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jsr

(7,712 posts)
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 12:11 AM Sep 2012

Romney: "Let's get a little fissile material to Hezbollah, have them carry it to Chicago"

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/18/romney-wants-to-attack-iran-to-prevent-a-dirty-bomb.html

Romney 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:

If I were Iran, if I were Iran—a crazed fanatic, I'd say let's get a little fissile material to Hezbollah, have them carry it to Chicago or some other place, and then if anything goes wrong, or America starts acting up, we'll just say, "Guess what? Unless you stand down, why, we're going to let off a dirty bomb." I mean this is where we have—where America could be held up and blackmailed by Iran, by the mullahs, by crazy people. So we really don't have any option but to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon.

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 world—responsible for America's security, and so much more—has 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.
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Romney: "Let's get a little fissile material to Hezbollah, have them carry it to Chicago" (Original Post) jsr Sep 2012 OP
Fuck.Me...... pkdu Sep 2012 #1
With Rmoney sympathizing with terrorists like this... oswaldactedalone Sep 2012 #2
The ghost of Osama thanks you Mitwit for the idea. L0oniX Sep 2012 #3
What? ellie Sep 2012 #4
Here's a link to the VIDEO Tx4obama Sep 2012 #5
Can I just cover my eyes and ears? OMG. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #6
Nice jpbollma Sep 2012 #8
And it just happens to be the hometown of the sitting POTUS... beac Sep 2012 #10
But Obama came from Chicago... makes it fair game Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #14
I think this is the most damaging statement yet aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #7
And he states it as a fucking joke to richie richers. They apparently think it's funny. lonestarnot Sep 2012 #9
There is a comedic realm where people laugh...not because it is funny, cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #11
And your point? lonestarnot Sep 2012 #12
Why we laugh ... not always because something is funny ... but because cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #15
A Mitt example...you can bet they were all laughing when he held down the gay guy cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #17
Remember *ush? Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #16
He just *knows* none of his sons or grandsons would have to fight said war. Lex Sep 2012 #13
Romney reads too much Tom Clancy Hugabear Sep 2012 #18
Actually I wish he read some Clancy nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #19

oswaldactedalone

(3,489 posts)
2. With Rmoney sympathizing with terrorists like this...
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 12:16 AM
Sep 2012

guess that makes him a closet Muslim. Oh wait, Mormons sympathize with terrorists? Who knew?

beac

(9,992 posts)
10. And it just happens to be the hometown of the sitting POTUS...
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 12:33 AM
Sep 2012

WHAT a coincidence!

Romney is a sick and dangerous jackass.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
7. I think this is the most damaging statement yet
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 12:24 AM
Sep 2012

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

cr8tvlde

(1,185 posts)
11. There is a comedic realm where people laugh...not because it is funny,
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 12:38 AM
Sep 2012

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.

cr8tvlde

(1,185 posts)
15. Why we laugh ... not always because something is funny ... but because
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:03 AM
Sep 2012

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)
17. A Mitt example...you can bet they were all laughing when he held down the gay guy
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:05 AM
Sep 2012

and cut his hair off ... funny, prank, superiority, laughing their asses off at this poor guy.

Tigress DEM

(7,887 posts)
16. Remember *ush?
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:04 AM
Sep 2012
http://www.jokesaboutthepresident.com/the_president_jokes_seven.html

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!"

Hugabear

(10,340 posts)
18. Romney reads too much Tom Clancy
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:30 AM
Sep 2012

He wants to base his foreign policy on something that sounds hatched from a badly written novel?

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
19. Actually I wish he read some Clancy
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:32 AM
Sep 2012

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.

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