October 25, 2007
Posted: October 25th, 2007 03:25 PM ET

Watch Romney explain his approach to Iran.

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) - Campaigning in the critical primary state of New Hampshire, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said Thursday that he would take “military action” against Iran if “strict economic and diplomatic sanctions” did not curtail that country’s nuclear buildup.

“Let their country know that they are a pariah,” Romney said firmly during a visit to a local hospital.

“If for some reason they continue down their course of folly toward nuclear ambition, then I would take military action if that's available to us. That's an option that's on the table.”

“I really can't lay out exactly how that would be done, but we have a number of options, from blockade to bombardment of some kind….[F]rankly, I think it's unacceptable for Iran to have nuclear weapons."

Romney reiterated that he also supported strict sanctions and other forms of international pressure to prevent Iran’s nuclear buildup. He also said he would seek to indict Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under the U.N.’s Genocide Convention.

– CNN New Hampshire Producer Sareena Dalla

Filed under: Iran • Mitt Romney • New Hampshire


Tom Dedham, Mass   October 26th, 2007 5:17 pm ET

You losers are taking one word as if he said "lets start the bombardment of Iran today".

It is an option that should be used as a last resort, last resort, last resort, there, that feels better.

But it should be put out there, so that they understand there will be conseqeunces to any dumb-ass actions by them.

Nothing "off the table" said out loud even with NO intent on actually doing it, acts as more of a deterrent than holding hands and singing Kumbya and sticking your heads in the sand (pun intended).

Henry Tucker, GA   October 26th, 2007 3:36 pm ET

To all yall fired up liberals mad at Romney... Here are a few quotes for you:

HILLARY CLINTON – October 16, 2007

"Clinton said she would use unspecified incentives to encourage Iran to renounce sponsorship of terrorism and its desire for nuclear weapons, and to play a constructive role in stabilizing Iraq.

But she made clear she would use military action as a last resort to prevent Iran from obtaining atomic weapons."

BARACK OBAMA – October 13, 2007

"I think Iran understands what military threats we pose. You know, they're not surprised that we could strike them, and strike them hard," Obama said. "What we haven't suggested in any way is what advantages they would have in acting more responsibly in the region. That's been the missing ingredient."

Hell – we could quote every candidate (except for Kucinich and Rob Paul) with the SAME CNN headline. Yall libs just want to pile on Romney.

It's one of them fancy words... hypocrisy.

Chris, Middletown, CT   October 26th, 2007 12:35 pm ET

Henry
The left will not research the truth...afterall – they saw the Michael Moore and Al Gore movies....and they were all "accurate" – one side of the story is all thats ever needed...liberals...please use this as an example to research for yourself....

Peter, Wausau, WI   October 26th, 2007 11:27 am ET

Hmmm... I'm currently a supporter of Fred Thompson... but perhaps I need to consider giving Gov. Romney a chance, since it seems he would be willing to do what needs to be done to protect America from Iran.

summus   October 26th, 2007 9:56 am ET

dear republicans,

Please choose Romney as your nominee.

ThirstyJon, Adelaide, SA, Australia (from U.S.A.)   October 26th, 2007 12:54 am ET

Pixie (and others):

If you don't mind Iran having Nuclear Weapons you are missing something. Do you know what a Nuclear Weapon is or what it does?

You haven't heard Ahmadinejad's railing against the U.S.?

Who are we to tell Iran they cannot have Nukes? We are a people intent on protecting our families and children from Madmen with Nukes.

Any candidate who is not willing to consider stopping Iran from getting Nukes, including a military option if necessary must not be President.

ThirstyJon

ThirstyJon, Adelaide, SA, Australia (from U.S.A.)   October 26th, 2007 12:52 am ET

Pixie (and others):

If you don't mind Iran having Nuclear Weapons you are missing something. Do you know what a Nuclear Weapon is or what it does?

You haven't heard Ahmadinejad's railing against the U.S.?

Who are we to tell Iran they cannot have Nukes? We are a people intent on protecting our families and children from Madmen with Nukes.

Any candidate who is not willing to consider stopping Iran from getting Nukes, including a military option if necessary must not be President.

Ivan, Chicago, Illinois   October 26th, 2007 12:10 am ET

I wonder how gung ho Mitt Romney would be to take military action if his five sons were in the military. Mitt Romney said his sons are serving the country by helping him run for the Presidency.

