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> When politicians sing about "bomb Iran" these are the innocent people they are talking about killing Isn't that every country?

by rospaya 15y ago

jbooth 15y ago
For the 2nd part, yeah, for the first part Iran's the only place you hear glib talk about how we should bomb it to prove how tough we are in presidential debates.
- michaelcampbell 15y ago
  I haven't been keeping up with the GOP speeches (I assume you're referring to the GOP nominees), but all I've been able to come up with is Santorum mentioning Iranian nuclear sites, and only if they weren't open for inspectors rather than some sort of display of machismo. Are there others I've missed?
  - rpeden 15y ago
    It was John McCain a few years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg
  - jbooth 15y ago
    At a couple of the debates, basically everyone except Paul was competing as far as how badly they wanted to bomb Iran. I'm hoping that they weren't serious and were just cynically talking about killing lots of people in order to get a good soundbite for the rubes, but it's scary any way you interpret it. It's like these people are totally disconnected from the fact that they're talking about war. First article for "republican candidate iran" from Google: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/07/us-usa-campaign-republicans-idUSTRE7B61OH20111207 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/07/us-usa-campaign-re... EDIT: Here's an account of the exchange I was thinking of, Paul made the extremely controversial statement that he wasn't in favor of starting a war, and they all piled on him immediately. The fox news guy said he "jumped the shark" by not advocating immediate war. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2011/1216/GOP-candidates-blast-Ron-Paul-over-Iran-policy.-Is-one-side-crazy http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2011/1216/G...

> When politicians sing about "bomb Iran" these are the innocent people they are talking about killing Isn't that every country?

by rospaya 15y ago

> When politicians sing about "bomb Iran" these are the innocent people they are talking about killing Isn't that every country?

jbooth 15y ago

For the 2nd part, yeah, for the first part Iran's the only place you hear glib talk about how we should bomb it to prove how tough we are in presidential debates.

michaelcampbell 15y ago
I haven't been keeping up with the GOP speeches (I assume you're referring to the GOP nominees), but all I've been able to come up with is Santorum mentioning Iranian nuclear sites, and only if they weren't open for inspectors rather than some sort of display of machismo. Are there others I've missed?
- rpeden 15y ago
  It was John McCain a few years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg
- jbooth 15y ago
  At a couple of the debates, basically everyone except Paul was competing as far as how badly they wanted to bomb Iran. I'm hoping that they weren't serious and were just cynically talking about killing lots of people in order to get a good soundbite for the rubes, but it's scary any way you interpret it. It's like these people are totally disconnected from the fact that they're talking about war. First article for "republican candidate iran" from Google: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/07/us-usa-campaign-republicans-idUSTRE7B61OH20111207 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/07/us-usa-campaign-re... EDIT: Here's an account of the exchange I was thinking of, Paul made the extremely controversial statement that he wasn't in favor of starting a war, and they all piled on him immediately. The fox news guy said he "jumped the shark" by not advocating immediate war. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2011/1216/GOP-candidates-blast-Ron-Paul-over-Iran-policy.-Is-one-side-crazy http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2011/1216/G...