Posted on 02/07/2014 5:32:24 PM PST by SoConPubbie
Expanding his attack on the administration's nuclear deal with Iran, Sen. Ted Cruz Thursday said that President Obama should end talks, demand Tehran give up its nuclear program immediately and use military force if the terrorist nation doesn't give in.
A "responsible president," the Texas Republican told a conference on Iran's grab for a nuclear weapon, "would stand up and say unequivocally, in terms that allow no confusion, 'Under no circumstances will the nation of Iran be allowed to acquire nuclear weapon capability, and they will either halt now or we will use every step necessary including direct military force to stop them.'"
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Cruz, one of the Senate's harshest critics of the U.S. deal to trade sanctions on Iran in exchange for drawing down its nuclear weapons program, also said that the United States should arm Israel with so-called "bunker buster" bombs capable of destroying Iran's bomb plants deep below the surface of the earth.
"At a very minimum," the first-term senator said, "we should be making available bunker busters to Israel. That if Israel is going to be forced to defend itself, it should have the tools to effectively eliminate this program."
Cruz also called for swift approval of new and broader economic sanctions in Iran.
He called the deal being discussed in Geneva and pushed by Secretary of State John Kerry "a very very bad deal and an historic mistake" and a lethal threat to Israel.
Instead of "appeasement," Cruz said, "we should act against an enemy of the United States."
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What the F*** part about Valery Jarret DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND!!!
You'll search far and wide to find someone who dislikes Valerie Jarrett more than I do.
But, she is American as much as you and I. Granted, she was born in Iran, but her parents were Americans working there, her father as a scientist and her mother as a teacher. Source.
I'm more concerned that we're supporting muslim terrorists in Syria and that we're still Saudi Arabia's friend. Some of these governments we helped overthrow were in countries that need thugs in control, not CIA inspired Arab Springs.
I’ve forgotten the name of the Polish lady president (or premier) who commented how devastated they were that the Americans didn’t rescue them from the Soviets. Those suffering under the thumb of tyrants do look to us for salvation.
On the other hand, we are not omniscient nor omnipotent, & there’s no knowing what any action will result in. Certainly the situation in the Middle East isn’t better for our actions, although it was certainly bad enough before. The Muslim Brotherhood has been working for years towards the goal of a caliphate. Maybe the tyrants were keeping them down, or maybe they were aiding and abetting them.
I’m certainly concerned that the abject idiots now running the country seem inclined to help the terrorists. Time for our own revolution!
In the case of Egypt (of all the countries over there), at least the U.S. can make the case that it's not really giving "aid" at all. In fact, it's buying favor from the Egyptian government -- in the form of: (1) access to Egyptian airspace for U.S. military aircraft, and (2) priority scheduling for U.S. warships for transits through the Suez Canal.
P.S. Item (2) is important to understand because it explains why the U.S. was adamant about Israel giving up the Sinai Peninsula as part of the Camp David accords during the Carter administration. It would have been far more difficult for the U.S. to buy this kind of concession if the Suez Canal was the border between two countries instead of being situated entirely within the borders of one.
2017
President Cruz leads a US - Israeli attack on Iran wiping out the government! My wish.
So the Iranians want to project power???
hehehe
Lets do some targeting and overflights right over their heads...And see who blinks if they get within 60 miles of our beaches...
I hated those deployments in the Gulf back in the 80’s...I lost a couple of friends back in the day...I would love to return the white knuckles in spades back to these shmups...
Right
The thought of dear leader issuing a credible threat to iran is laughable. They know he’s a nancy boy.
I like Ted but he’s wrong on this. Best not to issue a completely hollow threat to our enemies.
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WWI, no. We needed to do that one. War of Northern Aggression, though, yes.
Or are you one of those wacky statists who think Lincoln was a hero?
Hank
WWI was before TV, when everyone was a low information voter.
It was engineered by new world order financial elites.
A horrific scam foisted on humanity.
Sorry....that was a typo. Meant to say WWII, which is the war he asked about.
Hank
Neoconservatives and John McCain are lunatics. But that doesn't mean that we should allow a country that has promised to destroy America and which uses suicide bombers to get nukes.
And this doesn't even take into account the purchase of nuclear weapons by one country from another that already has them.
The technology is not easy to impliment. But according to your thinking, Al Qaeda should have nukes too.
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