We need to sanction the Iranian Central Bank… that will shut down that economy, and at that point in time they’ll truly have to deal with the United States.Rick Perry, calling for aggressive sanctions against Iran and decrying the Obama administration for failing to act as such.
Herman Cain was asked if he’d help Israel if they attack Iran, with the goal of preventing them from acquiring nuclear weapons. He suggested he would first make sure Israel had a sensible plan, and warned that Iran was “very mountainous.” Ron Paul, when questioned, said he would not help Israel in that fight, citing their own nuclear arsenal as a reason no such help would be necessary.
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I agree with Ron Paul. We are not fighting a war on terrorism. Terrorism is a tactic. We are fighting a war with radical Islam.Rick Santorum, milking the surprise of declaring he agreed with Paul, with whom he’s clashed contentiously in past debates. To be fair, though, everything he said subsequently (decrying the Obama administration for wanting to set a withdrawal timetable in Afghanistan, for example) could in no way be called “agreeing with Ron Paul.”
We haven’t done a good job defining our end goal in Afghanistan… we need a force on the ground more akin to ten to fifteen thousand.Jon Huntsman calling for a more rapid drawdown of forces in Afghanistan, which Mitt Romney called “cut-and-run.” Huntsman hit back, challenging Romney’s deference to “commanders on the ground,” saying “at the end of the day, the President is the Commander-In-Chief.”
Michele Bachmann just criticized Rick Perry’s stance on aid to Pakistan, suggesting the Texas governor’s thirst to cut off the money would increase the chance of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists, and making their way to the United States.
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No Blitz, that’s oversimplifying here… I’m sorry Blitz, i meant Wolf. Since we’re on a blitz debate- I apologize, Wolf.
Herman Cain, referring to moderator Wolf Blitzer as “Blitz.” Blitzer’s response, calling him simply “Cain,” didn’t really work as well. One syllable name, that.
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Herman Cain on terrorism: “They want to kill all of us, so we should use every means to kill them first.”
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The folks who are most likely to be committing these crimes, obviously Muslims would be people you’d look at… not exclusively, but these are things that you profile to find your most likely candidate.Rick Santorum, answering Wolf Blitzer’s question as to whether he’d endorse profiling for anti-terrorism on the grounds of ethnicity or religion.
What I would do with the TSA is privatize them and get rid of those unions.Rick Perry, advocating the privatization of, among other things, airport security — with a little slap at unionization, to boot.
Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich clashed on the issue of terrorism, with Paul suggesting that terrorism should be handled more often as a matter of law enforcement, citing the response to Timothy McVeigh. Gingrich’s retort, which drew some applause, was blunt and seemed somewhat effective: “Timothy McVeigh succeeded.”
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All of us will be in danger for the rest of our lives. This is not going to end in the short run. …no, I would not change it [the Patriot Act].Newt Gingrich, backing an extension of the Patriot Act.
I’m Mitt Romney, and yes, Wolf, that’s also my real name.Mitt Romney, joining with Wolf Blitzer in assuring the GOP crowd that his name is really his name. In Romney’s case, though, this isn’t his real first name — Mitt is his middle name, his given first name is Willard.
The aforementioned ”colossal dork” Wolf Blitzer warming up the crowd. Seconds from the kickoff of tonight’s CNN GOP presidential debate!
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