SANTORUM WARNS AIR STRIKES MAY BE NECESSARY AGAINST IRAN
“Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said he would use air strikes against Iran unless the country dismantled its nuclear program or allowed inspectors to verify that the work isn’t aimed at making a weapon,” reports Bloomberg News. Santorum told NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday that he would make it clear to the leaders of Iran, “You either open up those facilities, you begin to dismantle them and make them available to inspectors, or we will degrade those facilities through air strikes. Iran will not get a nuclear weapon under my watch.” Full interview here. Santorum remains the most principled and resolute GOP presidential candidate in the field on taking decisive measures to stop Iran from getting the Bomb, though Romney gotten stronger in recent months. See here for analysis of all the GOP contenders. I’m not endorsing any candidate, but remain deeply concerned by the support Rep. Ron Paul is getting in Iowa — and elsewhere in the country — given Paul’s policy of appeasement and weakness towards Iran. More details here and here.