John, Syracuse   October 25th, 2007 11:05 pm ET

Mitt Romney has no experience in geopolitical issues. He "really can't lay it out exactly", not because he isn't trying, it is because he simply does not know what to do. It is called a lack of experience geopolitically and militarily! May be he should ask his bishop for advice, or the Prophet of his church?

Jeff, ROY UT   October 25th, 2007 10:15 pm ET

New post so maybe CNN will post it?

Mitt Romney has no experience in geopolitical issues. He "really can't lay it out exactly", not because he isn't trying, it is because he simply does not know what to do. It is called a lack of experience geopolitically and militarily! May be he should ask his bishop for advice, or the Prophet of his church?

Jeff, Roy, UT   October 25th, 2007 10:07 pm ET

Mitt Romney has no experience in geopolitical issues. He "really can't lay it out exactly", not because he isn't trying, it is because he simply does not know what to do. It is called a lack of experience geopolitically and militarily! May be he should ask his bishop for advice, or the Prophet of his church?

Todd, SLC, UTAH   October 25th, 2007 10:00 pm ET

Why do comments disappear from CNN blogs? I have notice on more than one occasion (however ironically on Mitt Romney blogs) that comments are there. Then within a few hours they are gone – this is strange

Sue, Michigan   October 25th, 2007 9:44 pm ET

Well, at least the Romney fans know what they're voting for-MORE money down the tubes...and probably the start of WW111, just what Bushites want. Stop the madness! For a Christian country, we sure skip over the part that says "Love You Enemy," "treat others as you would be treated'" and turn the other cheek." As one of my Brethren bumper stickers reads "When Jesus said 'Love your Enemy, I don't think he meant to kill them."

ronnie knoxville ,tn   October 25th, 2007 9:18 pm ET

it's get them before they get us. we're waaaaaaaaaaaaay too nice in this country. why, we even let Isalmic terrorist camps exist in the New York countryside (Islamburg). Of course we need to keep an eye on that little man in the members' only jacket. We may even need to invade his little world

Mike, Michigan   October 25th, 2007 9:16 pm ET

Maybe we should just send a bunch of door-knockers over there to spread the word first.

simon,boston,ma   October 25th, 2007 8:21 pm ET

First your kids to enlist in the army then we talk of war with Iran! Untill then, Romney just shut up and sit down coz you are not gonna be the president of united states!

Chris, FL   October 25th, 2007 8:14 pm ET

I'll bombard your ass if you touch Iran. You need to present yourself and show proof. I DO NOT give you permission to attack Iran with OUR tax dollars. Period.

Paul C. Palmetto Bay, FL   October 25th, 2007 8:07 pm ET

The American people should be very afraid.
These morons are starting the campaign to invade Iran, and possible Cuba. They have obviously received word from God that they are to lead a new crusade of regime changes of all the worrisome countries. Before they finish we will need a draft and, God forbid, a tax increase.
Maybe some country will decide that the U.S. has WMDs and needs a regime change.

Allen, Ft. Worth, TX   October 25th, 2007 8:07 pm ET

Hey Henry Tucker, Ga,

As if Fox News doesn't have your agenda.

Keep whining.

Ab, South River, NJ   October 25th, 2007 7:34 pm ET

What's the genocide that Iran's committed exactly?
This is frankly ridiculous. The republican primary race has become a contest to see who could issue the most threats. Meanwhile, this Iran that we're so busy demonizing hasn't attacked anyone in centuries, while we have invaded 2 countries unprovoked twice in the past 6 years.
Who's the bigger threat again?

Justin, Ada, OK   October 25th, 2007 7:29 pm ET

Didn't we learn anything from WWI and WWII? [Adolf] Ahmadinejad needs to know we won't stand idly by while he acquires nukes.

All options must be left on the table.

Romney is right.

Keith Lewis, MI   October 25th, 2007 7:28 pm ET

Romney, Romney, Romney,

Do you know what the Book of Mormon says about starting wars, or taking "the first offense" by invading countries. Yeah, it's not good. Just, you know, one Mormon to another.

