Many in Congress Hawkish on Iran

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON - As the Bush administration pushes to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council, many members of Congress support keeping the use of military force as an option to thwart Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

Lawmakers largely back the effort to haul Iran before the Security Council over the Iranian government's refusal to give up its uranium enrichment program. But some say they doubt that a simple reprimand from the council — seen as a likely outcome — will be enough to persuade Iran to change course.

Rather, Republicans and Democrats alike say the United States should seek international economic sanctions that are harsh enough to hurt Iran, while securing assurances from Tehran's major trading partners that they will abide by any restrictions the Security Council imposes.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has repeatedly emphasized that the United States is committed to addressing the Iran standoff diplomatically and is working to line up support for a vote of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency to refer Iran to the Security Council.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060125/ap_on_go_co/congress_iran

[Mithras61]

1. And what exactly is their plan...

to deal with the loss of approximately 25% to 33% of the world's oil supply when markets are already tight? If we impose sanctions, Iranian oil will be one of the first things we sanction, and Iran has already declared that it will "shut down" the Strait of Hormuz. Are we planning on making sure that the starit remains open? Will it be a plan like Rummie the Dummie's plan for Iraq?

[wordpix2]

11. neoCons have no plan except "stay the course" & you know where that's at

They'll move forces between Iran and Iraq like a chess set but of course, U.S. will NEVER win this game on Arab land

[LSparkle]

2. And they plan to use ... WHAT army?

[cureautismnow]

5. They'll Be Signing Up Their Kids and Grandkids ...

When pigs fly into a frozen hell.

:rofl:

[wordpix2]

12. it might not be a joke---they do eat their own, as we've seen

[0007]

18. Diplomatically, with Condi Rice at the helm of Good Will for the

the Advancement of Brotherhood.

This fair and equitable women is another Joan of Ark. NOT!


:puke:

[SledDriver]

3. Sanctions will only hurt the civilian populace.

torture... right up this government's alley.

[MakeItSo]

24. Regrettable, but that shouldn't be a factor

People dumped on Clinton for the Iraq sanctions, and wrongly so. International relations is not a game of playground hop-scotch. Lots of bad things happen in the world. We cannot take care of 5 billion people. Sanctions shift responsibility to the leaders of regimes themselves. It's a modern day weapon that we need to use.

[Ignacio Upton]

4. Here we go again.......

The next major bamboozlement. By 2007, our '08 candidates will be tearing each other apart over how they voted/would have voted on the Iran War Resolution....

[leftstreet]

6. Is Colin Powell on standby?

[raccoon]

20. Great pic! nt

[f-bush]

7. OMG

we're gonna make the same mistakes we made with Iraq...and Vietnam...and Korea...and the Phillipines...and...and...

[bleedingheart]

8. Perhaps the GOP DimBulb Brigade can charge in their by themselves

...what a freaking bunch of warmongering twits...

[wordpix2]

14. nice ring, "GOP Dimbulb Brigade". If the American sheeple let * go into

Iran with or without our "surrogate freedom fighters," it will be Iraq all over again.

They are all a bunch of incompetent dangerous boobs, how many more examples do we need?

[IndianaGreen]

9. They are the same morons that supported war against Iraq

and some of them have "Ds" after their names.

[CRK7376]

10. Let the idiots in Congress go

fight the war with Iran they are soooo interested in stirring up. I'm so tired of Chickenhawks! Damn cowards are everywhere!

[wordpix2]

13. I know! Chickenhawks, every last idiot one of them

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[Malikshah]

15. a.k.a "Many in Congress have heads up their asses"

Same thing, really. These death dealers need to go.

[420inTN]

16. Here we go again. n/t

[baby_mouse]

17. BiZARRE...

Iran isn't anything like Iraq. How is anybody going make any money off *this*?

[KitSileya]

19. If the Dems haven't learned their lesson yet, I despair they'll ever do.

Last time, the idiot administration promised to exhaust every diplomatic option before using military force. If the Dems in Congress again give Bush authority to deal with Iran, they only have themselves to thank, and those who have not learned their lesson should be flunked from the course and given the boot off Capitol Hill. If they let Bush keep military force an option to give sanctions weight, without realizing that the insane administration will set up every other option to fail so that they can invade, they are no Democrats, and should not be allowed to keep control over the party.

[Not_So_Right_Wing]

22. It is easy to be hawkish...

when you don't have your own life, or your child's life, on the line...

Chickenhawks!

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. Fine! Then let them and theirs go fight and die!

:grr: Lunatics!