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Sen. Tom Cotton says bombing Irans nuclear facilities would take several days and be nothing like Iraq War.
The Arkansas Republican, who earlier this year upset Democrats and the White House by sending a letter warning the Iranian government to think twice about entering into a deal on its nuclear program with President Obama, said President Obama offered a false choice by saying it was his deal with Iran or war.
This president has a bad habit of accusing other people of making false choices, but he presented the ultimate false choice last week when he said its either this deal or war, the Arkansas Republican said on Family Research Councils Washington Watch radio program Tuesday.
After six world powers and Iran agreed on a set of parameters for the negotiating of a final nuclear deal, President Obama said the United States would be blamed and the path to conflict would widen if Congress killed the Iran deal.
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shraby
(21,946 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)a revolver and a shovel to bury the bodies... bet he wouldn't want to go..and would shut the hell up.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)let alone blowback
I've read these fruitloops' papers: they never think more than 6 months ahead
on edit: also, Cotton is the reason why brothers aren't allowed to marry and have a baby
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Cotton - A big fat mouthed spokesmodel for MIC & the War Contractors
malaise
(269,157 posts)They never fucking learn
central scrutinizer
(11,661 posts)welcoming the liberating Americans
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Laurian
(2,593 posts)Does he think we are that stupid? Jeez....
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Like the Iraqis and Afghanis did?
And the Vietnamese before them?
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)Ugh.
spanone
(135,873 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)...he served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Not a Chickenhawk. A vulture.
spanone
(135,873 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Cool. I'm sure the troops will be back in time to celebrate the 4th of July in a really touching and heartfelt "Mission Accomplished" victory parade.
The perfect war.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)ladjf
(17,320 posts)have over 70 nuclear sites. It would take more than a "few days" to hit that many and some of them are hundreds of feet below ground.
Iran would be a much powerful foe than was Iraq.
What qualifies Cotton to suggest such a far reaching political and military move?
JHB
(37,161 posts)earthside
(6,960 posts)Pres. Obama will never willingly bomb Iran.
I suppose Bibi could provoke a conflict by unilaterally striking some Iranian facilities.
If Iran retaliated against Israel, then Obama might feel compelled to get involved.
If the U.S. bombed Iran, and I were Iran, I would consider invading Iraq, taking Baghdad and making it an Iranian protectorate -- what in the world could the U.S. do about that? What a huge blow to the U.S. that would be!
Cotton and anybody else talking about engaging Iran militarily is an idiot.
This really is World War III kind of stuff.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)China is an Iranian ally and is buying lots of their oil. I don't think they will sit idly by. Russia has also helped Iran and is no friend of the US or Israel. Both could give Iran a nuke if they so desired. And help militarily, especially if Israel and the US become Pariah nations with wars of aggression against Iran.
earthside
(6,960 posts)China wants to increase its imports of Iranian oil.
A military strike would have the exact opposite effect of its goal -- it would prove one and for all to all the Iranians (not just the hardliners) of the necessity to actually produce their own nuclear weapons.
A strike would collapse any rational for a sanctions regime and you would likely see most of the world's nations complete forego any adherence to sanctions.
And, of course, a military strike would immediately give Iran the right to self defense and the freedom to pursue whatever retaliatory measures it thought prudent.
By the way, I'll include Sen Schumer and any of the other Democrats who are bucking Pres. Obama on this deal -- they are all idiots if they think they can get a better deal through threats and bluster.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)enough
(13,262 posts)Takket
(21,625 posts)barbtries
(28,811 posts)IRAQ wasn't going to be like Iraq. get a clue you idiot. how do these people hold office?!
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)Iran has some pretty sophisticated air defense systems. All it would take is for them to shoot down one plane, capture the pilot, parade him on the evening news, and suddenly our very quick, easy campaign has escalated into something more serious. This is to say nothing about the incredible influence Iran has in Iraq right now, where we are currently trying to wipe out ISIS.
Oh, and if Iran got a lucky shot on an F-22 or one of our stealth planes (al la Serbia 1999), well, look to see that technology in Iranian, Chinese, and Russian planes in a few years.
Bottom line: Bombing Iran=VERY BAD IDEA!!!!!!!
Jeff Murdoch
(168 posts)anti-ship missiles.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)...right out the window.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)bomb nuclear sites!
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)But they don't want to fight it themselves, they will just send someone else's loved ones to do their bidding.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)But I do say, no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops! Depending on the breaks.
DFW
(54,436 posts)That's what Rumsfeld said when Cheney (dba Bush) invaded Iraq.
Republicans love starting armed conflicts with people they think won't shoot back. Iran would shoot back.
Plus, any armed attack on Iran would eliminate in one second the huge dissident movement inside Iran whose most cherished foreign policy goal is rapprochement with us.
For someone reputed to be intelligent, Tom Cotton isn't very smart.
Panich52
(5,829 posts)"Tom Cotton Suggests War With Iran Would Be A Breeze"
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/04/08/3644391/tom-cotton-suggests-war-iran-breeze/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tptop3
chemenger
(1,593 posts)after his June, 2006 New York Times espionage letter scandal. He was given reprimands for his lack of discipline, lack of adherence to protocol, and refusing respect his chain of command. Doesn't seem to have any problem disrespecting President Obama (maybe because he is a Democrat/black )
niyad
(113,552 posts)who insisted that the war between the states in this country would last less than a week.
Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)I think the Iranians might not agree, and would aggresively pursue payback.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)The use of the same script!!!!
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)was so maybe we could get Iran. X_X that was the whole point. we'd be fucked if we just went there. that and that traitor would start World War IV (or III) if you don't count the still going anti terrorist war
because we would go it alone and many would bomb us back.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Loaded inside one are the 47 traitors who attempted to subvert American foreign policy.
In the second the war criminals from the Bush lies. That includes Judith Miller and Fox.
Bombs away over the Iranian desert Mr. Cotton!
YEEE HAWWW!!!!
mahannah
(893 posts)RandiFan1290
(6,242 posts)CNN Washington Bureau
Thursday, January 2, 2003 Posted: 9:08 AM EST (1408 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House is downplaying published reports of an estimated $50 billion to $60 billion price tag for a war with Iraq, saying it is "impossible" to estimate the cost at this time.
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels told The New York Times in an interview published Tuesday that such a conflict could cost $50 billion to $60 billion -- the price tag of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
But Trent Duffy, an OMB spokesman, said Daniels did not intend to imply in the Times interview that $50 billion to $60 billion was a hard White House estimate.
"He said it could -- could -- be $60 billion," Duffy said. "It is impossible to know what any military campaign would ultimately cost. The only cost estimate we know of in this arena is the Persian Gulf War, and that was a $60 billion event."
Vinca
(50,303 posts)Countries with significant nukes tend to like Iran because that's where they get their oil. Bombing Iran could start WWIII.