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Allen West Says Bomb Iran, Not Syria

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By JAVIER MANJARRES

While appearing on Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ show, former Congressman Allen West stated that any focus on military strikes in the Middle East should be directed towards “the nerve center” of terrorism and Islamic extremism, Iran.

If this is a proxy war, and understand, before there was al Qaeda there was Hezbollah, who killed 238 Marines in Beirut-they were supported by Iran. Iran is really the center, the nerve center, and sometimes you have to go after the head, and I think that if you want to the right thing, strategically, you maybe want to focus against Iran, so that you don’t give them the initiative.-Allen West

West also warned that cruise missile, or any other missiles launched at Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles would not destroy the munitions, adding a that by attacking Syria, a third world war could erupt in the region.

West added that Islamist rebels could move on the chemical stockpiles, and that these chemical weapon munitions could be turned into IED’s.

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  • JOEL GOODMAN

    we’d be better off as a nation if we bombed obama or traded him for Putin or maybe elected a man for president instead of the phony baloney wimp we have now.

    • TsT

      i agree . Lets have a Beer summit while we trade Barry for something useful like a ‘Deck of Cards.’

    • cindy

      I agree. I actually trust Putin more than I do obama. We know Putin is a communist-he does not misrepresent himself.
      I think most of America still does not recognize that obama is a marxist- funny that joe the plumber knew the question to ask and got the definitive answer, but people still refuse to see the truth. If you read the little online book: http://www.archive.org/stream/towardsovietamer00fostrich#page/n5/mode/2up
      You will see this is the MO that bho is following. William Z Foster was one of the founders of Communist Party USA (he actually ran for president here on that ticket) and also one of the early founders of the ACLU (you know, the group that continually files lawsuits to kick God out of every public arena) communism=atheism=communism.
      So, read that little online book for free: Toward Soviet America, which was written in the 1930s, and realize that they are just tightening the screws on us now. I could forgive obama if he was as stupid as his administration policies indicate. He is not stupid, he is evil, he is deceptive, but don’t think for one minute that his policies are just wreaking havoc on America because he is inept. It is all by design.

  • Eydie

    Here, here, Joel!!

  • http://andjustice4all.org marianscirrotto

    With any luck maybe the Russians will arrest him while he’s there

  • sara

    A-MEN TO ALLEN WEST…IRAN IS A THORN!

    • Rich

      Yes, gotta bomb someone so the defense contractors will keep on donating to/bribing the gop.

      President Eisenhower, maybe the last truly wise republican told us this when he left office:

      On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave the nation a dire warning about what he described as a threat to democratic government. He called it the military-industrial complex, a formidable union of defense contractors and the armed forces.

      Eisenhower, a retired five-star Army general, the man who led the allies on D-Day, made the remarks in his farewell speech from the White House.

      As NPR’s Tom Bowman tells Morning Edition co-host Renee Montagne, Eisenhower used the speech to warn about “the immense military establishment” that had joined with “a large arms industry.”

      Here’s an excerpt:

      “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist.”

      Since then, the phrase has become a rallying cry for opponents of military expansion.

      YouTube

      Eisenhower gave the address after completing two terms in office; it was just days before the new president, John F. Kennedy, would be sworn in.

      Eisenhower was worried about the costs of an arms race with the Soviet Union, and the resources it would take from other areas — such as building hospitals and schools.

      Bowman says that in the speech, Eisenhower also spoke as someone who had seen the horror and lingering sadness of war, saying that “we must learn how to compose differences not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.”

      Another concern, Bowman says, was the possibility that as the military and the arms industry gained power, they would be a threat to democracy, with civilians losing control of the military-industrial complex.

      In his remarks, Eisenhower also explained how the situation had developed:

      “Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of ploughshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions.”

      The difference, Bowman says, is that before the late 1950s, companies such as Ford built everything from jeeps to bombers — then went back to building cars. But that changed after the Korean War.

      Bowman says that it’s important to note that during the Cold War, the U.S. military didn’t draw down its troops like it did after World War II.

      “It kept a large standing army after the Korean War,” he says.

      America’s new reliance on sophisticated weapons technology also helped bring about what Bowman calls “a technology race with the Soviets.”

      And that meant that weapons manufacturing became more specialized.

