GOP Mega Donor Sheldon Adelson Wants To Nuke Iran
Source: TIME
The biggest donor to Republican Party political groups said Tuesday that the United States should drop a nuclear bomb on Iran to spur the country to end its own nuclear program.
Sheldon Anderson, the billionaire casino mogul, said on a panel at Yeshiva University in New York City that an initial blast, targeted to hit only desert area, would kill maybe a couple of rattlesnakes, and scorpions, or whatever, according to video posted on the foreign policy news website Mondoweiss.
Then you say, See! The next one is in the middle of Tehran. So, we mean business. You want to be wiped out? Go ahead and take a tough position and continue with your nuclear development.
Adelson, a staunch Israel supporter, gave a whopping $92.8 million, along with his wife Miriam, to outside political groups during the 2012 election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political spending. He was a major backer of a super PAC that kept Newt Gingrichs campaign aflat.
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/23/sheldon-adelson-nuke-iran/
You cannot make this crap up. You want to know why Republicans want to kill any negotiations with Iran. Because you have GOP billionaire super donors like Sheldon Adelson who personally contributed almost $100 million toward Republicans in 2012 arguing that the U.S. should nuke Iran just to show them that we mean business. Why are Republicans crazy? Because they kowtow to the even more crazy rich.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)is he thinking of building casinos in Tehran or does he just want to drink the oil?
TomCADem
(17,387 posts)The Koch Brothers want to buy approval a the Keystone pipeline. Adelson wants to buy a war with Iran. Its billionaires gone wild.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Demeter
(85,373 posts)because there is no rational reason for what he is proposing.
If he's so rich, why doesn't he buy a blackmarket nuke and do it himself? Show some entrepreneurial spirit...
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)marmar
(77,081 posts)I'm so sick of these f**kers.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)nuxvomica
(12,428 posts)An example of how deeply such people understand the countries they want to wage war against.
IveWornAHundredPants
(237 posts)Just make sure the bomb's a dud and we have a perfect plan.
weissmam
(905 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)......he'll be corrupting our political process for years!
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)summerschild
(725 posts)ever think about their Citizens' United monster when one of
these batshit crazy billionaires start dreaming out loud about blowing up the world.