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Title: Marco Rubio: U.S. May Have To Strike Iran
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RAWSTORY
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/ ... o-u-s-may-have-to-strike-iran/
Published: Apr 25, 2012
Author: Agence France-Presse
Post Date: 2012-04-25 19:42:52 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 3964
Comments: 12
WASHINGTON — Potential Republican vice presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday said a unilateral “military solution,” from the United States may be needed to stop Iran acquiring a nuclear bomb. Rubio, a freshman Senator for Florida, said in a speech in Washington that it was imperative that the United States not “stand on the sidelines” of a simmering Middle East, but instead provide leadership to resolve global crises. “Our preferred option since the US became a global leader has been to work with others to achieve our goals,” Rubio said in an address at the Brookings Institution think tank. But “America has acted unilaterally in the past — and I believe it should continue to do so in the future — when necessity requires,” he added, alluding to Iran. Rubio, a member of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee recently campaigned with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, and has been touted as a possible running mate. Rubio, 40, said multinational cooperation must be a priority in dealing with Iran, the regime in Syria and a rising China. But he focused on Iran, noting that “the goal of preventing a dominant Iran is so important that every regional policy we adopt should be crafted with that overriding goal in mind.” US officials should operate on a “dual track,” with the United Nations and other international groups, to rein in Iran, he said. “We should also be preparing our allies, and the world, for the reality that unfortunately, if all else fails, preventing a nuclear Iran may, tragically, require a military solution.” Rubio, also lambasted Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin’s preaching of “paranoia and anti-Western sentiments” and the “curtain of secrecy that veils the Chinese state.” “On the most difficult transnational challenges of our time, who will lead if we do not? The answer, at least today, is that no other nation or organization is willing or able to do so,” he said.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Fitting.
*Armageddonites On Parade* Fitting. Yes. Of course, the current administration- a bunch a carpet-baggers- is no different. So much for "Hope and Change." What's mcRomney's slogan gonna' be? "Dopes in Chains?" Shit.
To: mcToejam, rat-boy, drippy, Alzheimer Fred, whitesands, t-bird, Best to leave things as they are then, eh? Reminders me of a campaign poster I had while campaigning for McGovern back in '72. Was a graphic of Tricky Dick Nixon with his 'dick' penetrating a map of the USA and the slogan, "Why change 'Dicks' in the middle of a screw, vote for Nixon in '72!".
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'! HELL NO. I'll be voting for Ron Paul, come November. If I have to write his name in, than so be it. We've had this discussion before, I believe... I simply won't buy the "lesser of two evils" bullshit anymore, because it's still voting for evil. There's only one guy that has earned my vote, through consistency, honesty and integrity. And it ain't oBungler, or his (slightly more stupid) twin, mcRomney. Fuck BOTH of the establishment lackeys they want us to choose from. Must've been a small graphic. Let's face it, he was lead around by the nose, by that NWO whore Kissinger. Nixon did more to fuck up this country, than any previous POTUS. oBungler is in the running, though, with all his EOs to institute martial law. oBungler is delusional if he thinks he can successfully implement the full-tilt police state. DELUSIONAL.
To: mcToejam, rat-boy, drippy, Alzheimer Fred, whitesands, t-bird, Ya' want that VP slot ya' gotta kiss some israeli ass. Pucker up, buttercup.
The Republican Party leadership are hell bent on doing just that; and why not, he's doing their dirty work for them. They get to posture and pose as conservatives so long as Obama is ramming the fascist rod.
I'm OK with that...indeed.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'! I supported McGovern in the first election I was old enough to vote in. But in 1968 I actually supported Nixon for president. My favorite bumper sticker then was a graphic of a bandaid that had the slogan; "Our nation needs fixin, elect Dick Nixon" on it. ;-) Believe it or not, I used to be a self described Republican as well as being a former Democrat. I now belong to the Pacific Green Party.
Then we need to train Rubio to fly the plane.
ZioFundies. How easy it is to march the Working Class off to the bloody mud trenches. Not a word on the Epic Fail blood orgies of Iraq/the Afghans still in progress. That the Palestine Ghettoe the sin quo non. That the USSA sends Billions to Tel Aviv while 50 million live here in poverty, on food stamps w/o health care. Forced to eat food not fit for dogs....;}
I was a freshman in HS campaign for ole George. First vote cast was for Carter, then Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Kerry, Obama. Still hanging with Obama so far as the alternatives and the prospect of a GOP govn't in DC is not an option.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'! I still like and admire George Stanley McGovern. He never stopped doing good works when his state myopically voted him out of the Senate. I got to talk to him when he visited here when he ran again for POTUS in the 1990s and spoke at the University of Oregon. I am an aircraft enthusiast and he was surprised I knew so much about the bombers he flew in WW II. I'm glad he's still alive and kicking and doing good works.
*Armageddonites On Parade*
#2. To: We The People, Brian S (#1)
To: Brian S
The economy is wonderful!
Re-elect Obama, he'll pay your rent!
A chicken in every pot!
-- Baghdad Bri-bri -- loonymom, ming, e-type jackoff, goober56, wreck, cal-CON, rabid dog, dummy DwarF, biff, harrowup the communist, and meguro. You're on the "a waste of human flesh" list. Brian S[ocialist], you're a propagandist moron. ALL of you can piss off.
#3. To: Capitalist Eric, All (#2)
What's mcRomney's slogan gonna' be? "Dopes in Chains?"
#4. To: Brian S (#3)
Best to leave things as they are then, eh?
Was a graphic of Tricky Dick Nixon with his 'dick' penetrating a map of the USA...
The economy is wonderful!
Re-elect Obama, he'll pay your rent!
A chicken in every pot!
-- Baghdad Bri-bri -- loonymom, ming, e-type jackoff, goober56, wreck, cal-CON, rabid dog, dummy DwarF, biff, harrowup the communist, and meguro. You're on the "a waste of human flesh" list. Brian S[ocialist], you're a propagandist moron. ALL of you can piss off.
#5. To: Brian S (#0)
#6. To: Brian S (#3)
Best to leave things as they are then, eh?
#7. To: Capitalist Eric (#4)
I'll be voting for Ron Paul, come November. If I have to write his name in, than so be it.
#8. To: Brian S (#3)
(Edited)
"Was a graphic of Tricky Dick Nixon with his 'dick' penetrating a map of the USA and the slogan, "Why change 'Dicks' in the middle of a screw, vote for Nixon in '72!"."
#9. To: Brian S (#0)
Marco Rubio: U.S. May Have To Strike Iran
#10. To: Brian S (#0)
#11. To: Ferret Mike (#8)
I supported McGovern in the first election I was old enough to vote in. But in 1968 I actually supported Nixon for president.
#12. To: Brian S (#11)
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