      “So [for] a company like Ford, going from cars to jeeps is one thing; cars to missiles is quite another,” Bowman says.

      In an effort to control the expansion of the military-industrial complex, Eisenhower consistently sought to cut the Pentagon’s budget.

      The former general wanted a budget the country could afford, Bowman says. He upset all the military services with his budget cuts, especially the Air Force.

      Citing another quote from Eisenhower — this one from another speech on military spending — Bowman says, “The jet plane that roars overhead costs three quarters of a million dollars. That’s more than a man will make in his lifetime. What world can afford this kind of thing for long?”

      In today’s government, Eisenhower has a fan in his fellow Kansan Secretary of Defense Robert Gates — who keeps a portrait of the former general in his office at the Pentagon, Bowman says.

      Speaking at the Eisenhower Library last year, Gates talked about America’s insatiable appetite for more and more weapons:

      “Does the number of warships we have, and are building, really put America at risk, when the U.S. battle fleet is larger than the next 13 navies combined — 11 of which are our partners and allies?

      Is it a dire threat that by 2020, the United States will have only 20 times more advanced stealth fighters than China?

      These are the kinds of questions Eisenhower asked as commander-in-chief. They are the kinds of questions I believe he would ask today.”

      But, Bowman says, it has only become more difficult to control the size of the nation’s military industry.

      First, “there are only a handful of defense giants,” he says, “which means you can’t shop around for a better price.”

      And companies such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are also adept at both lobbying and marketing to promote their interests.

      Bowman says, “they also spread the jobs around the country, to lock in political support.”

      Gates has also discussed the difficulty of cutting military spending:

      “What it takes is the political will and willingness, as Eisenhower possessed, to make hard choices — choices that will displease powerful people both inside the Pentagon, and out.”

      Bowman says that some industry observers believe that “the one thing that could create that political will is the nation’s huge deficit.” Only that might force cuts in the overall defense budget.

      • Denny

        If you’re perhaps retired or debilitated and on your last leg, only hours to live, you may want to read “Rich’s” socialist rant. You know this blog is making inroads when Grayson sends his plants, such as “Rich” to spew his phlegm in your direction. He’s one of what his idol Karl Marx referred to as a “useful idiot”. Remember, when once America falls to eastern European socialism, which is likely inevitable, he will be tossed aside, never to be remembered, once tyranny has taken complete control. Google” useful idiots”. Rich will get honorable mention.

        • Rich

          Idiot? Excuse me, but you are the one who just can’t wait to sell out hard working, tax paying middle class Americans to make the already wealthy wealthier.
          Your hatred blinds you to the truth.
          I am no “plant” as you would like to fool yourself into believing nor am I a “socialist”. When your arguments are weak, I know the bagger playbook says to just call everyone you disagree with “commies” or “socialists”.

          Now, pray tell us, are you disputing the wisdom of General/President Eisenhower? Do you feel that he was wrong? Please enlighten us and explain how the military/industrial complex, which by the way OWNS your tea party, isn’t doing exactly what President Eisenhower said it would.

        • Rich

          Oh, yeah, are you calling President Eisenhower, two term President of the United States of American and Supreme Commander of SHAEF a “SOCIALIST”?
          Are you implying that by warning us of how the ultra wealthy and big business would/could try to buy our government President Eisenhower was somehow being un-American?
          You’ve got some explaining to do there big mouth!!

    • FLgeezer

      Syria? Fuggeddaboutit…on to Iran!

      Statements like West’s play right into the hands of the ghoulish neocons who having been trying to start a war with Iran for 10+ years. We can’t allow monied Israeli partisans to start WW3. West is dancing to their tune and will be forever enshrined in the Neocon Hall of Fame.

      http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/neocons-are-back-but-not-in-the-gop/

      • Denny

        Google the term “useful idiot”. It will most certainly list “Rich” and “Flgeezer” with, ahem, “honorable mention”, if not by name, then certainly by their philosophy. Never forget, liberalism is a documented mental disorder.

        • FLgeezer

          >Never forget, liberalism is a documented mental disorder.

