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Banned
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Now Huckabee comes off as a clueless (disinterested?) asshat, so who remains, besides Ron Paul, pursuing the republican nomination, who isn't a joke?
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonath...t_on_Iran.html
December 04, 2007
Read More: Huckabee
<h3>Huckabee not aware of NIE report on Iran</h3>
My colleague David Paul Kuhn attended an on-the-record dinner with Mike Huckabee and a group of reporters tonight in Des Moines.
The transcript speaks for itself:
Kuhn: I don’t know to what extent you have been briefed or been able to take a look at the NIE report that came out yesterday ...
Huckabee: I’m sorry?
Kuhn: The NIE report, the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran. Have you been briefed or been able to take a look at it —
Huckabee: No.
Kuhn: Have you heard of the finding?
Huckabee: No.
Kuhn then summarized the NIE finding that Iran had stopped work on a clandestine nuclear program four years ago and asked if it “adjusts your view on Iran in any sense."
Kuhn: What is your concern on Iran as of now?
Huckabee: I’ve a serious concern if they were to be able to weaponize nuclear material, and I think we all should, mainly because the statements of Ahmadinejad are certainly not conducive to a peaceful purpose for his having it and the fear that he would in fact weaponize it and use it. (He pauses and thinks) I don’t know where the intelligence is coming from that says they have suspended the program or how credible that is versus the view that they actually are expanding it. … And I’ve heard, the last two weeks, supposed reports that they are accelerating it and it could be having a reactor in a much shorter period of time than originally been thought.
Kuhn: Does the United States face a higher burden of proof on Iran in light of Iraq, in the international community?
Huckabee: Probably so. First time I’ve been asked a question like that. But I think probably so because there is going to be a real anxiety for us to take any type of action without there being some very credible and almost irrefutable intelligence to validate our decision.
Kuhn: And then on the flip side of that. a conservative concern might be, does the United States, might they hedge, might they be timid from taking necessary aggressive action due to the failures of intelligence on Iraq, and our failures in Iraq itself?
Huckabee: I think that’s a possibility as well. And that would be unfortunate if we actually knew we needed to take action but were fearful of doing so because of getting burned in the Iraq situation. That would be a serious challenge for us.
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Surely, it's not this man:
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http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/0...of_context.php
Romney Campaign: Remark About Sons Was Taken Out Of Context
By Greg Sargent - August 8, 2007, 2:26PM
Okay, the Romney campaign is suggesting that his remark earlier today -- in which he appeared to say that his sons were supporting the country by helping get him elected President -- was taken out of context by the Associated Press.
The campaign has sent out this YouTube with his full remarks:
Question: "Hi, my name's Rachel Griffiths, thank you so much for being here and asking for our comments. And I appreciate your recognizing the Iraq War veteran. <h3>My question is how many of your five sons are currently serving in the U.S. military and if none of them are, how do they plan to support this War on Terrorism by enlisting in our U.S. military?"</h3>
Governor Romney: "Well, the good news is that we have a volunteer army and that's the way we're going to keep it. My sons are all adults and they've made their decisions about their careers and they've chosen not to serve in the military and active duty. I respect their decision in that regard. I also respect and value very highly those who make a decision to serve in the military. I think we ought to show an outpouring of support just as I suggested. A surge of support for those families and those individuals who are serving. My niece, for instance, just to tell you what a neighborhood can do and how touching it can be.
"My niece, Misha, living out West, her husband I think he got a call on a Tuesday. He's in the National Guard. He got a call on a Tuesday that he was going to be called up and shipped overseas on a Thursday. And they just bought a home -– they hadn’t landscaped it -– but the rules in the neighborhood were that unless you got your home landscaped within a year of the time that you bought your home, they began fining you, because they didn’t want people having mud holes in front of their homes. And she was very worried and just before the year expired, she woke up one morning and looked out the window and all the neighbors were out there, rolling down sod, putting up trees, getting it all done."
<h3>"It’s remarkable how we can show our support for our nation and one of the ways my sons are showing support for our nation is helping to get me elected, because they think I’d be a great president.</h3> My son, Josh, bought the family Winnebago and has visited 99 counties, most of them with his three kids and his wife. And I respect that and respect all of those in the way they serve this great country."
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Is Romney's response to this determination, reasonable or proportional:
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http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20...terstitialskip
Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities
November 2007
A. We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program 1"....
....2007 National Intelligence Estimate
Judge with high confidence that in fall 2003,
Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program. Judge
with high confidence that the halt lasted at least
several years. (DOE and the NIC have moderate
confidence that the halt to those activities
represents a halt to Iran's entire nuclear weapons
program.) Assess with moderate confidence
Tehran had not restarted its nuclear weapons
program as of mid-2007, but we do not know
whether it currently intends to develop nuclear
weapons."
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Quote:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/...EWS08/71204006
Romney promises return to ‘Reagan’
Published: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
.....Romney said a U.S. military option should be left on the table in dealing with Iran, despite a new intelligence report Monday concluding that country halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003.
“You clearly have to maintain a military option and have the capacity that the Iranians know that you will take military action if you feel nothing else is going to work.”......
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<h3>WTF is Romeny talking about ?</h3> Is he advocating "military action" if the US necons cannot convince Iran to restart it's nuclear weapons development so neocons in government will have an excuse to attack Iran?
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