All of the Republican candidates said they would nuke iran. Am I the only one concerned?

Question

The republican candidates when asked said they would nuke iran if Iran had a nuclear weapon said they without a doubt would. This seems excessive and immoral to me. I may vote in the next election for a democrat because of this issue. I believe that Iran does try to influence governments outside its borders, but so does America. America helped fund the Iraqi war on Iran so they have good reason for fear us. America under the bush administration is no longer that beacon of freedom and moral right that I thought it once was. What do you all think about this?

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/05/se.01.html

Here is a transcript. Use control F to search out the word nuke and you'll find what they said.

GIULIANI: Part of the premise of talking to Iran has to be that they have to know very clearly that it is unacceptable to the United States that they have nuclear power. I think it could be done with conventional weapons, but you can't rule out anything and you shouldn't take any option off the table.

HUNTER: I would authorize the use of tactical nuclear weapons if there was no other way to preempt those particular centrifuges.

Answer 1

no, there are dozens (out of 305 million) of us that are shocked & appalled. the rest are zombies i guess. ron paul is the only hope.

Answer 2

If America is no longer the "beacon of freedom," who is and why do people keep coming here instead of going there? Everyone criticizes America, calling us the "policeman of the world," but if America doesn't do it, someone else will step into that role. Who would you prefer that to be? China? Iran? Europe already is slowly becoming Islamicized.

Candidate-speak is a lot different than Candidate-do. You really can't believe anything politicians say, good or bad. They try to pander to various groups and make all kinds of promises they can't possibly keep. I go by what they do and have done in the past. Their records speak volumes.

Answer 3

Political Correctness is the Incubator of Islamism
by Amil Imani

14 Feb, 2007

Time and again we are told by the politically correct “experts” not to worry about Islam posing a threat to our way of life. We are repeatedly lectured that only a very small minority of Muslims are troublemakers who are giving the peaceful masses of Muslims a bad name. We are also informed that the terrorists, who happened to be Muslims, are the disaffected and the young. And not to worry, since as the fire of youth turns to ashes of old age the rebellious will mellow, as they always have.
With heavy assurances like this, coming from so many know-it-all authoritative figures, we can sleep soundly without the aid of sleeping pills. After all, people reason that these pundits are “experts” whose job is to know and tell it like it is. Those who voice contrary views must be a bunch of racist, alarmist hate mongers. Who is right?

Wouldn’t be more prudent to let the facts settle the matter, rather than blindly accepting either position? Of course it would, except for one huge problem. In the face of threats, people tend to go to the mind’s medicine cabinet and take a few denial and rationalization pills, in the same way that it is the aspirin bottle they turn to when a headache strikes. Why not? We are the Easy Species. We love effortless, quick and simple solutions. And that’s not invariably bad. It has given us all kinds of labor and time saving devices.

Yet, the Islam problem is very real and deadly. Neither the pronouncements of the experts, nor the tranquilizing pills of the mind can make it go away. It is here and it shows every sign of imposing itself on us.

Europe is already badly infected with Islamism. It is the coal-miners’ canary. It is telling us that the next stop is America. We must act and act now. We must not sacrifice our cherished way of life and the lives of our children at the altar of political correctness: the incubator of Islamofascism.

Answer 4

In reference to an earlier poster... No, Ghengis Khan, Vlad Dracul and Ivan the terrible were far less evil... consider how casually they are talking about wiping out millions of people. Ghengis just conquered. Vlad just defended his homeland against incredible odds. Ivan was just mad. But to coldly be willing to nuke that many civilians for the hypocritical purpose of preventing Iran having nukes (here's a tip - maybe they want them cause Israel has them illegally already?) goes beyond insane, bloody thirsty or over zealous... it's pure, calculated evil.

Answer 5

Iran is a religious state, right wing Christians are trying to make the US a religious state, religion kills, yes I would be very concerned.

Answer 6

But you are taking their words out of context in a way you forgot the if. No one wants war but we have to defend ourselves. And our way of life. Are you saying that the Islamo Fascist who are obviously being funded by the Iranian government who use suicide bombers and cowardly terrorism to kill women and children more moral then we are? I don't understand. The head of the Iranian government has said more then once that it is his destiny to destroy Israel and the west. So are you saying we shouldn't defend ourselves against him by pre emptive measures if need be? You are very naive. We live in trying times maybe in the grand scheme of things we are supposed to be destroyed. But I will fight and die if need be to protect my family and the rights of individual freedom over being ruled by a dictator.

Answer 7

I thought it was just McCain?

Since I can't support McCain due to his co-sponsorship of the Amnesty Bill, I'm relieved to hear that there are other candidates who are willing to consider such options.

Answer 8

I agree. We would be dealing with refugee camps and we all that such extreme episodes leads to a rise in fundamentalist behavior and nationalism. We would not have stopped the behavior, only further inspired it.

Answer 9

these guys are the same as fanatics like Ivan the terrible, Gingus Khan, Dracula, etc., only in this century!

Answer 10

.....All,,,,, the GOP said that...your drinking the toilet water again I think.....please show a link.....I believe that one wacko said it...not ALL the GOP candidates...but your a libbie...do not let facts get in the way