Preemptive Nuclear War vs. Christianity

Preemptive Nuclear War vs. Christianity - Video

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." - Matthew 5:9​

It would seem that 9 out of 10 Republican candidates for president are in favor of launching a preemptive nuclear attack on the sovereign nation of Iran. Where do you stand on this issue and why?

 

Sheesh...I figured ya'll were paying attention to the 2008 Presidential campaigns, my apologies. I'll provide the quotes and background as time permits.

 

From the last debate...

Duncan Hunter - "The United States reserves the right to preempt...I would authorize the use of tactical nuclear weapons if there was no other way to preempt those particular centrifuges."

Rudy Giuliani - "Part of the premise of talking to Iran has to be that they have to know very clearly that it is unacceptable to the United States that they have nuclear power. I think it could be done with conventional weapons, but you can’t rule out anything and you shouldn’t take any option off the table."

Jim Gilmore - "We’re also going to say that having a nuclear weapon is unacceptable. They need to understand it. And all options are on the table by the United States in that instance."

Mitt Romney - "You don’t take options off the table."

John McCain, Sam Brownback, Mick Huckabee, Tommy Thompson, Tom Tancredo - <cricket noise>

Ron Paul - "I think it is the acceptance just recently that we now promote preemptive war. I do not believe that’s part of the American tradition... And now, tonight, we hear that we’re not even willing to remove from the table a preemptive nuclear strike against a country that has done no harm to us directly and is no threat to our national security!”

(Source: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/jun2007/repu-j07.shtml)

Other notable non-debate quotes:

John McCain - "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran"

If ya'll can find statements from a presidential candidate, other than Ron Paul, who has taken a nuclear preemptive attack "off the table" in Iran, I would be delighted to see that quote or quotes.

 

Which one, do you believe, is opposed to a preemptive tactical nuclear strike?

Where do you stand on this issue and why? Do you believe that we should vaporize millions of Iranians because their leadership desires to become a nuclear nation, like Pakistan, India, Russia, USA, China,and North Korea are? What if OBL forces took over for Musharaff in Pakistan, would it be necessary to preemptively nuke them as well?

 

It is possible that some on this board would benefit from a message board advisor.

Chicken hawk, saber rattling and threatening to nuke a people that have not harmed us is a better usage of "Blessed are the peacemakers"?

There is no wisdom in threatening to nuke a country because they might create a nuke, it actually sounds like madness. We destroy Iraq for fear of their non-existent weapons of mass destruction, and now we are to use a WMD to prevent another nation from getting a WMD? Surely, you see the irony?

There are people on the street that talk tough and threaten the lives of others, would you give authority to police officers to preemptively kill those folks so that they won't have the opportunity to kill someone else? After all, wouldn't you hate to be the second man in on murder?

 

Your accusation is without merit and it is becoming quite typical of our dialogues. I lied about nothing but you turn yourself into a liar by presenting the accusation. I expressed my belief in the OP:

This was my opinion based on the comments of 4 candidates who clearly desire to keep a preemptive nuclear strike on the table, 5 candidates who were silent about this appalling position and only 1 candidate who spoke out against it. If I am wrong, then show me one of the 9 candidates who has taken a preemptive nuclear strike off the table. If you have nothing to present as such, then move on to focus on the thread topic. Though this is likely unnecessary as I would expect that you would be in favor of nuking anyone that your neocon masters say is in need of a good nuking.