Adviser: Romney would back strike against Iran

[Tx4obama]

Source: AP

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A senior adviser says Mitt Romney would back an Israeli military strike against Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability.

Ahead of a Sunday speech in Jerusalem, Romney foreign policy adviser Dan Senor tells reporters that "if Israel has to take action on its own" to prevent Iran from being able to make the materials that could be used for a bomb, Romney "would respect that decision."

That's a more aggressive posture than Romney has previously taken. In Sunday's speech, he plans to tell Israelis and watching Americans that he and America "will not look away" from Iran if he is president.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ROMNEY_ISRAEL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-07-29-03-25-55

[MrSlayer]

1. Boom motherfucking boom go the drums of war, again.

It is 100% guaranteed that we go to war with Iran if Romney wins. We'll probably re-invade Iraq.

Crazy people, all of them.

[nanabugg]

20. Just one more reason I could never vote for this man. nt

[think]

21. Just one more reason to do whatever it takes to keep Rmoney out of the Oval Office

17 of his team of 24 foreign policy advisers are Bush neocons licking their chops to start another war and keep the US tax payer on the hook to keep pumping out $$$ for military spending....

http://www.policymic.com/articles/11219/mitt-romney-foreign-policy-team-17-of-24-advisors-are-bush-neocons

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Does Romney realize that the US would be dragged in almost immediately

and we would have another war on our hands?

It looks like that's what Mitt wants.

[99th_Monkey]

5. Think Evermore Buck$ for our Military/Indu$trial/Homeland$ecurity Complex

and you'll still be at least in the ball park.

[magical thyme]

10. that is what Mitt wants

he has already said he wants to dramatically increase the defense budget.

There is only one motive behind any of Mitt's actions. More money for him. I'm a spiritual, not a religious person, but he really needs to look at the bible. That one passage that says something about the love of money and the root of all evil. He is the personification of it.

[DCBob]

17. I think that is exactly what he and the Republicans want.

This would create an international crisis for the President and the Republicans think they can exploit it no matter what he does.

[msongs]

3. he and his corporate friends would makes billions and billions off a war with iran nt

[SkatmanRoth]

13. The defense contractor gravy train is winding down with the end of Bush's wars

Romney is signaling his rich buddies over at Lockheed and United Technologies that if they rally their employees, the dollars will continue to flow after his election.

[wordpix]

30. xactly, so Rmoney Baindeads need to put the train on the rails again

These disgusting richies cannot live without endless war! They must buy their 3rd and 4th McMansions, not to mention their dancing horses and car elevators.

[still_one]

4. why would any presidential candidate or president discuss a hypothetical situation? How reckless is

that. The press is all over Obama for leaks involving cyber leaks, but they have no problem with this I guess

This among so many other things goes to demonstrate just how unqualified he is, and yet the dummies in this country may just vote for him

I suggest if romney feels all that bombastic, his sons should enlist

[99th_Monkey]

6. I share your outrage. Rmoney should DROP OUT of the Prez race!!!!!!!

But No .. wait!!! I didn't really mean that.

I just remembered Rmoney's one of the GOP's most "beatable" candidates
imaginable .. "worse than Sarah Palin".. some say.

So never mind. Nothing to see here.

[still_one]

7. I really hope you are right. We are up against a lot. The media lies and misrepresentation along

with a nation of sheep which lack critical thinking

A poll came out today saying 50% Americans do not know what religion the President is, and 20% say he is a Muslim

[sofa king]

24. There are encouraging signs.

The most important ones, to me, are the backflips the press has to do every day to keep it a race. They've already resorted to disproportionate coverage of the opposition candidate, heavy reliance on and attention to outlier polls, attempting to stay within the issue framework provided by the opposition candidate (nearly impossible because Romney cannot stay on one side of an issue for 72 hours, but they're trying), and refusal to correct disinformation-spewing guests.

This time, the media has two reasons to make it look like a close race: their jobs depend upon high ratings, and those in front of the cameras and in the boardrooms are some of the few Americans who would personally benefit from a Romney presidency. They were never honest nor honorable, but they're even less of those things now than the last time this happened in 1996.

But keep in mind the tactic is for the benefit of the journo-entertainment industry, or whatever they call their tripe now, not Mitt Romney. The object is not to create a grand deception so that Romney can get close enough steal it (that was 2004). The object is to meet the personal and corporate revenue goals of the people controlling that industry.

They get more benefit out of a three-month long train wreck than anything else, so Romney isn't going to get a lot of favors from the press beyond the "close race" deception I described above--and, to save their own reputations, they'll have to frantically walk back all of their summer reporting in the three days before the election, just as they did in 1996.

