Campaign Statements — Iran
Wednesday February 22, 2012
“Well, first of all this is two different questions. General Dempsey went on to say that he thought Iran was a rational actor. I can’t imagine why he would say that. And I just cannot imagine why he would have said it. The fact is, this is a dictator, Ahmadinejad, who has said he doesn’t believe the Holocaust existed. This is a dictator who said he wants to eliminate Israel from the face of the earth. This is a dictator who said he wants to drive the United States out of the Middle East. I’m inclined to believe dictators. Now, I think that it’s dangerous not to.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Newt Gingrich |
Monday February 06, 2012
“My goal is to try to resolve this diplomatically, mainly because the only way over the long term we can assure Iran doesn’t get a nuclear weapon is by getting them to understand it’s not in their interest…I think we have a good estimate of when they could potentially archive breakout capacity…but do we know all the dynamics inside of Iran? Absolutely not. Knowing who is making the decisions at any given time inside of Iran is tough. But we do have a pretty good bead on what’s happening with their nuclear program.”
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CATEGORIES: Barack Obama | Iran |
Monday February 06, 2012
“Any kind of additional military activity inside the Gulf is disruptive and has a big effect on us. It could have a big effect on oil prices, we’ve still got troops in Afghanistan, which borders Iran, and so our preferred solution here is diplomatic…We’re going to do everything we can to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and creating an arms race - a nuclear arms race - in a volatile region.”
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CATEGORIES: Barack Obama | Iran |
Monday February 06, 2012
“I will say that we have closer military and intelligence consultation between our two countries than we’ve ever had. We are going to be sure that we work in lockstep as we proceed to try to solve this—hopefully diplomatically.”
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CATEGORIES: Barack Obama | Iran | Israel/Palestine |
Saturday January 28, 2012
“Allowing Iran to get nuclear weapons under Ahmadinejad runs the direct risk of a second Holocaust. Two or three weapons placed properly in Israel is the equivalent of a second Holocaust.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Israel/Palestine | Newt Gingrich |
Saturday January 28, 2012
“I believe we need a profoundly new approach to the Middle East. The fact is that we are faced with enemies who enjoy killing us. If somebody puts a body bomb on to walk into a store or restaurant or a mall and blows themselves up for the purpose of blowing you up, why would you think that person wouldn’t be delighted to do the same thing with a nuclear weapon? That why when people say we don’t have to be worried about an Iranian nuclear weapon, I wonder where they’ve been.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Newt Gingrich | War on Terror |
Thursday January 26, 2012
“We only—not only have to come together as an economic unit, but the threat of terrorism, the threat of Iran now in Venezuela and in other places, and Cuba and in Nicaragua, the threat of radical Islam growing in that region—is it important for—it’s absolutely important for us to have a president who understands that threat and understands the solution is closer ties. I will visit that area of the world, repeatedly, to solidify those ties when I become president.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Rick Santorum | War on Terror |
Tuesday January 24, 2012
“Look at Iran. Through the power of our diplomacy, a world that was once divided about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program now stands as one. The regime is more isolated than ever before. Its leaders are faced with crippling sanctions, and as long as they shirk their responsibilities, this pressure will not relent. Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal. But a peaceful resolution of this issue is still possible, and far better. And if Iran changes course and meets its obligations, it can rejoin the community of nations.”
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CATEGORIES: Barack Obama | Iran |
Monday January 23, 2012
“And when you asked the question, Brian, are we at — is this is an act of war? Well, let’s look at the acts of war that Iran — they are — they are holding hostages, they are attacking our troops. Their IEDs - the improvised explosive devices - that are killing our troops in Afghanistan and killed them in Iraq and maimed so many, were produced, and people were trained and funded in Iran specifically to kill American troops.
You look at the ships that have been attacked by Iran, embassies were attacked by Iran. A — Iran has plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador here in this country. It is a long list of attacks of — of warlike behavior on the part of this regime. And to believe that if they have a nuclear weapon they’re somehow going to become into the community of nations is a reckless act on the part of a president. It would be reckless not to do something to stop them from getting this nuclear weapon.”
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Monday January 23, 2012
“What happens if Iran gets a nuclear weapon and the entire world changes? Iran is not just another country, or a little, small country, as President Obama said classically during the campaign. Obama’s Iran policy has been a colossal failure.
It’s been a failure because he’s not been true to the American public about the threat that Iran poses to the world. Not just to Israel, but to the world and to the United States.
The bottom line is the theocracy that runs Iran is the equivalent of having al Qaeda in charge of a country with huge oil reserves, gas reserves, and a nuclear weapon. That is something that no president could possibly allow to have happen under any circumstances.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Rick Santorum | War on Terror |
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