Santorum Claims Obama Might Bomb Iran To Win Election

[cynatnite]

Former Republican Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum may have ended his presidential campaign in April but his conspiracy theorizing about Barack Obama’s foreign policy hasn’t stopped. Santorum, who has previously stated that if elected president he would attack Iran and claimed Obama is helping Iran acquire nuclear weapons, told right wing radio host Steve Malzberg on Thursday that Obama may bomb Iran in October to ensure his reelection.

Read the exchange:

STEVE MALZBERG: Even doing something against Iran, which probably fundamentally in his core, he doesn’t want to do because all he wants to do is have dinner with Ahmedinejad.

RICK SANTORUM: …. Foreign policy is just something that is a distraction to him. Something that we will deal with later….What he believes he needs to do to win the election is some sort of October Surprise…there is no question that is one of the things that I’m sure he will look at.

MALZBERG: We’re talking about possibly attacking Iran. You wouldn’t be surprised?

SANTORUM: I don’t know…It would not surprise me that this president would do anything to let the country know that he’s on the watch and that he is a vital player in keeping us safe.

Obama has declared numerous times that the military option is on the table but the administration has also spoken honestly about the negative consequences of an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice stated in March that the administration sees a diplomatic resolution as “the best and most permanent way” to resolve the crisis. That position was echoed by the Mitt Romney campaign last month.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/05/511564/santorum-obama-might-bomb-iran/

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Thought Trump said that.

[cynatnite]

2. Probably both since they're cut from the same crazy cloth. n/t

[Kahuna]

15. Yep. Trump tweeted that a day or so ago. nt

[Rambis]

3. Put it down Rick

[Woody Woodpecker]

10. No, a better picture for Sanscrotum would be this..

(You offended me comparing Rick with MJ users)

[librechik]

4. cuz that's what Bush would do.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. If ever you want to hear what a Repub would do, listen to what they say a Dem would do.

All they do is project their failings onto others. Can't take responsibility, no good ideas - just disgusting.

[surrealAmerican]

16. You said it.

He wouldn't hesitate to start a war and kill hundreds of thousands of people to get elected. He just can't imagine that anybody else might have a shred of human decency.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Joke is on him and Trump

That's not going to happen - so can it be shoved down their throats on November 8th?

[Woody Woodpecker]

7. Santscrotum needs to up his daughter's meds a little bit more..

Sounds like he's hitting way too much of her stuff..

[Johonny]

8. That make's no sense

Hillary just set the record for most countries visited. Obama's foreign policy is where he and Clinton before him were most active. The problem with the GOP is they think foreign policy means bombing people. If you aren't bombing enough people then you aren't doing it. I mean even Bush did a lot of work in Africa with anti-Malaria campaigns but I bet an asshate like Santorum wouldn't even know Bush did that. This guy is a waste. It's amazing in the GOP a total nothing like him is even a pretender to the nomination.

[jillan]

9. What an idiot. IF we had to bomb Iran (hopefully NOT) now the rw would call it political-just like

when Clinton wanted to go after OBL and they called it Wag the Dog.

Republicans are dangerous creatures.

[madinmaryland]

11. Another frothy lie from "man-on-dog".

[randome]

12. How about we just drop Santorum on them?

They will surrender in a heartbeat.

[etherealtruth]

13. Santorum says a lot of stuff ...

... a majority of which is simply "full-on"/"straight-up" insane.

[ilikeitthatway]

14. So then Republicans should vote for Obama

n/t

[GeorgeGist]

17. Yeah, cause it worked so well for McCain.