Karen,nj   October 25th, 2007 7:26 pm ET

Romney is no better than Bush. Anyone who wants to start WW111 now that we have nuclear weapons is crazy. No one will win and we will wipe ourselves off the planet.

frank Honolulu HI   October 25th, 2007 7:24 pm ET

I don't think it's nice diplomacy to threaten other counties by telling them we will bomb them.

nobody   October 25th, 2007 6:59 pm ET

Bush the Christian
"I will kill you in the mane of GOD"

Bin Laden the Islamic
" I will kill you in the name of Allah"

Romney the Mormon
" I will kill you in the name of God"

Me the agnostic
" I'm not killing nobody"

Maybe we get rid of religion we get rid of war.

If these morons want to fight, put them in boxing gloves, put them in a cage, put it on pay per view and let them beat themselves to death. The winner can then go to church or synagoge and pray for the loser.

scary, this guy ny ny   October 25th, 2007 6:56 pm ET

here´s a suggestion: mitt put about 20 grenades in your vest and fly to teheran, there´s your "bombardment".

John from America   October 25th, 2007 6:35 pm ET

Well it's hard to determine what Mitt will do since he changes his mind on positions on a daily basis. But, if the Mittster decides to attack yet another country (Iran) perhaps he could round up all those illegals put them in uniform and promise them citizenship if they fight the war for us. No problem about them actually getting citizenship, Mitt will simply change his mind!

And Henry the headlines don't change the message! The right wingnut does it all the time!

bill, east ridge, TN   October 25th, 2007 6:11 pm ET

It's our nation that is a pariah thnks to Bush and it is Bush who should be indicted as a war criminal.

cecilia,manchester, NH   October 25th, 2007 6:05 pm ET

This guy just insulted Obama the other day! I could not imagine he can do that while he is at the peak of his campaign and that is enough reason not to vote for him. I will vote for Obama, he has what I need!

richy,boston,ma   October 25th, 2007 6:03 pm ET

I say Go Obama!

repubbsbad   October 25th, 2007 5:59 pm ET

my kids and grandkids your right they will not see there middle age life,with this nut.another war if hes elected,also all these repubbs are for war jumping to pull the trigger once there in office.

travis   October 25th, 2007 5:58 pm ET

I don't understand how someone could NOT have these options on the table. That is what Romney is saying. The options are on the table. He is not trigger-happy. "strict economic and diplomatic sanctions" Please someone explain why military options should not be on the table???

Buggie, San Diego, CA   October 25th, 2007 5:54 pm ET

In keeping with Republican values, Mitt Romney suggests that we illegally attack yet another sovereign nation because they don’t do exactly as the Republicans say. That’s nice. Thank God that he has no chance of being elected…What a sad little clown.

But don’t worry Mr. Romney; as soon as we dump our failed President, failed Secretary of State and the rest of this tragic, failed administration along with our failed Republican mindset, we can get on with the business of diplomacy. Diplomacy is our only hope with Iran and it is the correct path to take. We, as Americans, should be a guiding light of progress for the world and not, as Republicans believe, a flame thrower of destruction.

Matt, Chicago   October 25th, 2007 5:48 pm ET

Hey Henry:
What's inaccurate about the headline?
"..open to bombardment"
+ his quote:
"...number of options from blockade to bombardment."

Keep on fighting the good fight against "liberal" CNN (the Multi-billion $ corp that airs Glenn Beck everynight.)

People can criticize CNN for lots of things: particularly, unsubstantive + sensationis news. Liberal? uh.

But hey, if perpetuating the myth of the "liberal media" helps feed your self-righteousness, keep it up buddy. Obviously you have nothing better to do.

As for Romney + the rest of the Bomb Iran Now Candidates (R-All, except RP), I pray they're just pandering to the big contingent of social/political conservatives who apparently think it's very Christ-like to wage unprovoked attacks on foreign countries.

Paige M., Arlington, VA   October 25th, 2007 5:43 pm ET

The more this guy opens his mouth, the more ridiculous he sounds. He never makes sense. He says whatever he thinks will appeal to the base. It is very insincere and frankly, quite unnerving. I am so tired of Mitt Romney and his flip-flopping.

Jason, Austin Texas   October 25th, 2007 5:40 pm ET

In response to Henry- "Romney against Iran having nuclear weapons" is not a headline. Is anyone FOR Iran having nuclear weapons? CNN is pointing out something important in the headline. When someone just casually suggests "bombardment" of Iran, it should be noticed.

