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Posted on 05/03/2012 10:39:25 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
Appearing as a guest on Thursday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, the news network's founder, Ted Turner, complained that a double standard exists between the U.S. and Israel being allowed to possess nuclear weapons while Iran is expected to be nuclear-free, as he suggested that all countries dispose of their nuclear weapons to persuade Iran not to build such weapons.
After host Piers Morgan asked Turner what he would do about Iran if he were President, the CNN founder absurdly complained that Iran was being held to a different standard than Israel, without either he or Morgan noting Iran's support of terrorism against both Israel and the U.S. Turner:
Well, first of all, I believe in total nuclear disarmament. That's the only way we're ever going to get there. We all got to play by the same set of rules. We have 2,000 or several thousand nuclear weapons. Iran has none at the current time. It's okay for Israel to have 100, but it's not okay for Iran to have two. That's, that's. you're not treating everybody equally.
He soon recommended all countries get rid of their nuclear weapons to prevent Iran from going nuclear:
I think we've already voted at the U.N. and the Security Council to get rid of nuclear weapons. Let's get rid of them. Let's get rid of ours, and then Iran will stop, I believe, and everybody else will because if everybody doesn't have them, then we're safe - at least safe from a nuclear attack.
Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Thursday, May 3, Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN:
PIERS MORGAN: What would you do about Iran if you were the American President?
TED TURNER: Well, first of all, I believe in total nuclear disarmament. That's the only way we're ever going to get there.
We all got to play by the same set of rules. We have 2,000 or several thousand nuclear weapons. Iran has none at the current time. It's okay for Israel to have 100, but it's not okay for Iran to have two. That's, that's. you're not treating everybody equally.
You have no strong position except force. Only by force can it be done. I think we've already voted at the U.N. and the Security Council to get rid of nuclear weapons. Let's get rid of them. Let's get rid of ours, and then Iran will stop, I believe, and everybody else will because if everybody doesn't have them, then we're safe - at least safe from a nuclear attack.
I mean, if we have full-scale nuclear exchange, it's going to destroy life on Earth, all life. Maybe there will be a few cockroaches left, but that's all, and I find that crazy. This is such a nice world, and most of the people are really nice here. But, you know, and if you treat people with dignity, respect, and friendliness like I did with the Russians and the Soviets before them with the Goodwill Games, if you try and make friends, you can make friends and you can do that even with former enemies. Japan bombed us at Pearl Harbor, and now we're good friends with the japanese. We fought China in the Cold War, but now we're good friends with the Chinese, most of us are.
And that is saying something.
Dear Mr. Turner. Do you mind if I call you Ted? I’m about to get brutally honest with you so I figure we should be on a first name basis. Listen, that is quite probably the single dumbest idea in human history. Were we to get behind it, it would mean 300 million or so people had decided to commit suicide.
Syphilis probably went to his brain. Can these leftists use any reason and logic? Oh, ya, Communists have thrown out Natural Laws—all reason and Common Sense. Their utopianism is a mental illness.
He’s worse than Ron Paul......LOL.
The title alone is more than I can bear to read.
Ted was a good sailor..the end.
feh... the only way he can get his name in the news anymore
Totally agree, an idiot.
How did this guy get so wealthy? Seriously? He has more fuzz-balls floating around in that head of his than the lint screen of my clothes dryer.
Then Ted should lead by example and discharge his security team so no one will assault him.
Then Ted should lead by example and discharge his security team so no one will assault him.
Perhaps King Harold of England should have disarmed to prevent William the Bastard from invading in 1066 AD.
But,If he did disarm, William would have still invaded but had to fight against Harold Hadrangia of Denmark who invaded a few weeks earlier.
Ted Turner is a DUm bass.
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