          So providing links to the magazine started by Pat Buchanan titled ‘The American Conservative’ certifies me as a liberal? The coda of TAC is “Principle Above Party”, and perpetual unwin-able war is NOT a conservative value. There is no persuading rabid neocons such as Denny obviously is. He knows whereof he speaks on the subject of mental disorder 8-).

          http://www.newoxfordreview.org/article.jsp?did=1205-editorial

          http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/

  • G Speed

    Allen–
    Maybe we should bomb the CIA for starting the whole Iran mess in the first place (that is if we’re really going after terrorists with weapons of mass destruction and assassin groups that foment insurrection while supporting the overthrow of democratic governments and all)——just saying–

    Maybe the Iranians don’t like us cause the CIA gave “Hussian the late” of Iraq chemical weapons to easily kill all those Iranians on the boarder that didn’t want the CIA “Shaw” to run their country anymore. You know–the Iranians that tried to stop the Iraqis in their CIA backed “war of aggression” against Iran?
    Or maybe they don’t like us for our freedoms??

    Get your ducks lined up there. Make some sense with your “shill for Zion” rhetoric about “bombing Iran for the children”. Be a man, Allen. Tell us you want to bomb Iran cause Israel wants Iran bombed and you don’t care how many lives it costs cause the Israeli and the MIC lobby owns you–

    Allen–you can spin it anyway you want but bombing another country that isn’t a threat to your country is warmongering plain and simple. So I guess thats you.

    • Denny

      “G String” is a “useful idiot” according to his father, Karl Marx.

  • Carlos

    Obama would never bomb Iran, the puppet of his comrade Putin, who has no respect for him anyway. But, to be fair, Bush never did either. Even Reagan stopped short of bombing them but did humiliate them on the world’s stage, making them release the embassy hostages as soon as he’d been inaugurated. That’s the difference to the America that used to fight wars to win, and the pathetic, spineless America that now fights wars for the military ind. complex and to spend tax $.

    • Denny

      Carlos, grow a pair. Stop sucking up to “Rich” and using terms you obviously don’t comprehend.

    • Rich

      Of course, being a neo-con conservative type of person, you’ve oh so conveniently forgotten the Iran-Contra scandal and how your holy Saint Ronnie BOUGHT the release of the hostages so he could win the 1980 election.

  • Lightweight

    Allen West has not thought of what it would be like bombing Iran with Obama as the Commander.BOB would do more aid thos we are fighting.He said he would stand on the side of Muslim in a struggle.

    As for Allan West saying we should be bombing Iran,every president and politician running for preesident has made claims of stopping Irans efforts since 2000 and none of them has done 1 thing.Trash talk’n Iran is the subject for candidates for president.West has compromise his oath to the US Constitution.

  • Perseids

    Maybe, if we hadn’t gone into Iraq and totally screwed up the existing balance of power in that region post 911, with apparently no frigging plan regarding what to do about it afterwards, Iran would still be in check! I was much happier when Iran and Iraq were obsessed with destroying each other. It seemed a perfect harmony.

    Perhaps W and his neocons only deserve 50% credit though. Jimmy is the one who did his damndest to topple the only stabilizing force in Iran, the evil Shah. He gladly handed Iran over to the lunatics. Some 30 plus years later we are still paying for that idiots version of justice. Looks like we’re in an endless loop of idiot leaders.

    War should be about destroying the enemy period. Let the UN be the Nation Builders.

    • Rich

      Bright boy, the real blame should be laid at the feet of the British who cut and ran from the region after WW II and then our CIA for installing the Shah in, I believe, 1951 who was a highly unpopular leader.

  • Cathy Ann

    REMINDER

    Ahmadinejad Calls U.S. ‘Satanic,’ Israel ‘About to Die’
    Monday, June 02, 2008

    “I must announce that the Zionist regime (Israel), with a 60-year record of genocide, plunder, invasion and betrayal is about to die and will soon be erased from the geographical scene,” Ahmadinejad said.

    “Today, the time for the fall of the satanic power of the United States has come and the countdown to the annihilation of the emperor of power and wealth has started,” the hard-line president said.

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361705,00.html

  • Sandi Trusso

    I don’t know if we should actually bomb Iran, but it looks as if our president, with the approval of some RINO’s & Dems, intends to bomb Syria, so I say “if we’re going to bomb anyone, it should be Iran, not Syria”.

  • FL_Lady

    OK – Let’s just settle down now. Put your bombs back in your pockets and stop all this nonsense. There is no need to bomb anyone.