O’Reilly Lectures Romney: Bombing Iran ‘Starts World War III

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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/12/20/392945/romney-oreilly-bomb-iran-world-war-iii/

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) found his hawkish rhetoric against Iran challenged by an unexpected source, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. Romney, who just last week said President Barack Obama was “weak and timid” for not ordering an airstrike to destroy a U.S. drone downed in Iran, faced harsh questions about the possible consequences of a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities:
ROMNEY: I’m ready to make sure we have military options combined with crippling sanctions.
BILL O’REILLY: Of course we have military options.
MITT ROMNEY: But we have developed in a way that Iran understands we would use military options.
O’REILLY: You’re a tough guy? You’re going to stare them down and say ‘Look, I’m gonna use them’? If you bomb Iran that starts World War III. You know that. They’re going to try to block Hormuz. Oil will double. The unintended consequences to the United States all across the Muslim world will be horrible. That’s what Iran is banking on.
ROMNEY: Then there’s the other side of the story, not taking crippling sanctions and treating them as the pariah they are and preparing military options. If you don’t do those things Iran has a nuclear weapon, nuclear material will ultimately be used.

The idea that O'Reilly would be wiser than Romney on something like that is really frightening.

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1. Romney just miscounted Billo's medication schedule

Billo will be 100% in favor of glassing Iran in another week or so. Romney figured he could pander Papa Bear, and that bellicose rhetoric would receive a favorable hearing this week. Billo will have forgotten all about it very soon, so Romney should just schedule a follow-up interview for a session of mutual bullyragging.