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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/18/romney-wants-to-attack-iran-to-prevent-a-dirty-bomb.htmlRomney Wants To Attack Iran To Prevent A Dirty Bomb
by Ali Gharib Sep 18, 2012 7:30 AM EDT
In the video, released today by Mother Jones, of Mitt Romney laying out more hawkish Middle East policies to a private audience than he does in public, Mitt Romney suggested that he'd bomb Iran because of the tremendous risk posed by an Iranian "dirty bomb" in Chicago. Here's what he said:
Sigh. Where to start? Well, as Mother Jones's David Corn points out, a "dirty bomb" doesn't require fissile material: "Such a bomb can be produced with, say, radioactive medical waste." Whether or not Romney plans on making war with all the other countries of the world with access to rudimentary explosives and hospital waste remains unclear.
One thing we do know: a man that is running to occupy the most powerful office in the worldresponsible for America's security, and so much morehas no idea what a "dirty bomb" is. When discussing attacking another country, he offers a justification that makes no sense, leaving one to wonder if he even understands the dynamics that would make a nuclear armed Iran a threat. One line of attack against Romney's foreign policy is that he would return to the worst excesses George W. Bush-like posture in the world. If his remarks, behind closed doors, to his donors is any indication, it could be so much worse.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)oswaldactedalone
(3,489 posts)guess that makes him a closet Muslim. Oh wait, Mormons sympathize with terrorists? Who knew?
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)Throw out an idea to attack America's third largest city. Jesus Christ.
beac
(9,992 posts)WHAT a coincidence!
Romney is a sick and dangerous jackass.
Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)Cause you know, he's ... you know
(black)
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Even right wingers can't cheer for someone who is ignorant and incompetent, especially when it comes to issues of national security. This goes beyond ideology
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)like Bob Hope and Red Skelton funny, but it is Gallows Humor funny...laughing because one is uncomfortable. We've all done it and felt, well, uncomfortable.
This "comedy" where people laugh AT/ridicule someone being made fun of, rather than laughing at our own human foibles, has crossed a line that moves into bullying.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)it's uncomfortable, Mean Girls movie, Reality TV-like trash, raunchy, bullying, or like that Honey Boo Boo show... ridiculously stupid. But then, I'm old so who knows.
cr8tvlde
(1,185 posts)and cut his hair off ... funny, prank, superiority, laughing their asses off at this poor guy.
Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)George Bush Convention
In the light of all the criticism that George Bush is an idiot, the Republicans decide to hold a "George Bush Is Not Stupid" convention. Eighty thousand Republicans meet in the Kansas City Chiefs Stadium.
Trent Lott says, "We are all here today to prove to the world that George Bush is not stupid. So ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce President George Bush."
After the cheers die down. Lott says "Mr. President, we're going to prove to the world once and for all that you are not stupid. So tell us, what is 15 plus 15?"
Bush, after scrunching up his face and concentrating real hard for a moment, declares, "Eighteen!"
Obviously everyone is a little disappointed. Then the 80,000 Republicans start cheering, "Give Bush another chance! Give Bush another chance!"
Trent Lott says, "Well since we've gone to the trouble of getting 80,000 of you in one place, I guess we can do that." So he asks, "What is 5 plus 5?"
After nearly 30 seconds of chin-rubbing and grimacing, Bush meekly asks "Ninety?"
Trent Lott is quite perplexed, looks down and just lets out a dejected sigh -- everyone is disheartened.
But then Bush starts pouting, and suddenly the 80,000 Republicans begin to yell and wave their hands, shouting again "Give Bush another chance! Give Bush another chance!"
Lott, unsure whether he's doing more harm than good, eventually says, "Ok! Ok! Just one more chance -- What is 2 plus 2?"
Bush looks down, counts on his fingers, and after a whole minute, proudly announces "Four."
A moment of total silence, then an electric charge surges through the stadium as pandemonium breaks out.
All 80,000 Republicans jump to their feet.
These GOP partisans start to wave their arms, stomp their feet and create a deafening roar:
"GIVE BUSH ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE BUSH ANOTHER CHANCE!"
Lex
(34,108 posts)What an asshole.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)He wants to base his foreign policy on something that sounds hatched from a badly written novel?
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)especially the Hunt for Red October... all from open sources by the way, the Navy wanted to classify it.
Why I mention this? No, I suspect he reads the fantasy from CATO, and a few other places and is advised, we know this, by the who's who horror show of the Bush administration.