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Candidate Positions on Iran
18-Jan-2008
In order to assist our community in selecting the right candidate, please find below ya summary of each candidates position on Iran provided by the New York Times:
Democratic Candidates
John Edwards
Engage in low-level diplomacy; tighten economic sanctions with international cooperation; military option not off the table; has said a non-aggression pact is a possibility down the road.
Hillary Clinton
Direct diplomacy without preconditions; use economic sanctions; would not meet with the Iranian president; military option not off the table, but would not consider without congressional approval. Voted for bill designating Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization.
Barack Obama
Engage in direct diplomacy; tighten economic sanctions with international cooperation; would meet with the Iranian president with no preconditions; military option not off the table.
Dennis J. Kucinich
Would engage in direct diplomacy; says U.S. must disarm as well; opposes military strike.
Mike Gravel
Advocates diplomacy; says sanctions do not work; believes Iran can help with situation in Iraq; opposes military strike.
Republican Candidates
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Engage in diplomacy; has advocated regime change through sanctions; military option not off the table, and congressional approval not a must.
Mike Huckabee
Engage in direct diplomacy; tighten economic sanctions with international cooperation; military option not off the table, and congressional approval not a must.
John McCain
Form an alliance with European countries to put economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran; no unconditional diplomacy; military option not off the table, but would consult with leaders of Congress.
Ron Paul
Engage in direct diplomacy; has said Iran has right to nuclear weapons; would not consider military strike.
Duncan Hunter
Engage in conditional dialogue; tighten sanctions; would not rule out pre-emptive strike.
Mitt Romney
Isolate Iran diplomatically; tighten economic sanctions; has called to bring the Iranian president to trial for war crimes; military option not off table, but position on asking Congress for approval unclear.
Fred D. Thompson
Push for regime change with international support; would not engage in direct diplomacy; military option not off the table, but would consult with leaders of Congress.
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Look deeper - don't be simplistic
by Food for Thought on Sun Jan 20, 2008 07:58 AM PST//onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2824.shtml
learn more first...
F4T
My vote is for Clinton
by hillary fan (not verified) on Sat Jan 19, 2008 03:41 PM PSTI was a Clinton fan and now I think that Hillary is far better than any other candidates. She has the credentials, experience, strength, determination and the good heart that our country currently needs.
...and I hope that Bill (with his 180+ IQ) would be able to help her fixing G.W's mistakes and our messed up image of the US in the international scene.
Don't vote for any of them!
by Sangkak on Sat Jan 19, 2008 03:14 PM PSTUnder no exception should you associate your good name with any of these warmongering candidates from the two pro-business, pro-israel, pro-war, pro-empire parties.
I'm voting for McCain or
by Anonymous3 (not verified) on Sat Jan 19, 2008 08:25 AM PSTI'm voting for McCain or Romney since both know how serious the threat of Islamic Jihadist threatnes the future of humanity.
“Its not who votes that counts. Its who counts the votes.”
by Food for Thought on Sat Jan 19, 2008 05:01 AM PSTThe establishment selects the president. The media hype and the elections are all controlled.
“Its not who votes that counts. Its who counts the votes.” Joseph Stalin
Read this: //www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7819
Then decide:
a) who is honest?
b) who is independent?
Then you might find someone who benefits us all in the world, not just Iran!
F4T
either romney or mccain
by Anonymoussssssssssss (not verified) on Fri Jan 18, 2008 08:59 PM PSTROMNEY OR MCCAIN ARE THE BEST
hopefully hilary will lose to one of them
hillary on IRAN
by no_name (not verified) on Fri Jan 18, 2008 05:05 PM PSTMUST WATCH
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fxJG0xfq6Q
Republicans will lose bad...
by Anonymous8 (not verified) on Fri Jan 18, 2008 02:14 PM PSTEdwards seems to be the only sane candidate that has a chance, followed closely by Obama.
A question for you ASSHOLES who love to see the people of Iran suffer under economic sanctions and military threat... What the FUCK has this policy of "isolation" and demonization accomplished for the last 28 years? Do you care about Iran, or do you simply want to prove to your friends that YOU are the "real Persian", not the Ayatollahs?
Get off your stupid mules, you pathetic morons. No one cares what you think in either country.
Same here
by Anonymous21 (not verified) on Fri Jan 18, 2008 01:28 PM PSTMake an international alliance!!! who are these democrats fooling? I vote for Roney or Thompson too.
Same here
by Anonymous21 (not verified) on Fri Jan 18, 2008 01:28 PM PSTMake an international alliance!!! who are these democrats fooling? I vote for Roney or Thompson too.
Isolate Iran diplomatically;
by Anonymous11 (not verified) on Fri Jan 18, 2008 01:12 PM PSTIsolate Iran diplomatically; tighten economic sanctions; has called to bring the Iranian president to trial for war crimes; military option not off table, but position on asking Congress for approval unclear.
I'm voting either for Romney or Thompson...
I repeat for you Mr. Living in the US
by XerXes (not verified) on Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:04 PM PSTToe keh az mehnat e digaraan bi ghami
na shaayad keh naamat nahand aadami
Let me know if you can understand Persian!
Plus this is Iranian.com not American.com, and many of us unlike you, care for the land that we came from. Just like the Italians that would care about their homeland, being in America!? (little Italy in every damn city in this country, what a logic you got. The bowl hotter than the soup, an Iranian American who is not concern about Iran, war and the middle east, hmmm)...so why are you associating with Iranians if you have no concern for us "foreigners"!!
A president who wants a war with Iran is relative to the economy of this country, get it?
You are arrogant as this administration's policies towards middle east and Human Rights in general.
Khersambak: mesle inkeh in
by topol topol (not verified) on Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:02 PM PSTKhersambak: mesle inkeh in roozha khaili bikari...topol topol jane topol...topoli migeh, chi chi mighe,,,,lol
An election to choose the president of US, not Iran!
by living in US (not verified) on Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:33 AM PSTI live in US and I will live here for the rest of my life.
The purpose of the election is to choose a US president. So, my criteria is what the candidate is going to do for people living in US, not for Iran. As long as a candidate has a good plan to fix the US economy and our healthcare crisis (plus a good amount of experience showing his/her real abilities), then my vote would go to his/her. I am not planning to go back to Iran, so it doesn’t matter whatever policy would be decided regarding Iran.