1981.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:01ama strike on Iran will most likely result in WW3. it looks like it has to happen because Israel has to defend itself. Romny will back Israel and the USA should. GOD keep Romney safe because there a lot of Obama supporters that would rather see Romney dead than see Obama lose this November.
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:33amLeftists and islamists share the same goal: the destruction of Americanism (freedom). In the near future, when the free world goes to war to remove the islamic-terrorist regime in Iran, you will hear the outcry from the leftist-statist regimes, primarily Russia and China.
Report Post »JoJoinSC
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:28amRomney irl speks her min from “America Street” click “like” on youtube show her your support- http://youtu.be/PiPYv4NIOEg
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:23amWhat Mitt Romney is proposing is something that Ron Paul has long advocated. If Restoring Love has softened your heart in the slightest, i suggest you watch this….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZrTV-CDAUc
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:14amCan you say: ULTERIOR MOTIVES?:
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Report Post »“According to Ronen Bergman, Israel sold Iran US$75 million worth of arms from stocks of Israel Military Industries, Israel Aircraft Industries and Israel Defense Force stockpiles, in their Operation Seashell in 1981. Materiel included 150 M-40 antitank guns with 24,000 shells for each gun, spare parts for tank and aircraft engines, 106 mm, 130 mm, 203 mm and 175 mm shells and TOW missiles. This materiel was transported first by air by Argentine airline Transporte Aéreo Rioplatense and then by ship.”
Operation Seashell (1981)
TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:21amFile this “operation” in the “round file” just after the Ron Paul/Alex Jones acolyte spin of the USS Liberty incident.
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:06amTIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:21am
File this “operation” in the “round file” just after the Ron Paul/Alex Jones acolyte spin of the USS Liberty incident.
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You gonna’ toss Iran-Contra in there too?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:30amTIME, reminds me of the idiotic posts of DAYOFTHEROPE, whom I believe is no longer with us…at least by that Turner Diaries’ based site name.
Report Post »http://www.theblaze.com/users/dayoftherope/
RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:34amKIDCHARLEMAGNE, please show us anywhere that Iran/Contra was ever proven to be true. The congressional inquiries never had any desired results, nobody was ever eventually charged with anything. It was a political witch hunt that the left still bandies about so much that so many Americans still seem to believe that it was all true. So far, it has been nothing more than BS. How far did then Senator Al Gore get with his stupid line of questioning and personal refusal to believe that Osama bin Laden was ever a terrorist?
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:05amRJJ. Yeah, KID post some, ahem, doozies supplied by his never ending slips into an alternate universe a la, Alex Jones etc. He’s just a regular Israel hater (with a unique spin)…no better than TECHENGINER. KID’s a Ron Paul apologist, endorser and apologist for radical Islam and blame America firster. Not to mention part of the re-elect Obama committee of Paul supporters who see it as their mission to tear down the Republican Party and the likes of Ronald Reagan and Conservatives.
Never saw the screen name you mentioned or the posts. Will check out your link.
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 5:14pmRJJinGadsden
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:34am
KIDCHARLEMAGNE, please show us anywhere that Iran/Contra was ever proven to be true.
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You might as well save the huffing and puffing…..
On March 4, 1987 Ronald Reagan addressed the nation to admit that it was true:
Ronald Reagan (March 4, 1987 on Iran-Contra)
(Full transcript of Reagan’s admission):
“Let’s start with the part that is the most controversial. A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. As the Tower board reported, what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages. This runs counter to my own beliefs, to administration policy, and to the original strategy we had in mind. There are reasons why it happened, but no excuses. It was a mistake. I undertook the original Iran initiative in order to develop relations with those who might assume leadership in a post-Khomeini government.”
Report Post »Address to the Nation on Iran-Contra (March 4, 1987)
jonnydoe
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 9:40amKIDCHARLEMAGNE, Notice how quiet it got after your last post????
Report Post »supermansdad
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:14amGood!
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:09amYes, Israel can do whatever it deems necessary to protect itself-with or without US approval.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:07am“Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would “respect” a unilateral Israeli strike against Iran to keep the country from developing nuclear weapons, a top Romney adviser said Sunday.”
Unreal. This is exactly Ron Paul’s position all along – ‘allow Israel to defend itself’. But Ron Paul was criticized and laughed off the stage….WHY THE HYPOCRISY
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:04amGod Bless Israel. They have a right to defend their country. Obama has no clue as to what happens in the middle east other than trying to be friends to radical muslims.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:23amSince Obama was mentored by Marxists , he probably has no real understanding of the hate which formed alliances behind WWI and II . Am sure he was brainwashed by their anti-imperialism / anti-colonialism typical “ hate the rich ” white guy crap that is at the heart of their envy / revenge filled political philosophy . Philosophies based on hate usually have terrible endings. Wish Obama had studied more history and less community organizing ! ( will we ever know what he really did study ???)
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:01amAnd President Obama just sold Israel $73 million worth of more weapons to do it.
They are the same guy.
Mr. Beck has said he opposes any further arm sales to Israel.
Theblaze corrected their previous heard error and acknowledged that Iran never said they intended to wipe Israel off the map.
Why support another war based on false premises. That’s not leadership. That’s war profiteering.
Report Post »Where’s the respect for human life?
qpwillie
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:10am@marybethelizabeth
Report Post »I don’t know what the Blaze said about it but I know Ahmadinejad and other Iranian officials have stated several times, their intentions to wipe Israel off the map.
TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:15amThis is what Obama has offered Israel, same as Japan, Egypt (under Mubarak), Saudi Arabia, and Iraq… the BIG chill… while China, Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood and Russia have received reassurance and “reset.”
Obama regardless of any arms sale would sell Israel down the river if push comes to shove.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:17amIran now says they did not say that they intend to wipe Israel off the map ??!! Ho. Ho. Apparently, Iran must be studying Obama campaign tapes ! In the Land of Smoke and Mirrors , in the Land of Big Lies, one can say one did NOT say what one actually is taped saying ! Guess that is why Muslims like Obama and his Far Lefties : they speak the same language . ( We used to call it lying . Like we used to call “ redistribution ” stealing ! Strange moral code in this Orwellian Far Left / Islamic fanatic world ! They will make great partners . Sort of like Hitler and Stalin made great partners. Unified in hate . )
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:23amHere’s theblaze story:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wipe-them-off-the-face-of-the-earth-iran-issues-new-threat-to-israel/
It is a misquote and President Ahmadinejad never said it.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:28am@barber2
A contemporary report of him saying it can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/world/africa/26iht-iran.html?_r=1
Google is loaded with blogs trying to erase the fact that he said it.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:33amBRABER2. The Qu’ran + “al-Taqiyya” = “dissimulation” = it’s okay to lie.
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:40amNice try MaryBethSybil. Problem with this situation, Obama did it because it’s an election year and he needs the votes…
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:41amOf course the internet if filled with corrections.
The truth is important to some people regardless of political correctness.
Conservatives beat the drums of war and Democrats jump in with both feet.
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Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:42amMARY: If you believe ANYTHING that Mr. Mad says, you are in serious trouble. Oh, wait. I bet you voted for Obama and believe what he says too !
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:55amMr Barber2 if by Mr. Mad you are referring to the Iranian President, who supposedly said he wanted to wipe Israel off the face of the map, and you say don’t believe him , then you don’t think he wants to wipe Israel off the face of the map?
I didn’t vote for President Obama.
I thought he would make a terrible President. He didn’t have the political experience to assemble a government and has been relying on the same old same old Bush/Clinton regime.
I think I was right. It has been a disaster.
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barber2
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:15amMary : I believe the president of Iran said that he wished to wipe Israel off the map. And I still believe that you voted for Obama.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 3:18pm@Marybeth
Report Post »Do you think that’s the only reason to attack Iran? Iran has actively armed and supported Hamas and Hezbollah in their attacks against Israel and Israelis both in Israel and abroad. Whose to say their next shipment won’t contain nuclear weapons?
justangry
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 6:13pm@Tzion, by your logic we should be getting bombed right now for arming Al Queda.
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Posted on July 29, 2012 at 8:59amThe Whirling Dervishes for Ron Paul will soon be in (aside from insulting any potential Romney voter) to declare that Romney is only reiterating what Ron Paul has been stating all along (not to mention that Ron Paul loves him some Israel)… for America to stop being Israel‘s puppet master and unleash the might of Israel on her enemies if that’s what Israel desires.
Difference between what Romney is stating and what Ron Paul or his aPaulogists would do… is born out in the last paragraph here of Romney’s statement…”I will not look away, and neither will my country.”
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 9:10am“I will not look away, and neither will my country.”
Aaaand what exactly does that mean? Nothing. Romney now has the same policy as Ron Paul. You must be beside yourself
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:16amAre you saying he has ever held a different position? I don‘t know what his position would be if Israel preemptively attacked Russia and China’s ally and they got into the mix. Do you think that if they start something bigger than they can handle we should rush in and bail them out? If so why?
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Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:43amFirst of all JUST… screw Russia and China… it’s TIME_2_TAKE_A_STAND… we will get blamed in the Muslame world anyways if Israel attacks Iran, or no matter what we did/do to try and dissuade them. We DID have Iran flanked (Iraq/Afghanistan), so that would have been in OUR (and Israel’s) favor if we needed to help them out. And it’s only a matter of time before they do (mark my words) that Israel attempts to take out Iran nuclear capabilites.
Israel probably can do much damage to Iran’s nuclear program, but a strike likely would only set it back three to five years at best unless the Israelis get considerable help from us or others in the Arab world (many who see the Persians as mortal enemies anyways). Israel has great human intelligence and a “competent weapons” program, but they cannot match us in overhead imagery, electronic surveillance and creating weapons that can penetrate underground to get at hardened facilities. In addition, we have a capacity to do in-flight refueling and rescue downed aircrews, both of which would be of invaluable aid in an Israeli strike.
I say… GO FOR IT and get behind Israel Militarily… screw the Russian and Chinese and let the chips fall where they may. It’s time.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:56amlet israel take out Iran. Israel has a superior military, nukes, chemical, and biological weapons. Not even a contest
Much better than us getting involved and starting a world war or another nation-building excercise
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 10:59amYou made a good point about everyone assuming we would be involved in an Israeli unilateral attack on Iran, and I’m not a fan of Russia and China either. Still this war has been planned for a long time and I really don’t think it has anything to do with their nuclear program. Do you think God will protect Israel?
Report Post »resme
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:09amI have another good 40-60 years to live. I know you are close to death timetoendmylife, Must be the reason you are ready to start world war 3.
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Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:15amSOY, Didn’t see your comment… there was JUST‘s then all of a sudden your’s appeared before it.
Ron Paul can state that he’s a friend to Israel all he wants, but the published record stands. He views Israel as the catalyst for 9/11, defends Iran’s innocence, parrots the anti-Israeli propaganda of Hamas, and upholds an anti-Zionist organization that views Israel as an oppressive, illegitimate state. That is not a friend, or even being a cheerleader for Israel… he would turn a blind eye to whatever Israel does and be the “do-nothing” ahem, “non-interventinist” that he is and let Israel be wiped off the map if it can‘t hold it’s own. His anti-Semitic Libertarian ideology stinks to high Heaven. He also felt the same way about Jews in Europe during WWII based on what some close to him and VERY informed have stated. He wouldn’t have helped them either if he had his way. Screw Ron Paul and those that pimp for him….
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Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:25amJUST. I‘ll leave what is in God’s plan to the expert… God. We shall see eh?
RESME. I’m betting that crack will be your downfall. I give you 4-5 years, lol.
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Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:37amHaha, 4-5 years seems like a good estimate. If my coffee cup didn’t say Caution “HOT”, I’d already be long dead.
On a second thought, December 21st 2012, That is if the ancient alien people tell the truth, lmao.
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Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:46am@Time2
Yea, i posted that comment earlier this morning – it didnt show up until just recently. Strange things go on around here….
Soybomb315_II seems to escape the filter…..This will get posted immediately
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Posted on July 29, 2012 at 11:59amRESEM. See how quickly I have you agreeing with me? It’s an old fart Jedi Mind trick I used on you. I‘m kinda’ like Yoda with hair… and a prettier face…. and taller… have 10 fingers… am flesh colored, not green.
Oh heck, let’s face it…. I look like Harrison Ford but, well, better at my age……..but the Mind Trick is still the same as Yoda’s…
Now repeat after me…. Ron Paul sux, Ron Paul sux, Ron Paul sux….
Report Post »resme
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 12:44pmI don’t agree with you on many issues. Wouldn‘t say I’m a Libertarian, More of a Constitutionalist. I’m not the type to mock others views, I respect people who have a firm unwavering consistent views. (Even if i do not agree with them at all)
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 29, 2012 at 8:33amGood to hear that; Israel in the end will do as her national leaders decide is in their own best interests.
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