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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:21 AM
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GOP Senators: US, Not Israel, Should Attack Iran
Source: The Raw Story

Two senior Republican senators say the United States, and not Israel, should attack Iran if military action becomes "necessary."

They also say a simple strike at the country's nuclear capability wouldn't be enough -- the US would have to launch an "all-or-nothing" war against Iran with the aim of crippling the country's military capabilities.

"I think an Israeli attack on Iran is a nightmare for the world, because it will rally the Arab world around Iran and they're not aligned now. It's too much pressure to put on Israel," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Fox News' Chris Wallace.

He continued: "Military action should be the last resort anyone looks at, and I would rather our allies and us take military action if it's necessary."

But Graham doesn't think an attack should be limited to airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. "If we use military action against Iran, we should not only go after their nuclear facilities. We should destroy their ability to make conventional war. They should have no planes that can fly and no ships that can float," said Graham.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Republican of Georgia, agrees.

"The problem with military action also is that you're probably not going to be able to stop the production of uranium by just a simple airstrike," Chambliss said on Fox News Sunday. "Lindsey's right. It's an all or nothing deal. And is it worth that at this point in time, when we know they have the capability? We can slow them down, but a full-out military strike is what it would take," said Chambliss.

video at link: http://rawstory.com/2009/10/attack-iran-before-israel/

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These people are insane.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:22 AM
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1. no guys, you'll have to wait till your president, palin, is elected
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:33 AM
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8. Palin would probably be strutting around in a Patton outfit by now, pointing at a map of Ireland

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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:28 AM
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2. Then the GOP needs to call for the reinstatement of the draft.
Our military is stretched to the brink in Iraq and Afghanistan as it is. Their call to strike Iran is not possible without a draft.

So, let's have it, GOP. If you really think Iran is such a threat that we need to start beating the war drums, let's have that call to reinstate the draft.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:30 AM
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3. I say put them in the bomb bay on the first plane.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:30 AM
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4. dammit, dupe.
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 10:30 AM by hobbit709
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NOLALady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:31 AM
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5. And the GOP with the help of the MSM
continues to paint Alan Grayson as "looney". :crazy:
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:31 AM
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6. Yes, and then we should land GW Bush on a carrier to announce "Mission Accomplished"
The Party of War would never be satisfied with following the path of least destruction. Regime change and oil resource control is first and foremost in the minds and hearts of these psychopaths.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:31 AM
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7. Of course, the US should do the dirty work for Israel.
If Israel wants to bomb Iran, then let them do it and let them suffer the consequences or rewards of their actions. Why should we do it??
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:33 AM
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9. Straight from the neocon playbook.
Iraq first, then hit Iran.
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Thickasabrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:36 AM
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10. With the country leaning strongly against the wars we are in now, it
almost seems like the GOP are trying to marginalize themselves...even more than they already are. Keep talking you idiots!
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:39 AM
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11. tell ya what... all you GOPers put helmets with bullseyes on your heads
and we'll drop you from an old B-52 bomber.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:41 AM
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12. Not happening, wingnuts, unless they attack us first.
And I would think Iran isn't stupid enough to do that.

Cooler heads run the White House now--not your warmongering idiot friends.
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grytpype Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:55 AM
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13. Let's export all our wingnuts and teabaggers to Iran, let's see if they can handle the retardation.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:06 AM
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14. It's a last resort, probably won't work, but let's do it anyway!
What a brilliant strategy. Introduce a bill, boys. Let's actually have a debate over the use of military force. Are you up for it, Repubicans and PNAC war tribe? Or are you just a bunch of bellicose cowards who will never, ever put your own ass on the line for a cause you're anxious to see others pay and die for?
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:31 AM
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15. Yeah!
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 11:32 AM by Turbineguy
Let's get three wars going at the same time.

Idiots.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:38 AM
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16. Not 3 wars. It is consolidation. One big Regional War.
The great Mid-East War the Neo-Cons have been pushing for decades. Let's expand into Pakistan while we're at it.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 03:19 PM
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20. Even better.
It will then be too big to fail.
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safeinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:45 AM
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17. Health care, no money
War of choice, deficits don't matter, Reagan proved it.:puke:
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:52 AM
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18. GOP = war mongers and war profiteers ..............and liars.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:53 AM
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19. these guys are still living the 'glory days' of world war 2, from when they were kids...
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 11:54 AM by dysfunctional press
they seem to think that american military might is the answer to ALL the world's problems.

and it REALLY pisses mr off. :grr:

we need to STOP being the world aggressor, bring home A LOT of our troops from around the world, and concentrate on building and rebuilding our infrastructure and our manufacturing base.
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 03:22 PM
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21. Saxby Chambliss is an asshole - go fuck yerself Saxby
No PNAC clusterfuck for you
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 03:28 PM
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22. If those two senators want someone attacked, by all means give
them a couple of rifles and let them have at it. But stop sending the U.S. young people to do their dirty work for them.

I hate it when senators, or anyone, say crap like "We can slow them down..." and when push comes to shove they are not part of the "we."
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Zix Donating Member (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 03:31 PM
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23. They're just congenitally incapable of learning from past mistakes.

They just can't do it. Again and again they have to do the same stupid thing to prove they were right the first time.
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 03:33 PM
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24. According to my military friends, Iran has been the goal since the beginning
I was told this when we went into Afghanistan. I think they got delayed because of political pressure from other countries who made oil deals with Iran.
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Ardent15 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 03:34 PM
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25. Ah, they're buddies from the 94 "revolution" under Gingrich
Both were elected to the House in 1994, and both elected to the Senate in the war mongering year of 2002.
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burning rain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 03:37 PM
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26. If Iran gets the bomb, that's undesirable but not a disaster.
Better to deter them--extending the US's nuclear umbrella to Israel would probably be a good idea, too.
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 04:15 PM
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27. Argh. Why do Republicans love wars so much?
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