Posted on 03/06/2012 1:56:21 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
(CNN) – Ron Paul said Tuesday that his rivals have "blown way out of proportion" the Iranian nuclear threat and that their language is "reckless" and "dangerous."
On the same day as his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination argued their Iran policies would be tougher than those under President Barack Obama, the Texas congressman suggested their rhetoric borders on warmongering, and that his stance is closer to that of Obama.
"He certainly is closer to my position than the other candidates because what the other Republicans are saying is very reckless," Paul said on an interview to air on CNN's John King, USA. "There is no evidence whatsoever that the Iranians have or are on the verge of getting a nuclear weapon, according to our own military people, our own CIA, according to the UN."
Paul did not speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee –which heard from Obama on Sunday, and GOPers Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich on Tuesday. He clarified that he "doesn't want them [Iran] to have a weapon," but said the others are "so anxious to go to war." ....
President Obama said at White House press conference on Tuesday that he, US intelligence officials, and Israeli intelligence officers see "a window of opportunity where this can still be resolved diplomatically."
But Republicans criticized the president for being weak.
"We need to set forth a clear ultimatum to the Iranian government," Santorum, a former US senator from Pennsylvania, said at the AIPAC conference. "We need to say to the Iranian government, the time is now. You will stop your nuclear production now. You will open up your facilities for inspectors from the United States and other countries so we can certify that those efforts are stopping and being dismantled. Now."
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R-U-N Paul is a complete loon. He is unqualified to be a Congressman, let alone to be POTUS.
That is exactly why Paul is in single digits in most of the polls. (not all but most) Iran is his biggest folly.
Oh, man: and I just voted for the guy in Virginia. At least he’s “not Romney.”
TC
Worst case scenario. He wins. He’s not only “not Romney” he’s not coherent, not rational and not sane. Some alternative.
The Paul approach: “If we leave them alone, they’ll leave us alone.” This won’t work for neighborhood thugs; and it won’t work internationally because, due to rocketry, we are now all in the same neighborhood.
Of course I agree with you both. And he’s lost now to Romney. But at least I’ve helped send a message to the GOP establishment in my state. I plan to vote in the general election for whomever opposes the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
TC
Ron Paul is the anti-Reagan on National Defense.
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