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All Options On the Table for Iran Hawks, Except for Containment

Iran hawks are always eager to insist that all options be “on the table” regarding Iran, but that doesn’t include the options that don’t involve war: A group of 32 senators from both parties unveiled a new Senate resolution Thursday that would establish the sense of the Congress that containing a nuclear Iran is not […]

Iran hawks are always eager to insist that all options be “on the table” regarding Iran, but that doesn’t include the options that don’t involve war:

A group of 32 senators from both parties unveiled a new Senate resolution Thursday that would establish the sense of the Congress that containing a nuclear Iran is not an option.

According to Graham’s official website, the co-sponsors of this joke of a resolution are the following Senators:

Co-sponsors of the Graham resolution include: Senators John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts), Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania), Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia), Dan Coats (R-Indiana), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chris Coons (D-Delaware), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Dean Heller (R-Nevada), John Hoeven (R-North Dakota), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut), Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), John McCain (R-Arizona), Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri), Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland), Bill Nelson (D-Florida), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas), James E. Risch (R-Idaho), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Chuck Schumer (D-New York).

Ackerman’s reaction is appropriately incredulous:

What happens if Iran goes nuclear? Invade or do nothing? Those are your choices, geniuses. Every single one of these idiots ought to be on the hook for opposing a containment strategy if Iran gets a bomb. Grown-ups do not make policy statements that amount to “… but I don’t WANT this bad thing to happen!”

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