Gingrich on Iran: 'Replace the Regime'

[ECH1969]

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate, says Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is as great a threat today as German dictator Adolf Hitler was in 1935, and the United States should not wait to help bring about a regime change in Iran.

"If we don’t have a very serious systematic program to replace the government of Iran, we’re going to live in an unbelievably dangerous world," Gingrich said. "This is 1935 and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is as close to Adolf Hitler as we’ve seen. We now know who they are; the question is who we are -- are we Baldwin or Churchill?"

When asked about President Bush's top priorities in his remaining three years in office, Gingrich said atop that list should be overthrowing -- peacefully but most likely militarily -- the government of Iran.

"Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in September 1941, when we sank a German submarine while we were technically at peace, did a nationwide radio address and said, 'If you are standing next to a rattle snake, you do not have an obligation to wait until it bites you before you decide it’s dangerous.'

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?print=yes&id=11829

[MichiganVote]

1. Sure Newt, we'll get right on it. Nutjob.

[saigon68]

44. Another COWARDLY CHICKEN HAWK

HE IS SCUM

[saigon68]

46. AND A DRAFT DODGER

Just like Cheney

[LibDemAlways]

2. Newt is certifiable.....But maybe he has a point....

A military invasion of Iran would ignite WWIII which would involve the use of nukes, and then we certainly would no longer have to worry about living in an "unbelievably dangerous world" ...because we'll all be dead.

[PerceptionManagement]

3. Yes, regime change has worked so well for Iraq, Republicans and the US

[sarcasmo]

4. Newt is comparing the wrong leader to Hitler.

43 is the nearest leader we have had to Hitler since Hitler. The good ole Regime change argument will be heard many times this summer.

[0007]

34. ...and when the smokes clears 43 may be worse.

[Submariner]

5. This is what a yellow bellied draft dodging coward sounds

like absorbed in FEAR MONGERING. He never put on a uniform to serve his country, but he sure has ideas about how to kill those that do. What an asshole.

[Voltaire99]

45. Nothing yellow-bellied about dodging the draft.

Very sensible decision in the Vietnam era and will be again should the US need more canon fodder in the Middle East.

And yes, Gingrich is scum--just not for the reason he didn't "serve" in the military.

[Nomen Tuum]

6. How are we going to do it Newt? More Tax Cuts?

Newt, haven't you read the reports that YOUR MILITARY IS AT THE BREAKING POINT?

Get out of that LASSEIZ FAIRYLAND you and your fellow Nazis float around in and see things as they really are!

[Skink]

7. I'm voting Newt cause it couldn't get any worse.

:beer:

[ECH1969]

17. Faith based warfare

[louis-t]

47. Laissez fairyland! Hilarious!

[superconnected]

8. Shouldn't we topple nazi regimes at home first.

then go rid the world of war mongers.

Uh, you're going to have to turn yourself in Newt.

[robertpaulsen]

9. Excuse me, do you have any I Can't Believe It's Not Hitler? n/t

[wtmusic]

11. Hep yourself

[robertpaulsen]

15. Thanks. I'll save some for when Diebold appoints Gingrich in 2008.

Then again, with * on the tub, I can't believe it now!

[wtmusic]

10. That didn't sound like something FDR would say (it wasn't)

FDR made that announcements after the Germans had sunk four of our warships (we hadn't yet sunk one of theirs).

http://www.usmm.org/fdr/rattlesnake.html

Fucking liar Gingrich.

[tatertop]

13. Thank you. That quote did not sound right to me.

[AlamoDemoc]

18. lol...didn't Gingrich had a Ph.D in History? n/t

[CAG]

29. Oh, you people with your facts... come on, don't be soooo picky

signed,

Newt "I like to serve divorce papers but not serve in uniform" Gettinrich
Bill "I like to serve falafels but not serve in uniform" OReilly
Dick "I'd like to serve but I have other priorities" Chainey
and
Rush "I like to serve myself to oxycontin but not serve in uniform" pukebaugh

[louis-t]

48. Amazing how neocons try to quote Dems.

Even when they act like they are being benevolent, they still get it wrong.