DefendTheConstitution   October 25th, 2007 5:37 pm ET

The US Government is so corrupt and hell bent on military action for oil, Israel and war profiteering that it doesn't matter what the general population think. There is NO IMMINENT THREAT to the USA so WHY ARE WE INVADING OTHER NATIONS? Iraq was BS. Afghanistan was BS. We know this now so the only question is why do we put up with this crap any more?

The US Government has become the enemy. The media is useless. We The People need to band together and form our own independent government that adheres to the Constitution and not the interests of powerful lobby groups.

Get informed. Get politically active. Don't listen to the biased media.

DefendTheConstitution   October 25th, 2007 5:36 pm ET

The US Government is so corrupt and hell bent on military action for oil, Israel and war profiteering that it doesn't matter what the general population think. There is NO IMMINENT THREAT to the USA so WHY ARE WE INVADING OTHER NATIONS? Iraq was BS. Afghanistan was BS. We know this now so the only question is why do we put up with this crap any more?

The US Government has become the enemy. The media is useless. We The People need to band together and form our own independent government that adheres to the Constitution and not the interests of powerful lobby groups.

Get informed. Get politically active. Don't listen to the biased media.

lucas,boston,ma   October 25th, 2007 5:35 pm ET

ya, and you put your sons in the military first. I remember one of his sons getting arrogant when being interviewed that he is happy he is not in IraQ. Now the father want military actions against Iran. So who is gonna go there?

Peter, miami   October 25th, 2007 5:33 pm ET

now I know who NOT TO VOTE FOR

Dan   October 25th, 2007 5:27 pm ET

At the 10/19 Detroit debate, moderator Chris Matthews asked the contenders if they believed a future president possessed the the authority to attack Iran without Congressional approval.

Apparently unaware that the Constitution gives only Congress the power to declare war, the GOP candidates answered, by and large, yes. They could attack Iran, if it posed an imminent threat, without consulting the Congress.

Mitt Romney said he'd have to check with his lawyers. But he vowed to "take action necessary to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons." By my recollection, all the rest of the candidates said pretty much the same thing.

Only Ron Paul, as has so often been the case in the debates, forcefully dissented. "Why don't we just open up the Constitution and read it!" said an exasperated Paul. "The idea that Iran is on the verge of an imminent attack is just preposterous!"

He summed up the foreign policy views of his competitors thusly: "This is just war propaganda!"

That is exactly what this ticker is regarding Iran, PROPAGANDA.

Ron Paul will start brining the troops home immediately.

We cannot go around the world forcing ourselves on the next enemy.

Come to your senses people.

War is Bad.
Your brother, sister, father, mother, aunt, uncle, grandma, grandpa, neice, nephew, husband and wife will DIE in war.

Ron Paul is the only hope for us.....

http://www.ronpaul2008.com

Gary, Boston USA   October 25th, 2007 5:24 pm ET

Lest we forget.. the Iran of today is a product of US policy. Take some time and learn some history. The US had a direct hand in overthrowing Iran's leadership. Iran rebelled and overthrew that goon squad, and was replaced by an even stronger set of religious zealots. Then came the hostages. Then came the US, overthrowing the leadership of Iraq, sticking Saddam in power. Saddam then started a lengthy was with Iran, funded and backed by the USA.. including supplying chemical weapons technology to Iraq. Saddam then went wacko. Invaded Kuwait after the US was not clear to him that they would retribute (they likely wanted an excuse to take him out and let him invade). Then comes Iraq Gulf War #1. Bush#1 castrates Saddam, but leaves him in charge. Then comes 9/11. Here comes the fake intelligence. The invasion and occupation of Iraq. Now we wonder why Iran is pissed off, feels insecure, and has active weapons programs?

Scott,Tupelo,MS   October 25th, 2007 5:21 pm ET

Pixie, It is nice to know that everyone in the south is not a igornant warmonger. Maybe one day the poorest part of the country will evenually come out of the deer woods and educate themselves on the republican party and figure out they just hide behind religion to get the votes from the people of the south. The republicans have only the wealthiest Americans interest in mind so that leaves a majority of the people in the south out.

Angela, Cleveland, OH   October 25th, 2007 5:14 pm ET

And this the the "values" guy who critized Hiliary Clinton? What army is he planning on using? Bet it won't be one with his children in it, it never is.

Wayne, Greenville TX   October 25th, 2007 5:12 pm ET

Why don't they just send out teams of Mormon missionaries on bicycles? They seemed to have Las Vegas pretty well-covered when I lived there in 1994-95.

