Rep. Duncan Hunter of California was the starkest: "I would authorize the use of tactical nuclear weapons if there was no other way to preempt those particular centrifuges," he said. Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said he believed that the job "could be done with conventional weapons," but he added that "you can't rule out anything and you shouldn't take any option off the table." Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore also left "all options are on the table" with regard to Iranian nuclear weapons. Said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: "I wouldn't take any options off the table."
Only Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, the "Dennis the Menace" of his party, said he opposed a nuclear strike on moral grounds and because he believed Iran "has done no harm to us directly and is no threat to our national security."
The "Dennis the Menace of his party", I like that!
The only sane person on the Republican side of this Presidential campaign is Ron Paul. So you know he has no chance whatsoever of being nominated by the "shoot first, and then claim they were planning to attack you" crowd.
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It will be interesting to see if the American public votes for more war. We'll see how tired they really are.
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