In case you had any lingering doubts that Senator John McCain is one of the Bush administration’s favorite war hawks, Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that he and McCain stand shoulder to shoulder on Iran.
US Vice-President Dick Cheney has raised the possibility of military action to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.
He has endorsed Republican senator John McCain’s proposition that the only thing worse than a military confrontation with Iran would be a nuclear-armed Iran.
In an exclusive interview with The Weekend Australian, Mr Cheney said: “I would guess that John McCain and I are pretty close to agreement.”
McCain is providing serious cover for the administration’s drum-beat to war with Iran. This follows the administration’s adoption of the McCain Doctrine – also know as “the surge” – in Iraq. McCain has been out in front of escalating the war in Iraq and now he’s out in front of starting a war with Iran. This should leave no doubt in anyone’s mind that McCain’s view of foreign policy is entirely informed by the Bush/Cheney neoconservative mindset of using the American military as the diplomatic tool of first resort.
Rudy Giuliani’s primary appeal is through addressing terrorism as an existential threat that transcends all social values traditionally used as metrics by the Republican base voter. He has always been a war hawk in Iraq and his campaign’s will depend on his ability to convince voters that he is more serious about national security concerns than any other GOP candidate. Giuliani cannot, from a campaign standpoint, let McCain out-hawk him on Iran. Expect Giuliani to take a similar position on McCain and Cheney with regards to Iran in the next couple of days.
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