GOP Contenders Spar Over Iranian Nuclear Ambitions
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Santorum and Paul clash over Iranian nuclear ambitions during the Iowa debate. (Courtesy of Fox News)
During the second half of the televised debate, Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum clashed over the issue of a nuclear Iran.
"Why wouldn’t it be natural that they might want a nuclear weapon?" asked Paul, suggesting other countries, including India and Israel, have nuclear capabilities. "Internationally they would be given more respect."
In a heated response Santorum called out Paul, suggesting the GOP hopeful is "obviously not seeing the world very clearly."
Santorum said Iran "must be confronted," describing the government as "a mullahcracy that tramples the rights of women, tramples the rights of gays, tramples the rights of people all throughout their society – and is the greatest supporter of terrorism in the Middle East and around the world."
Paul rejoined that Santorum was churning out war propaganda.
"You’ve heard the war propaganda that is liable to lead us into the sixth war, and I worry about that position," said Paul.
The other candidates participating in the debate, including Mitt Romney, the frontrunner according to polls, have identified a nuclear Iran as a threat to U.S. security.
This week a group of bipartisan senators called on President Barack Obama to impose "crippling sanctions" on Iran’s central bank. The letter, led by Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), was signed by 92 senators and called for increasing "economic pressures" on the Iranian regime.
Clips from the Iowa debate, which was co-hosted by Fox News and the Washington Examiner, are available here.
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Rick supports the right for man to man relationships in Iran.
But he doesnt support many women to one man marriages in the USA.
I guess he will trample the rights of people to be in a polygamy and support gays rights in iran.
Ron Pauls foreign policy would untie the hands of Israel to take action as neccessary
To Andre
Santorum most likely is following the adage: Love the sinner; hate the sin. If he is truly Catholic, he would be against any physical violence against a homosexual person.
"You’ve heard the war propaganda that is liable to lead us into the sixth war, and I worry about that position," said Paul."
Who really wants a 6th war? The majority of Americans who have to pay for it, or the powerful who profit from endless wars, and try to keep the majority of Americans in debt. Who wants to continue to be slaves to war profiteers.
Ron Paul’s stand on Iran was almost beyond belief. He demonstrated that he does not understand the fundamental difference between the doctrine of mutually assured destruction that managed to keep a nuclear war from erupting during the Cold War and the situation today with regards to Iran. Simply put, MAD is Dead. http://madisdead.blogspot.com/
i am an iranian! and about the human rights i can tell u that till your not in iran , u cant see that its just a propaganda
Funny thing is that only Paul is talking about the one issue that encompasses the entire economic problems that Americans face: the Federal Reserve which creates the booms and busts with artificial low interest rates and bailing out corporate buddies along with domestic/foreign banks via US taxpayer money. http://bit.ly/o1ggeV
Since when does Rick Santorum care about when a government "tramples the rights of gays"? Is this a new development?