Mitt Romney is terrifying.

Probably just playing to his base.

Last thing we need is another Iraq type mess over there.

 

What else do you expect him to say, he's running for office for Pete's sake.

 

I tend to agree with Raven here.

If Romney were elected (or any Republican aside from Ron Paul), I dont think he'd have the ability to withstand pressure from Israel, Arab states including Saudi Arabia, and domestic advocacy organizations pushing him to go to war with Iran.

Based on reports of what other countries have said concerning Iran and the nature of the threat, Obama has shown a tremendous amount of restraint in this arena and although I'm critical of Obama in other policy areas, I think we owe him a debt of gratitude for not starting a war with Iran already.

 

More sanctions on Iran, more support for Israel, more military presence in the Middle East, threats of military action -- pretty much the opposite of what I want to see happen.

 

It is humiliating to see anyone running for president always concerned with pleasing Israel right or wrong.

 

I'm super liberal but supporting Rommney.

With Obama, we were promised hope/change/greatness but all we got was disappointment.

At least with Rommney, you can expect complete **** and won't be disappointed.

 

Here's what I want from a president:

Don't delve into foreign conflicts.
Don't support moochers like Israel. Let them fend for themselves (obviously they can't that's why they hide behind the US)
While it is becoming an increasingly global economy, it has been shown that a small amount of isolation can prevent the up-and-down roller coaster that is the global economy.
Improve the efficiency of our public infrastructure.
Break up large corporations.
Further separate church from state, tax religious organizations (they make as much profit as anyone else).

I hope that no sane person actually wants to war with Iran or any other country for that matter...

 

I think we should allow Iran to have nucular weapons.

 

Why? I'll admit I respect Iran compared to the rest of the Middle East, but in an ideal world, only the US would have nuclear weapons. If we can keep them from having nukes, we should. We don't want an arms race in the Middle East as it'll hurt our interests.

 

why do you respect Iran (relatively speaking?)

 

We need to end humanity. Earth is better off without us.

 

It's not like I like their government (who does?), but Iranian culture and their people fascinate me in a way that I don't have for Arabic culture. The Iranian people are a lot saner compared to the rest of the Middle East, after all, as they had something before Islam, something which they had and are proud of.

I'll admit that if it was possible, it would be nicer to be friends with the Iranian thugs as opposed to the ones ruling Saudi Arabia. It's an unrealistic fantasy, of course, and will never happen, but I like to dream about how better relations between Iran and the US would somehow cause them to moderate their government and create a peaceful state, something which doesn't look like will ever happen with the Arabs.

And Mr. Clutch gets a

 

I'm terrified of Iran producing 1940's fission bomb tech without any realistic delivery system (that isn't photo shopped).

TERRIFIED

 

Yellowcake.

 

cause they invented beer

 

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Wrong for so many reason. A) no reason to respect Iran. B) in an ideal world, NOBODY would have nukes.

What was he suppose to say, that he'd let them have nukes?

 

If you blowed up Iran, where does the radioactive dirt go?

 

If atomics were used, or if fallout is produced by exploded reactors, then all over our people in the region, the populations there, the contract workers from all over the world. In other words, it'll end up on more than simply the Iranian people, which would be bad enough, unless they, and the region, were very, very lucky..