Romney Open to Iran 'Bombardment' - His sons will drive the Winnebago

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7024461,00.html

Thursday October 25, 2007 7:16 PM


By GLEN JOHNSON

Associated Press Writer

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney said Thursday he would be willing to use a military blockade or ``bombardment of some kind'' to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon.

The former Massachusetts governor's comments came as the Bush administration announced new sanctions designed to isolate the government in Tehran. Romney applauded the move, while several Democratic presidential contenders spoke out against it - and used it as an opportunity to criticize front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Said former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards: ``I learned a clear lesson from the lead-up to the Iraq War in 2002: If you give this president an inch, he will take a mile and launch a war. Senator Clinton apparently learned a different lesson.''

Clinton voted last month for legislation sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman and Jon Kyl designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, the only Democratic senator running for president who did so. Edwards and other critics say the measure could pave the way toward American military action there.

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1. LOL! Git that Winnie gassed up, boys! Romney has to compete for

"Mr. Hawkish Warpig Asshole" with Rudy, McCain and Thompson--time to ratchet up the rhetoric, Mittens!