In comments to reporters today, Gov. Mitt Romney said he doesn’t think that the US will ultimately end up attacking Iran, adding “I certainly hope we don’t have to.”
Romney, who had just spoken with hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said that he believes that publicly threatening to attack Iran is important and that he would never take that threat “off the table,” but said he believes that the threat in and of itself will be enough, reiterating “I certainly hope that we can prevent any military action.”
Romney tried to present this as more or less in-line with Netanyahu, though the Israeli ruler has repeatedly demanded “red lines” and today called for a specific ultimatum that he conceded would likely end in a war by spring.
The Republican nominee downplayed this difference, however, saying that he didn’t get into specifics with Netanyahu on his conversation, and insisting that he would “respect” whatever decision to start a war Israel might make.
Romney also spurned questions about the difference between his policy and Obama’s policy, insisting he doesn’t have any information on what Obama’s covert operations and policy actually are. Interestingly, this hasn’t stopped Romney from bashing Obama on the Iran issue and other foreign policy issues on which there is no apparent difference between the two.
4.All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations…
True that. If Romney gets into the White House, he'll bring the country down all by himself in less than 6 months. Iran or not.
It's time to put Netanyahu and his Cabinet (as well as US officials) in the dock at the Hague – as the Nazi officials had been at Nuremberg at the end of WWII. Even threatening aggressive war against a sovereign state is a war crime, punishable to life imprisonment or death. This is the only message these evil warmongers understand.
Those who wage aggressive war ALWAYS commit atrocities against the innocent populations of the nation(s) they attack/occupy. ixrael's done it to its neighbors; the US has done it to Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. These two countries – as well as NATO – have NO moral right to condemn these nations that try to defend themselves. International Law guarantees every nation self-defense when attacked. It's the aggressor that must be punished,.
I can't really understand these politicians.they are one thing before election and another thing after election.
they say something before election and act something else after election.
I have seen this many times, but I don't know why and why people still believe them?
I'm pretty sure some days later there would be a video on YouTube Romney talking to his Israel friends saying: yes we should attack Iran we should kill them all, we must attack Syria, Lebanon Jordan Saudi Arabist-an and all of the middle east countries! I hate them all!