Mitt Romney Tries To Scare 11 Year Old Boy, Says Iran Will Have Nuclear Weapons If Obama Gets Second
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[release]Whenever I see Republicans make an effort to scare adults, I think they’re despicable for using fear for political gain. But when I see Republicans using that same fear tactic on children, I think they’re monsters. Well, Mitt Romney became the latest GOP monster on Sunday when, while speaking in front of an audience, [b]he told an 11 year old boy in Georgia that if President Obama wins a second term, Iran will have nuclear weapons to use against America.
“If Barack Obama gets re-elected, Iran will have a nuclear weapon and the world will change if that’s the case. This president failed to speak out when the dissidents took the streets in Tehran, he had nothing to say. This is a president who has failed to put in place crippling sanctions against Iran. He’s also failed to communicate that military options are on the table and in fact in our hand. And that it’s unacceptable to America for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. I will have those military options, I will take those crippling sanctions and put them in place, and I will speak out to the Iranian people about the peril of them becoming nuclear.”[/b]
[b]Video[/b] [url]http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/05/romney-to-11-year-old-iran-will-get-nuke-if-obama-re-elected/[/url]
I have a major problem with these comments. First of all, Romney is basically telling a child that war is coming. He is intentionally trying to scare a little kid into begging mommy and daddy to vote for him. Not because Romney is a great guy or because he has good ideas, but because Romney scared him into believing that he will be attacked if he doesn’t convince them to vote against President Obama this November. It’s a fear tactic that is being used on an unacceptable level. What kind of politician tries to scare kids? Shouldn’t Romney be assuring and calm instead of frightening? This poor kid probably doesn’t even know where Iran is, yet Romney is standing there and telling him that Iran will have the capability to kill us all if President Obama wins re-election. It’s disgusting and teaches the kid to hate.
The fact is, a war with Iran would be a devastating venture for the United States. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken over a decade to wage and they are small nations in comparison to Iran. Iran has 545,000 active troops and 350,000 in reserve (IISS Military Balance 2006, Routledge for the IISS, London, 2006, p.187). Then there’s the Basij, a paramilitary militia force with 90,000 full time members and 11 million in reserve, according to GlobalSecurity.org. Forget about the Iranian Navy and Air Force. The fact is, Iran can quickly mobilize millions of men and women to put up one hell of a fight. Sure, we could bomb them, but it would cost trillions of dollars to do so, and we would still have to deploy ground forces that don’t have near the numbers necessary to combat the kind of forces Iran can muster. Their forces would likely hide in bunkers and wait to wage guerrilla warfare, which means we can expect casualties to be higher than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. Iran is a large country and oil prices are already rising because of the threat of a war. Just imagine how high the prices will go if we actually do declare war like Republicans want. A war with Iran would absolutely require a military draft and would take so long to wage that the 11 year old boy Romney was talking to could one day end up being drafted to fight it. That 11 year old boy and thousands more like him would fight and die on a distant battlefield because their parents allowed fear to engulf them. Right now, America has a President who seeks peace and diplomacy. He has already successfully slapped Iran with tough sanctions and is working with the international community to pressure Iran even more. And President Obama has already said that military options are on the table. Republicans want a war, pure and simple. If they win in 2012, America will get involved in another bloody and costly war that will take a long time to win. It would cripple our economy and wipe out a generation of American men. And once Republicans are through with Iran, what next? Do we declare war on North Korea because of their attempt to get nukes? Do we declare war against the rest of the Middle East? How about China? They have nukes. Perhaps they’d also like to go to war with Russia too. It’s time to reject the blood thirsty politics of the Republican Party and end this war obsession. America does not need more war, death, and economic calamity. We need peace and economic stability. And the Republican Party only supports the former.
“Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.”
~George Washington
“America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.”
~John Quincy Adams
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
~Dwight D. Eisenhower[/release]
jesus christ, i'm glad i don't live in america with these loons potentially running the place
I like how he's using crippling sanctions as a positive term
im so tired of hearing the GOP claiming the US will be destroyed if Obama gets a second term.
Hahaha, do Republican supporters really think that if this asshole is elected, Iran's leadership will say "Fuck it, I guess we aren't doing the nuke thing anymore"?
They are [i]advocating[/i] for a war with Iran. When we're untold trillions in debt (which they also constantly complain about), they are advocating a war that will cost trillions more, tens of thousands of lives, and probably ANOTHER decade of endless war in the Middle East.
These people are [i]fucking insane[/i].
[quote]and I will speak out to the Iranian people about the peril of them becoming nuclear.
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"If you get a nuclear bomb you can deter other nations from invading, and wouldn't that just be terrible. May our true christian god help you if you use it as a source of energy to increase your standard of living"
Seriously, Romney? What the fuck?
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Not sure how old this picture is. Just saw it recently.
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Glad I go back to Hong Kong when election is over. What the fuck America.
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[QUOTE=codemaster85;35015637]im so tired of hearing the GOP breathing.[/QUOTE]
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Will anyone be willing to harbor a refugee (me) if any Republican wins this year's election? Maybe we can just go to a pub and wait for all of this to blow over?
"This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election."
What? When did i say that?
[editline]6th March 2012[/editline]
What episode?
[QUOTE=Nibwoddle;35015627]jesus christ, i'm glad i don't live in america with these loons potentially running the place[/QUOTE]
When I see Romney and Santorum give speeches I laugh, when I hear thunderous applause I get very scared.
[QUOTE=Bomimo;35017280]"This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election."
What? When did i say that?
[editline]6th March 2012[/editline]
What episode?[/QUOTE]
It was when it was Burns vs the Governor woman, Marge sabotaged the election via cooking the mutated fish.
