Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Rubio Wants War With Iran Right Now

This is the guy the GOP is holding up as possible VP for Romney. This kind of foreign policy -- unilateral strikes -- doesn't work in the modern world anymore. Furthermore, Obama has provided all kinds of leadership on Iran. Republicans wouldn't know that though. They live in an alternate universe.
Potential Republican vice presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday said a unilateral “military solution,” from the United States may be needed to stop Iran acquiring a nuclear bomb.

Rubio, a freshman Senator for Florida, said in a speech in Washington that it was imperative that the United States not “stand on the sidelines” of a simmering Middle East, but instead provide leadership to resolve global crises. Raw story
Here's Rubio's vice presidential audition. With the exception of wanting to rush solo strikes against Iran, a lot of what he says is already in place under Obama: