Duncan Hunter wants to nuke Iran

By Zachary Keck
December 05, 2013

In one of the most irresponsible statements in recent memory, a U.S. Congressman on Wednesday advocated dropping tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) on Iran in order to destroy its nuclear facilities.

Appearing on C-SPAN, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, said that he opposed invading Iran with a ground force in order to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Instead, he said that the U.S. should conduct a massive bombing campaign against Iran’s nuclear facilities, including the use of tactical nuclear weapons.

“I think a ground war in Iran with American boots on the ground would be a horrible thing and I think people like to toss around the fact that we have to stop them in some way from gaining this nuclear capability,” Duncan began by saying, according to a transcribed version of the video (see below). “I don’t think it’s inevitable but I think if you have to hit Iran, you don’t put boots on the ground, you do it with tactical nuclear devices and you set them back a decade or two or three. I think that’s the way to do it with a massive aerial bombardment campaign.”

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