Mike, Palo Alto, CA   October 25th, 2007 5:10 pm ET

Romney has a problem ... he has to pander to the religous right and now seems to have decided to pander to the neocons as well. The interesting question is: what can be believed about anything he says? A social moderate when he ran for Governor of Massachusetts, a liberal state, he has now positioned himself as hardcore religious right and hardcore neocon. If he really believes what he is now saying, he is very dangerous man ... a Bush with slicked back hair. Or if, as is more likely, he is just another political opportunist, we can recall the punch line of joke every man has heard: "We've already established what you are, we are just haggling over the price." Small wonder so many of us dipair over our politics.

Mark, Harrisburg, PA   October 25th, 2007 5:08 pm ET

Pixie, Please make informed comments. Romney is not a "warmonger." Do a little research into his platform. I doubt you know little about him, besides what your hippy friends (hence your name Pixie) have said or what political pundits say on tv.

Jeff from Jersey   October 25th, 2007 4:57 pm ET

Winning the minds and hearts,one bomb at a time.Iraq should just be further proof that this credo will NEVER work.
There's no need for open,empty threats.Al that serves is to further fuel hatred of the United States and continue the "fear mongering" republican agenda that has been a catastrophic failure.Iran knows that option is always on the table.This is just a repeat of the Bush/Cheney legacy of death and destruction while our children don't get the education they deserve,our elderly are warehoused,our bridges,tunnels and roads collapse and health care is unaffordable.
This tactic can only work when the rest of the global community believes the threat is imminent and unites to stop it.This is just more fear mongering by republicans.9/11 campaigning under another guise.
The damage that our country and our people have suffered from the neglect is tantamount to a form of genocide.Bush should be indicted for homicidal neglect!

Cable King Pittsburgh PA   October 25th, 2007 4:49 pm ET

The Mittster oughta stick his saber somewhere where it can't rattle.

Joe Ossai, Bedford, NH   October 25th, 2007 4:48 pm ET

Wow Romney the plastic man speaks again. What an idiot

hawk,texas   October 25th, 2007 4:46 pm ET

this nut is just another dick cheney george bush tied together.he needs to go back to salt lake city and join his other wives.

John Washington, DC   October 25th, 2007 4:41 pm ET

Clicking on video take you to unrelated video. Please correct.

Mr. America - USA   October 25th, 2007 4:36 pm ET

Mr. America supports bombardment of course, however Values Voters have said that they will never vote for someone that would let law "stop a beating heart." So if Mitt is willing to bomb, then the Values Voters won't vote for him, correct? Or do some beating hearts not count?

Darko, New Orleans LA   October 25th, 2007 4:34 pm ET

Get a clue Pixie.

We can't exactly stop Pakistan and Israel from getting nukes because they already have them. The point is to stop them. Once they get one, then they can do what they want.

Iran has threatened the US and our allies on a number of occasions.

The man isn't 'warmongering', he's being a realist. Saying we won't ever consider military action is just stupid.

Ben, St. Louis MO   October 25th, 2007 4:34 pm ET

Iran not threatening us, Pixie!? They've found Iranian materials used in IED's. They may not threaten us as a nation, but they sure have threatened Israel who is our ally and helped kill our soldiers.

Controlling nuclear weapons is our responsibility. We can't allow everyone to have them or we'd have nuclear holocausts occuring. Wouldn't Saddam have used them against Iran in the Iran/Iraq war? What if Sudan had them and rebels got a hold of them? How about Hezbollah? Maybe a palestinian extremist using it against Israel? What if the bomb in the twin towers back in the 90's had been nuclear rather than conventional?

We have the right to protect ourselves from them and control the proliferation of a weapon so terrible it could kill hundreds of thousands and render the land completely useless. You think global warming is bad? Try a nuclear winter....

sonny c. v.p.,la.   October 25th, 2007 4:34 pm ET

What WON'T someone say to get elected President if they think it will help them.

WH Clark, Vicksburg, Mississippi   October 25th, 2007 4:33 pm ET

As desperate as the world is right now for energy I think there should be a world wide ban on nuclear weapons and that all existing weapons should be used to make fuel for nuclear power plants.