[Demeter]

12. "There You Go Again!"--St. Ronnie of Reagan

If it weren't so serious, it would be funny.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Put Newt in the forefront of the battle

Along with the rest of the GOP chickenhawk brigade. With inadequate body armor, of course.

If that were the deal, I might be willing to support yet another illegal invasion.

[Jacobin]

16. "Peacefully overthrowing the government of Iran"

How does this fuckwad continue to be taken seriously?

[kineneb]

19. let's take up a donation and send Newt to Iran

There is a lovely, large salt desert there in which I am certain we could accidently loose him.:evilgrin:

[tabasco]

20. OK. Let's put Newt in the infantry assault force.

I'm tired of these coward republicans fighting to the last drop of our blood.

[DELUSIONAL]

21. Ah dummy -- Iran voted for their jerk.

Since bushie insulted the guy that won -- seems like bushie wanted that guy to win.

The GOPigs are flat out crazy -- loony tunes, nuts, screws loose -- whatever, they belong in a nut house.

[EndElectoral]

22. This is why Newt is no longer in Congress....wacko

[EndElectoral]

23. Why do these guys love war?

[Geo55]

24. No , no

not love of war as much as the pungent smell of petroleum wafting across the Persian Gulf that attracts them.

[daleo]

26. They love money

And war can be very profitable.

[yorkiemommie1]

25. OK, Newt !! YOU go FIRST !!

:rofl:

[Ganja Ninja]

39. That's right Newt lead the way.

Take point! We'll be right behind you and the college republicans.

[leesa]

27. Right. We've skipped om to rationale #2; Regime change

Has "Run! The Mushroom Clouds are coming!!", run its course?

[area51]

28. The only rattlesnake I see...

is Newt "I'm too chickenshit to serve my country" Gingrich.

[Neverarepublican]

30. Neverarepublican on US: "Replace the Regime"

[Placebo]

31. Can we finally stop comparing every leader who sits atop oil...

to f'n Hitler?

and PS, from a purely PR P.O.V. that whole "Nazi/Hitler" thing no longer holds the same cache it used to for the American people.

"9/11" is the new Hitler, so you're much better off Mr Newt comparing Iran to Usama bin Laden...but then, this Republican Administration still hasn't managed to find him after 4+ years...so...I guess it's not very convenient...:eyes:

[LynnTheDem]

32. Regime change...

BEGINS AT HOME.

[baby_mouse]

33. You are not Churchhill. YOU WILL NEVER BE CHURCHHILL, NEWT.

NEVER. YOU WILL NEVER, EVER BE CHURCHHILL.

THERE'S NEVER, EVER BEEN AN AMERICAN CHURCHHIILL.

THERE'S WILL NEVER, EVER BE AN AMERICAN CHURCHHILL.

You're not ENGLISH, Newt. None of you are ever going to sound or look like a gruff, determined, drink sodden Englishman.

[KDLarsen]

35. Roll call - how many thought he was talking about * ?

I for one did :shrug:

[MakeItSo]

36. These neocon fascists made the Hitler analogy with Hussein

It's the same all over again. I've never experienced the power of mass delusion to such an extent in my lifetime. Up is down.

[stepnw1f]

37. We Should Drop Newt from a B-52

Let's see if he bounces...

[Nomen Tuum]

43. Load him up with beans first before you drop him!

:-)

[gtar100]

38. OK, we get it - Newt's a jerk. It's our children who need to hear us

It's our children that are being sacrificed when these assholes trumpet war. We need to get the message across to our middle school and high school children about all the damage that people like Newt have done so they don't fall for this self-serving drivel we get from these right-wing "conservatives".

[AlCzervik]

40. We "get it" Newt, you're running, you have to keep your name in the news

no just go away before the primary starts and save yourself a whole lot of humiliation.

[Julius Civitatus]

41. Shut up and gear up, idiot!

If he's so interested in changing Iran's regime, he should volunteer his fat ass to the first line of combat. Otherwise his words are empty, as usual.

[Brooklyn Michael]

42. Ummmm....riiiight....

As the saying goes: "You and what army?"