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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Tehran Tom' Cotton Says Americans Don't Mind War As Long As They Win
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/04/tehran-tom-cotton-says-americans-dont-mindEverything you need to know about 'Tehran Tom' is in one paragraph of an interview he gave Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic this week.
Goldberg: Why do you think your general outlook is so disparaged, even in parts of the Republican Party? I don't mean the Rand Paul wing, even. I mean, I hear from Republicans who are wary of going down a path that would lead to another Middle East war. Or let me put this another way: Do you believe that the country is tired of these sorts of wars and of this kind of engagement?
Cotton: I think that Americansand this is not true just now, but over the yearsare not fundamentally opposed to war. They're fundamentally opposed to losing wars. And that's one reason why President Bush lost support for the Iraq War in the period of 2004 to 2006.
All you need to know about Tehran Tom is in that answer. Americans, not so much. He clearly hasn't spent any time talking to people outside his little neocon bubble.
Goldberg: Why do you think your general outlook is so disparaged, even in parts of the Republican Party? I don't mean the Rand Paul wing, even. I mean, I hear from Republicans who are wary of going down a path that would lead to another Middle East war. Or let me put this another way: Do you believe that the country is tired of these sorts of wars and of this kind of engagement?
Cotton: I think that Americansand this is not true just now, but over the yearsare not fundamentally opposed to war. They're fundamentally opposed to losing wars. And that's one reason why President Bush lost support for the Iraq War in the period of 2004 to 2006.
All you need to know about Tehran Tom is in that answer. Americans, not so much. He clearly hasn't spent any time talking to people outside his little neocon bubble.
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'Tehran Tom' Cotton Says Americans Don't Mind War As Long As They Win (Original Post)
KamaAina
Apr 2015
OP
I can't figure out which nickname I like best...Rotten Cotton or Teheran Tom.
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#5
If you favor war with Iran, cool...I just require that ALL your children and grandchildren between
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#7
niyad
(113,074 posts)1. the clueless cretin strikes again.
my head hurts just trying to imagine what goes on in what passes for thinking processes in "people" like him.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)2. Clueless? He's correct.
I just wouldn't have expected him to come so close to admitting that clueless rubes are the reason he thinks he'll get away with starting another war.
niyad
(113,074 posts)4. sadly, you are correct. not enough caffeine yet, I guess.
liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)3. Did anyone ask him if he knew when the last time Americans won a war?
I hate these fucking war mongers who themselves are unwilling to fight.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)5. I can't figure out which nickname I like best...Rotten Cotton or Teheran Tom.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)6. especially when they only last 3 days
and are free!!!! Wheeee, free war!!!! And when we get greeted as liberators!!!!!
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)7. If you favor war with Iran, cool...I just require that ALL your children and grandchildren between
the ages of 18-40 be on the front lines and you yourself if you have not yet served.
Problem solved
Initech
(100,041 posts)8. Easily becoming a contender for the worst senator of all time.
Sorry Joe McCarthy, you're a (very fitting) number two now. Tom Cotton is the winner, or loser depending on which way you look at it.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)9. Draft Republicans for the war with Iran, if Cotton gets his way.