BRJ, Chicago IL   October 25th, 2007 4:31 pm ET

One has to wonder why we are so loathe to have countries like Iran attain a nuclear weapon when they have not even threatened us (threatening Israel does not count), but we do assist other countries attain nuclear weapons that aren't democracies, or are explicity communist. And for those countries that DO have nuclear weapons and DO harbor terrorists, we GIVE them money. Whoever is president from this point forward can bomb Iran all they want, and it won't be called 'war', because we branded basically their whole army a terrorist organization.

Wallace, Chicago IL   October 25th, 2007 4:30 pm ET

Henry Tucker, Ga

Are you serious? The bottom line is that he is open to bombing Iran.

Why do you insist on "softening the blow" to try to hide the facts. That's one of the main issues in American politics today, not to mention the media but you seem to encourage it.

Transparency is a good thing, especially if we're talking about going to war and making a preemptive strike.

Wallace

Jim, New York, N.Y.   October 25th, 2007 4:28 pm ET

Lets nuke em, and mecca too while we're at it!

Ballbright   October 25th, 2007 4:28 pm ET

http://romneyfacts.com/redblue.php

Go Huckabee!!!

Lars, DC   October 25th, 2007 4:26 pm ET

I support a Nuclear free Iran. Tough talk must be used against Iran before it's too late (and they blow themselves up with Isreal). I think Romney has the strength and wisom to handle the situation as it comes up. Stop being so mean to him CNN!!!!! He's the best candidate out there. I'm voting for Mitt 2008!

Gordon Leeuwrik, Fairfax, VA   October 25th, 2007 4:25 pm ET

Mr. Romney you are ridiculous! Mr. Ahmadinejad has not killed anybody that anybody is aware of and certainly if he killed while in the Iranian military not enough to be genocide. United States on the other hand continues to kill in large numbers...

Cable King Pittsburgh PA   October 25th, 2007 4:20 pm ET

Romney oughta ram that saber up his body part where the sun doesn't shine

J. McGee Dana Point, CA   October 25th, 2007 4:13 pm ET

No wonder the rest of the world hates us; no comment.

EB Rideout, Georgia   October 25th, 2007 4:11 pm ET

Typical MittSpeak.

He has five able-bodied sons and not one has ever served in the military.

Amazing how these tough-talking warhawks are so ready to send someone elses kid off to war.

This man is BAD news.

Kevin, Portland, OR   October 25th, 2007 4:11 pm ET

“I really can't lay out exactly how that would be done, but we have a number of options, from blockade to bombardment of some kind…"

Romeny can't really lay it out, because he has ZERO military experience.

In addition he has ZERO international experience. He may be good at building a bank account, but what good is money, if it is nuked?

J. Francisco   October 25th, 2007 4:10 pm ET

Sorry, should have included the phrase: {[Iran's] "exploratory nuclear weapons program"}, in my comment.

Dave, Austin   October 25th, 2007 4:07 pm ET

Hey, Pixie...here's a good chance to put several million illegals to good use.

"bombardment of some kind"...that doesn't sound too encouraging...

kay-ohio   October 25th, 2007 4:05 pm ET

Until Romney has at least 3 of his son's in Iraq-he should be the last person talking about going to war. Who is the US to dictate to other countries?

Anonymous   October 25th, 2007 4:05 pm ET

I'm privately glad that he offered his opinion to help with my voting decisions. One more person to cross off presidential candidate list. For the sake of the United States' and its welfare, I do wish that he hadn't tried to irritate another Middle East country. There are enough other countries' leaders and citizens who are opposed to the United States attempt to "make a difference".

J. Francisco   October 25th, 2007 4:05 pm ET

Iran is threatinging us with the possible-likely-almost certain- gathering threat of a covert military-terrorist-against our 1% of U.S. families' legacy interests.

Pakistan, India, Israel, Russia, France, Brazil, our "superfund" waste-sites we'd rather not have to worry our little heads about those possibilities!

Ryan, New York, NY   October 25th, 2007 4:04 pm ET

Is it me or has Mitt Romney received a disproportionate amount of coverage on the Ticker this week?

joseph, austin, tx   October 25th, 2007 4:02 pm ET

to clarify i meant a parade while in iran, getting ready to come over here.

joseph, austin, tx   October 25th, 2007 4:00 pm ET

Pixie, Murfreesboro, TN

dont be stupid. when ahmadenajajajadjajd came to speak at columbia, there was a parade and on a missile were the words "death to america." Im by no means the smartest man on the block, but that sounds like a threat to me. Cant be said enough if the "islamo extremist political party" have it their way we in the west who dont want to practice islam will be killed, right after the athiests, and gays.

