Romney: 'Nuclear Iran Represents the Greatest Threat to the World'

The Weekly Standard ^ | 26 July 2012 | DANIEL HALPER

[moonshot925]

In an interview with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney bluntly states that "A nuclear Iran represents the greatest threat to the world."

"I have said in the past and I can reiterate now that it is essential that Iran does not become nuclear," Romney says, according to a transcript of the interview. "A nuclear Iran represents the greatest threat to the world, to the United States and to the very existence of Israel. A nuclear Iran would mean that Hezbollah or other actors would potentially someday be able to secure fissile materials which would threaten the world. Five years ago I spoke at the Herzliya Conference and I laid out seven steps that I felt were necessary to keep Iran from becoming nuclear. These included crippling sanctions, indicting [President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad for incitement to genocide, standing for voices of dissent within Iran, and developing reliable military options were they the last resort that had to be exercised. I continue to believe that these principles are vital, and are perhaps more urgent today."

[RaisingCain]

Actually, human stupidity and rebellion against God represents the greatest thread in the world. The Russians represent the second greatest threat, whose proxy are the Iranians and other terrorist groups across the world. And Obozo and Mittens are tied for third.

[Iron Munro]

Romney: "Nuclear Iran Represents the Greatest Threat to the World"

Obama: Muslim call to prayer “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”

[Tennessee Nana]

So what does he intend to do about Iran ???

[The Sons of Liberty]

Back in 1980 Iran and the ayotolla gave up our people whom they had held as hostages for 444 days just as Ronald W. Reagan was being sworn in. I don’t expect Romney to be another Gipper, but I do expect him to do MUCH more than the muslim usurper!