I am sick of hearing the Republicans always saying "If Obama gets a second term, the stocks will go down to 0, America's defense and weapons will disappear, and our enemies will take over the US. We should go to war with Iran to prevent them from getting nuclear weapons."
Of course, Democrats are not the best as well, they always fold when they get into a conflict with the Republicans. It makes me angry that people actually support these candidates.
[QUOTE=Nibwoddle;35015627]jesus christ, i'm glad i don't live in america with these loons potentially running the place[/QUOTE]
Most of Americans is pretty sane and actually cool. Its the nutjobs and assholes that make headlines.
[QUOTE=MR-X;35017653]Most of Americans is pretty sane and actually cool. Its the nutjobs and assholes that make headlines.[/QUOTE]
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ok, so nuke the area and claim they built a faulty weapon. i mean people are retarded about nuclear sciences anyways.
[QUOTE=MR-X;35017653]Most of Americans is pretty sane and actually cool. Its the nutjobs and assholes that make headlines.[/QUOTE]
You know. THis statement strikes me as a load of bull. The reason it does that is because none of those fabled sane people are involved in these politics. So, what the fuck are these sane Americans doing then? Where are they?
Your culture is rotten to the core. at least acknowledge it and then work to fix it. You're letting the republicans abuse a constitution that is so "sacred" that no one has the balls to fix the gaping holes in it. Broken as fuck and no one is doing anything about it.
I kinda want a war against Iran just for America can be put back in its place.
[QUOTE=Best4bond;35019077]I kinda want a war against Iran just for America can be put back in its place.[/QUOTE]
Sometimes I think that the only way to prove to people how wrong they are is to let them do their thing. So you can look at them later and say "told you so"
Bad idea with these guys though.
[QUOTE=Nibwoddle;35015627]jesus christ, i'm glad i don't live in america with these loons potentially running the place[/QUOTE]
The problem is that the consequences of one of these batshit insane idiots becoming president will be felt worldwide.
Never too early to start with the terror tactics, eh Romney?
[QUOTE=Bomimo;35019011]You know. THis statement strikes me as a load of bull. The reason it does that is because none of those fabled sane people are involved in these politics. So, what the fuck are these sane Americans doing then? Where are they?
Your culture is rotten to the core. at least acknowledge it and then work to fix it. You're letting the republicans abuse a constitution that is so "sacred" that no one has the balls to fix the gaping holes in it. Broken as fuck and no one is doing anything about it.[/QUOTE]
yea, i just love roundin commies up and givin then a good old slap of the bible. god bless amurica.
If you haven't noticed, the idiots of this country make up the majority. But in a generation or two it will be swapped with more logical thinking people. I could say russia for example is rotten to the core because their politics are extremely corrupted but its not, its politics are not the people.
[QUOTE=codemaster85;35019494]yea, i just love roundin commies up and givin then a good old slap of the bible. god bless amurica.
If you haven't noticed, the idiots of this country make up the majority. [B]But in a generation or two it will be swapped with more logical thinking people.[/B] I could say russia for example is rotten to the core because their politics are extremely corrupted but its not, its politics are not the people.[/QUOTE]
I've been to facebook, and I don't believe the next generation will solve anything.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;35019545]I've been to facebook, and I don't believe the next generation will solve anything.[/QUOTE]
Because facebook is the main part of the internet generation. I was saying the part that actually uses the internet to learn about more current events and such.
[QUOTE=codemaster85;35019559]Because facebook is the main part of the internet generation. I was saying the part that actually uses the internet to learn about more current events and such.[/QUOTE]
But that part is a minority, those people are the majority. My guess is that it'll be the same then as it is now.
[QUOTE=codemaster85;35019494]yea, i just love roundin commies up and givin then a good old slap of the bible. god bless amurica.
If you haven't noticed, the idiots of this country make up the majority. But in a generation or two it will be swapped with more logical thinking people. I could say russia for example is rotten to the core because their politics are extremely corrupted but its not, its politics are not the people.[/QUOTE]
Doesn't change that all the people that SHOULD be running for president are busy not doing it and bitching about stereotypes confirmed by those RUNNING for presidents. IF you want the stereotypes to go away, then you have to prove them wrong instead of barking at people who point it out on the internet.
All of the dumb shits on this board alone who bitch at Obama just underlines the fact that they could be stupid to vote one of the biblically retarded fucks just to spite "dem liberals" and to stay on the bandwagon. It's fucking scary to observe because if USA outlaws being gay one milestone at a time and outlaws abortion and declares war with Iran and shit because "Jesus". Then my country isn't going to be far behind but purely out of fear of becoming the next target for Americans that are anti-everything.
I mean fuck! My country is labeled Socialist by those said candidates because we have proper healthcare and education and have no public emphasis on religious status and societal norms pertaining to it. When you're done being stupid with the Middle-East, we're next. All because only Christmericans are willing to make themselves present in popular press and get their retarded agenda out to the even more retarded people.
It's in your culture and it's what's rotting politics away under you. Bad press is better than no press and these guys are covered in bad press. That a good fucking chunk of your population actually sees their idiotic remarks as sensible ideas is another scary thing and there's nothing for me, as a European to do but look and hope for the best.
So yeah. I get riled up about this because as much as you think it's only your asses on the line here, it's also mine due to indirect political ripples. My country just won't look to the Bible as the reason, but they'll find a reason to pass the same restrictive laws because USA does.
So yeah. I'm scared fucking shitless about these Republican candidates and how much wind they've got in their sails. In Scandinavia, such people never get more than 12% of the votes PARTY WIDE. These guys are looking at 45-55% party wide depending on your moods. It's fucking NUTS! Two-party system FTW!!!
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