Pete Hoekstra on Iran: I'm Not Sure That There Are Any Good Options At This Point in Time
Congressman Pete Hoekstra on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports talking about our options with Iran now that the Obama administration has called them our for their underground nuclear facilities.
From The Hill--Obama should not have agreed to talks with Iran, Rep. Hoekstra says:
"I think the interesting thing here was the decision that the Obama administration made, perhaps weeks or months ago, that they wanted to enter into these talks with Iran, probably being fully aware that this secret facility existed, and they were willing to move forward unconditionally," said Hoekstra, the ranking member on the House's Permanent Select Intelligence Committee.
"Now ... they're locked in; they have to go on Thursday, so let's see what comes out of that," Hoekstra added.
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"I think that if you put tough economic sanctions on Iran, what a regime like this will do ... is they will make sure it is the Iranian people that will be hurting," he said. "That will then give them the opportunity to go on international television and ... [show the United States] is hurting the Iranian people, and is really not stopping or changing their strategic direction."
But, Hoekstra added, "I'm not sure there are any good options at this point in time."
I wonder how long it will take the neocons to start attacking Pete Hoekstra for saying this?
Animals shy away from people who say "nukelar"
Perhaps because the US so totally and utterly fucked up Irak, purely out of greed & meanness that no one in his right mind is going to identify with an american when it comes to foreign policy for decades to come?
history will classify the bush fun project in baghdad as the greatest blunder of the 21st century and the thing that triggered the end of us as a superpower, ultimately brought down by some raggletaggle guy in a cave.
how stupid is you?
that the "underground nuclear facilities" are perfectly legal!!!! They ARE within the rules of the NPT. Nor is it likely that they are for anything other then nuclear power generation. The lies from DC MUST stop!
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