Posted on 07/24/2008 12:19:12 PM PDT by pissant
Bob Barr, the U.S. presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, said the Bush administration's diplomatic engagement with Iran is "long overdue."
Iran appears to be years away from possessing nuclear weapons, giving time for diplomacy to work, Barr said in a release. He said that war with Iran would be a disaster.
"American troops in Iraq would be at risk. U.S. citizens would be targeted for terrorist acts," he said. "Tehran could retaliate against Israel. Oil shipments would be disrupted, causing energy prices to soar even higher. Allied states in the Persian Gulf would be vulnerable to attack. Chances for democratic change in Iran would be set back."
A former Republican, Barr represented Georgia in Congress from 1995 to 2003, serving on the House Judiciary Committee and was known for his commitment to civil liberties.
Barr became a critic of the Bush administration when he left Congress and endorsed the Libertarian candidate for president in 2004.
This guy has gone waaaaaaaaaaay over the edge
It’s nice when a candidate says something so clearly and concisely that I can look at it and say within a second, “Yeah, that’s why I won’t be voting for you.”
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Bob Barr = Ron Paul with a funny mustache
Barr should go into a very quiet retirement.
I’m not worried about what Iran might do by way of retaliation, but I AM worried that thanks to Clinton we may not have enough troops.
It’s a shame. This is a year in which Libertarians could really be a factor in the election. But Barr is more intent on pandering to the anarchist wing, rather than welcoming the more pragmatic libertarians that identify themselves as conservatives.
It sure bothers me to see people I once respected melt down.
Yes, war with Iran would be a pain in the ass Bob. And a nuclear capable Iran giving nukes to terrorists wouldn’t be?
What choice do we have if Iran won’t listen to reason?
Every neighbor or Iran would be in jeopardy. No Middle-East states are going to want a nuclear Iran in the neighborhood.
And if folks like Barr and Obama think Israel is the only nation that’s nervous about it, they’re not using their heads.
“. U.S. citizens would be targeted for terrorist acts,”
Yeah it’s not like US citizens were targeted before 911 or anything. What a dope.
And his answer is to go over there and kiss their boots?
A word hasn’t been invented to describe how bad a Bob Barr presidency would be, so at the end of the day I’ll pretend this insignicant person didn’t say anything at all.
Bob, how precisely do you have normal, productive, meaningful diplomatic engagement over the long term with people who think it’s okay to kidnap your diplomats?
Barr isn’t much like Paul.
No question it would be tough. Oil would go through the roof and Americans would have to sacrifice, but it’s necessary. We sacrificed before in WWII, and we can do it again. But no rationing this time, let the market decide.
War with Iran would be a disaster
By definition, war is always a disaster.
Whether or not a war is justified lies in imagining the world if the war does not take place.
WWII was a disaster. Fifty million people died! But it was far less a disaster than a global Nazi regime would have likely been.
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