Campaign Statements — Iran
Thursday October 27, 2011
“On occasion scientists working on the nuclear program in Iran turn up dead. I think that’s a wonderful thing, candidly. I think we should send a very clear message that if you are a scientist from Russia, North Korea, or from Iran and you are going to work on a nuclear program to develop a bomb for Iran, you are not safe.”
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CATEGORIES: American Exceptionalism | Iran | Rick Santorum |
Sunday June 12, 2011
“The Iranian dictatorship is steadily and methodically developing nuclear weapons. All the world’s diplomatic meetings and four rounds of U.N. sanctions have not slowed the Iranian dictatorship down a single day.
The Iranian leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been very open and explicit about his desire to wipe Israel off the map. When you realize that only three Iranian nuclear weapons deployed against Israel would bring about the equivalent of a second Holocaust, you have to take his words seriously.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Israel/Palestine | Newt Gingrich |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“There is another advantage to a more judicious approach toward foreign entanglements…This includes standing shoulder to shoulder with Israel as they manage a host of new challenges brought on by the Arab Spring, along with more familiar challenges, such as a hostile Iran, which will continue to be a transcendent challenge of the next decade. I cannot live with a nuclear-armed Iran. If you want an example of when I would consider the use of American force, it would be that.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Jon Huntsman | Official Statements | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“Neutralize Iran’s relationships with their primary allies in The Middle East by increasing pressure on Hezbollah and Syria, eliminate the post of U.S. Ambassador to Syria, [and] stand with Israel as an ally and in any efforts Israel may take to defend themselves from Iranian aggression.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Official Statements | Rick Santorum |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“We need a reinvigorated human-intelligence apparatus in the Middle East so we can better understand who and where are enemies are and then identify opportunities to counteract them and support allies and would-be allies.”
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CATEGORIES: The Arab Spring | Iran | Official Statements | Rick Santorum |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“We need to sanction the Iranian Central Bank. That would be one of the most powerful ways to impact the Iranian regime”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Official Statements | Rick Perry | War on Terror |
Saturday January 01, 2011
“In his first 100 days, make clear that the military option [on Iran] is on the table by ordering the regular presence of an aircraft carrier task force in both the Eastern Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf region simultaneously. He will also begin talks with Israel to increase military coordination and assistance and enhance intelligence sharing.”
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CATEGORIES: Iran | Mitt Romney | Official Statements | War on Terror |
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Looking at Iran by James Zogby
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