Which President-elect Do You Want to Invade Iran?

John McCanin has made it quite clear that he is a War Hawk and is fully ready to take military action against Iran. On the other side of the aisle, Senators Obama and Clinton have been vocally more cautious around the issue but equally as open to the idea of taking military action against Iran as a preemptive measure.

On Septemeber 26, 2007, Hillary Clinton voted for the resolution sponsored by Independent Joe Lieberman and Republican Jon Kyl which denounced the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. The resolution passed 76-22, in turn giving the Bush administration a potential fig leaf to attack Iran.

Shorlty after the vote took place, theREALnews assembled the following story for it's viewers to watch.



Barack Obama, not willing to miss a political opportunity, had the following to say about Hillary's vote regarding the Iran Resolution:

"I don't think it disqualified her, but I think it speaks to her judgment, and it speaks to my judgment," Obama said. "It speaks to how we will make decisions going forward."
"I think her judgment was flawed on this issue," he said.
"This was a vote for war," he added. "You can't give this president a blank check and be surprised when he cashes it."

But what ground did Barack have to stand on to make these remarks? Senator Obama did not cast a vote for the resolution. According to his campaign team, abstaining from voting was not a political decision, but was a circumstance which arose from not being given adequate notice to when the vote would be held. The Democratic Committee did not accept this reasoning however, stating that all Senators were given equal notice the day prior to the vote.



While this may or may not be the truth, Obama did vote in March of 2007 for a similar bill, S. 970: Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007. This bill was written to impose sanctions on Iran and on other countries for assisting Iran in developing a nuclear program, and for other purposes. While the bill did not equate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to a terrorist organization, it did help further the buildup which is taking place as you're reading this to invade Iran.

So who are you going to vote for? Perhaps the two Senator's recent interviews with 60 Minutes will help you decide.

Asked by 60 Minutes where he would use military force to disrupt the Iranian weapon program, Barack Obama said, "I think we should keep all options on the table." And Hillary Clinton, speaking to AIPAC, said, "We cannot, we should not, we must not, permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons, and in dealing with this threat, as I have said for a very long time, no option can be taken off the table." Story.

The following is a segment from the Democratic Debate which took place in New Hampshire on September 26th, 2007, the day the Iran Resolution was passed in the Senate.



My question is this. What happened to the anti-war movement? Was Iraq not the decisive issue just less than two years ago? Has our anti-war stance disappeared down the memory hole so soon? We have three candidates left in the race, none of whom are opposed to military action in the Middle East. How has this happened?

We had candidates on the stage running for president who echoed the sentiments most Americans shared.



We denied these candidates our vote. We need to ask ourselves why we are in this situation yet again. We need to find the answers to these questions and we need to remember not to repeat them again. Here is to hoping that day arrives sooner than the next war.