You'll know I'm right and win a chuckle for it on Sunday, November 3rd, when the editorial pages of all the newspapers suddenly shift tone to a "we knew it all along" message. Until then, it's all a bunch of crap we can largely ignore or laugh at.

[99th_Monkey]

35. Rmoney: "The Gaffer Who Keeps On Gifting" Team Obama ~nt

[magical thyme]

11. mittens should too. he could enlist retroactively.

Mittens, you need to put your nuts where your mouth is, tin soldier-man.

[Patiod]

28. This is astounding

What is this othe than a dog whistle to US Christianists who want there to be war in the "holy land" so the end of the world and to the Sheldon Adelsons of the world.

I'm glad "low information" people are getting a preview of what a Romney Administration might look like. I hope they look at their kids and realize that THEY and not "those handsome Romney boys" will be the ones fighting the wars he is itching to start,

[aquart]

8. Iran has attacked neither Israel nor the US.

But thanks so much for your eagerness to shed Jewish blood, Mitt. Iran has what? ten times the population? It could squash Israel like a bug if it was united against it.

But Iran put a generation in jail and isn't eager to hand guns to 20-somethings. Pity you didn't notice that, Mitt, you twit.

[Kolesar]

12. Who is supplying the bombs that explode in Israel?

I don't approve of the way Israel treats the Palestians.
However, it looks to me like Iran is attacking Israel routinely in their war by proxy.

[aquart]

36. So the Kurds should attack Israel for selling drones to Turkey?

[Unite2DefeatGOP]

9. MORE WAR and LESS TAXES. Where have we seen that before?

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SPresident

"Michelle Flournoy and Rich Williamson, respective Obama and Romney campaign advisers, talked about their candidate's foreign policy agenda for the next four years. Among other issues they discussed Iran's nuclear and military programs, Syria, Israel, Pakistan, and defense spending and sequestration. Afterward, they answered questions from audience members."



Highly Recommended.^^
Should be streamed through every house in America.

[davidpdx]

14. Someone needs to make a Youtube Video

With footage of McCain singing "bomb Iran" with video of Romney in Israel. The guy is a bofoon.

[DCBob]

15. bomb, bomb, bomb.. bomb, bomb Iran.

must have learned that tune from McWar.

[Vattel]

16. Romney is dangerous.

He is way more militaristic than Obama. That in itself is a great reason to vote for Obama.

[wordpix]

31. yep, another dangerous moron taking orders from his rich buddies at War, Inc.

[AzDar]

18. So fucking irresponsible...

And let's make sure Tagg, Axe, Crack, and the other lil' Romney are first in line to be put in harm's way if there's a war , eh Mitt?

#worsethanbush.

[C_U_L8R]

19. Rmoney needs to send his own damned sons to war

What American should be asked to sacrifice for this dimwit's worldview ???

[lunatica]

25. And all his grandchildren when they get old enough

Lucky him. He can send his granddaughters too!

He should consider that a true privilege. He has much to sacrifice in the name of his principles.

[NYC Liberal]

29. Why are they all wearing the same clothes?

[lunatica]

32. A family tradition maybe

Or a Mormon thing maybe. But obviously it's deliberate.

[NYC Liberal]

34. Hey, at least they'll be used to "uniforms" if they're ever actually forced

to fight in a war.

[may3rd]

22. Riding on Obama's coat tails ; Report: US Presents Israel With Iran Strike Plan

october surprise leaked byTom Donilon

Report: US Presents Israel With Iran Strike Plan

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli newspaper reported Sunday that the Obama administration's top security official has briefed Israel on U.S. plans for a possible attack on Iran, seeking to reassure it that Washington is prepared to act militarily should diplomacy and sanctions fail to pressure Tehran to abandon its nuclear enrichment program.

Haaretz said National Security Adviser Tom Donilon laid out the plans before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a dinner at a visit to Israel earlier this month. It cited an unidentified senior American official as the source of its report, which came out as presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was telling Israel he would back an Israeli military strike against Iran.

The American official also said Donilon shared information on U.S. weapons that could be used for such an attack, and on the U.S. military's ability to reach Iranian nuclear facilities buried deep underground, the newspaper said. It cited another U.S. official involved in the talks with Israel as concluding that "the time for a military operation against Iran has not yet come."


.....
Both Israel and the U.S. think Iran's ultimate aim is to develop weapons....

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=157551126

[sarcasmo]

23. If the Wazzock wins this country will be worse than when Bush was King.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

26. he probably means Iraq?

[Turbineguy]

27. When Candidate Bush said he wanted to attack Iraq

very few people listened.

[JoePhilly]

33. Dan Senor gets a chubby just thinking about the possibility of war with Iran.