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Dick Cheney Floats Military Action As Alternative To Obama's Iran Deal
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/dick-cheney-iran-deal-military-actionIn a speech slamming President Obama's Iran deal -- which Congress is debating this week -- former Vice President Dick Cheney suggested that only the threat of military action could prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapons program.
"As soon as President Obama went on Israeli TV and effectively ruled out the option of force, the Iranians knew that they had won," Cheney said, speaking Tuesday at the American Enterprise Institute.
Instead, Cheney said, the U.S. should have insisted that Iran halt its enrichment processes, halt its ballistics program, agree to anytime-anywhere inspections, and provide an accounting of its nuclear program.
"If Iran chooses not to do so, they must understand the U.S. stands ready to take military action to ensure they do not acquire a nuclear weapon," Cheney said, receiving applause from the audience. He went on to outline previous circumstances when the U.S. and its allies used force to attack a country's nuclear weapons program.
"As soon as President Obama went on Israeli TV and effectively ruled out the option of force, the Iranians knew that they had won," Cheney said, speaking Tuesday at the American Enterprise Institute.
Instead, Cheney said, the U.S. should have insisted that Iran halt its enrichment processes, halt its ballistics program, agree to anytime-anywhere inspections, and provide an accounting of its nuclear program.
"If Iran chooses not to do so, they must understand the U.S. stands ready to take military action to ensure they do not acquire a nuclear weapon," Cheney said, receiving applause from the audience. He went on to outline previous circumstances when the U.S. and its allies used force to attack a country's nuclear weapons program.
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Am I the only person who thinks of Dr. Strangelove every time he opens his mouth? He really is mentally unbalanced. Thank God he's not in the White House right now.
Please let us keep the White House ini 2016.
The person whose FB page I grabbed that from used the Strangelove analogy as well. 
He just isn't using it as the first option, which is what Cheney and most Republicans are probably having difficulty understanding. Speaking of which, what did THEY do about Iran when they were in office- when it literally was "bomb first and ask questions later"? What did they do about North Korea, which got nukes while he was co-POTUS and is being run by somebody who is almost certainly a real nut?