Jeff from Iowa   October 25th, 2007 4:00 pm ET

How ironic (and hypocritical) that Romney wants to try Ahmadinejad under the UN Genocide convention -when he stated last week that he wants to disband the UN! I guess, for the moment, it suits his agenda. At least the UN had it right when they said Iraq had no WMDs -but that didn't fit with any Republican agenda, either.

Glenn, Bham, Al   October 25th, 2007 4:00 pm ET

Romney is supported by both parties in Congress. Clinton is said all options are on the table as well as majority leaders in both chambers of congress.

Negotiation and truth needed not warfare and rhetoric   October 25th, 2007 3:57 pm ET

Did I miss an election? When did the world decide that the United States was the sole decider in who gets to lead a country, whole gets to develop nuclear power and who gets to develop weapons of total destruction as the US is. As in the lead up to the Iraq war, the United Nations is questioning the US intelligence and conclusions.

You have become a very dangerous country!!

RAINIE FT MYERS, FL   October 25th, 2007 3:57 pm ET

OH, JUST GREAT. ANOTHER TRIGGER HAPPY WANNA BE WAR LORD. THIS KIND OF TALK SURE HELPS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD. WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE??

RichM   October 25th, 2007 3:56 pm ET

If Iran was intereseted in peaceful nuclear power they wouldn't be so insistent on enriching their own fuel.
Israel will deal with Iran before we do, they can't afford to let Iran have a nuke.

Andrew, NJ   October 25th, 2007 3:55 pm ET

Romney should stop watching FOX news, maybe then he'll think for himself instead of following propoganda

S.W., South Hadley, MA   October 25th, 2007 3:50 pm ET

Completely ridiculous.

Vance, Lansing, MI   October 25th, 2007 3:48 pm ET

With the Clinton surplus spent and billions added to our national debt, exactly what we don't need to yet another theatre of war. Isn't Iraq and Afganistan enough without yet another war? Romney is an idiot.

pat huntington ny   October 25th, 2007 3:48 pm ET

A friend of mine from High School, a jewish scholar, one told me that according to judaic scripture, the end of the world will come after the bear and the eagle make peace, and it will happen in the middle east. Well, the Bear, i.e., the USSR, and the Eagle, i.e, the USA, have made peace. Now, we are seeing this powerderkeg happen in the middle east...and now its let's bomb bomb bomb Iran! Guess my friend was right. God help us all.

Phil Chicago, Ill   October 25th, 2007 3:46 pm ET

"Who are we to dictate who and who does not have a nuclear weapon? "

-

Perhaps your neighbor in Murfreesboro, TN will start stock piling assault rifles, grenades, and other weaponry. And perhaps they'll tell you and others to keep off their land and how they hate the "Jewish" neighbor down the street.

Yeah – you just keep quiet and don't complain or do anything about it. Better to not get involved. In fact, plant a garden so you will have flowers to lay at the doorstep when your Jewish neighbor is murdered.

What a great neighbor and friend, you are Pixie!

Pixie, Murfreesboro, TN   October 25th, 2007 3:41 pm ET

Can we just 'bombard' Romney instead? And all the other warmongerers while we're at it.

Once again, this is getting so old. Who are we to dictate who and who does not have a nuclear weapon? I don't hear Romney getting shrill about Pakistan's nukes, or Israel's for that matter. Just because the right has officially sanctioned Iran as an enemy of the USA does not make it so. You never hear about Iran threatening the USA, we're the ones doing all the threatening. Maybe Romney could also explain what military we will be attacking Iran with, since ours is currently stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Are we going to start hiring foreign conscripts to fight in new wars for us?

politiciansuk, Mo   October 25th, 2007 3:39 pm ET

It's sad to know that with talk like this, my kids probably won't see their adult years.

Henry Tucker, Ga   October 25th, 2007 3:38 pm ET

Nice headline CNN!

Romney said, "“I really can't lay out exactly how that would be done, but we have a number of options, from blockade to bombardment of some kind….[F]rankly, I think it's unacceptable for Iran to have nuclear weapons."

A more responsible headline: "Romney against Iran having nuclear weapons"

No – that might be too fair-handed. "Romney to bomb Iran" – yeah that better pushes your agenda, CNN.

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