GOP senators: US, not Israel, should attack Iran ‘if necessary’

By David Edwards
Sunday, October 4th, 2009 -- 9:58 am
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iranianmissile GOP senators: US, not Israel, should attack Iran if necessaryTwo senior Republican senators say the United States, and not Israel, should attack Iran if military action becomes "necessary."

They also say a simple strike at the country's nuclear capability wouldn't be enough -- the US would have to launch an "all-or-nothing" war against Iran with the aim of crippling the country's military capabilities.

"I think an Israeli attack on Iran is a nightmare for the world, because it will rally the Arab world around Iran and they're not aligned now. It's too much pressure to put on Israel," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Fox News' Chris Wallace.

He continued: "If the sanctions fail, and Iran's going down the road to get a nuclear weapon, any Sunni Arab state that could, would want a nuclear weapon. Israel will be more imperiled. The world will change dramatically for the worst. Military action should be the last resort anyone looks at, and I would rather our allies and us take military action if it's necessary."

But Graham doesn't think an attack should be limited to airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. "If we use military action against Iran, we should not only go after their nuclear facilities. We should destroy their ability to make conventional war. They should have no planes that can fly and no ships that can float," said Graham.

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Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Republican of Georgia, agrees.

"The problem with military action also is that you're probably not going to be able to stop the production of uranium by just a simple airstrike," Chambliss said on Fox News Sunday. "Lindsey's right. It's an all or nothing deal. And is it worth that at this point in time, when we know they have the capability? We can slow them down, but a full-out military strike is what it would take," said Chambliss.

This video is from Fox's Fox News Sunday, broadcast Oct. 4, 2009.

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  • tjfxh
    Here come the chickenhawks again.
  • kucinich2012
    WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? HAVE ANY OF THEM EVER SEEN THE CARNAGE LEFT AFTER BOMBING? HAVE ANY OF THEM EVER BEEN IN THE MURDEROUS MILITARY? ARE THESE ALL "CHRISTIAN" LEADERS(?) SENTENCING DEATH ON ANOTHER PEOPLE? I AM SICK AND FUCKING TIRED OF THIS "KILL-THEM-BEFORE-THEY-KILL-US-EVEN-IF-THEY-DON'T-INTEND-TO" MENTALITY. NOTHING CAN STOP THE HYPOCRISY OR THE MURDERING POLICY OF THE U.S.; NOT EVEN "GOD"! COME ON SOME GERM OUT THERE AND TAKE AWAY THE FUCKING INSANITY!!!
  • professor09
    dude, there is no US, there is only AIPAC
  • schmice
    You must think you are profound shallow one.
  • philedrifter
    I accidentally an 83 mb rar file is this bad?
  • schmice
    What?
  • Jhoffa_
    Actually, it would be GREAT if they were merely insane.

    They're not. Not by a long shot.

    Think back over the decade lone drama in Iraq. It's like a play in 4 acts..

    They're not stupid, and it's not just the GOP you've got to worry about either.

    The GOP can't do jack shit before 2012.

    Obama is the CIC. He can order the troops home RIGHT NOW. Congress is democrat controlled, but it doesn't matter. They can't stop him. The Constitution makes him the end boss over the military. He could pull them out tomorrow.

    If anything happens to Iran, it's going to be the democrats doing it. The Republicans can't. They can't order it and they can't fund it.

    Right now, they're in control of Jack and shit.. and Jack left town.
  • You're right! Naive and stupid they're surely not, but they believe "we the people" are stupid and so they exploit us; a much better word for such leaders is sociopathic - people without a conscience.
  • George
    Looks like Macchrystal is ussurping Obammas powers.
  • all they need is another "catastrophic and catalyzing event" -- only much worse than the original 9/11. And if it happens on Obama's/the Dems' watch, the Right will come back and take it all.

    http://9112010.com/9112010.html
  • Name
    Yes, there is a way to end it; start a war among your selves and this time finish it.
  • philedrifter
    Perhaps they are attempting to get the people of iran to riot; look at the recently largely-discussed election.

    or maybe their citizens are just like american citizens, know their gov is corrupt but too concerned with their own lives to really give a shit about the government.
  • Bubba
    Pretty easy to see who the whores are in the senate.
  • CaptBebops
    Of course! It makes more money for their military industrial complex cronies. Those weapons used up in the process will need replacement. See what a racket war is?
  • malikk
    yea have our soldiers die for zionist isreal good idea
  • Is there any doubt that the GOP is full of barking mad fools.
  • professor09
    so, not enough dead American for AIPAC kabbalas, right?
  • pugsey
    Those guys are nuts!
  • Showdown0_0
    GOP Senators should be on the front line when we attack Iran. I am really tired of these sons a bitches that have never been in a war pushing our kids into a fight in another country. If Isreal attacks Iran it should do so with the knowledge that they might have to do it on their own.
  • WJM
    So let me get this right: Rather than let Israel do YOUR dirty work and bring down the wrath of the Arab world on themselves, WE should bring down that wrath on OURSELVES?

    I used to think that republicans were just stupid. Now I see that they are clearly nationally suicidal as well.

    Let Iran do what they want, they are adults, and no one over there really cares what Achmidinijad thinks. He holds no real power in their gov't, he is like the queen in Britain. Those who really hold the power there would not sanction the use of a nuke. They are not as insane as OUR leaders, who clearly don't care who they attack, as long as they can keep the wars going. Any guesses as to just who is it paying for Lindsay Graham's election fund?
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