Santorum details Iranian threat

[Rose Siding]

HARRISBURG - U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum highlighted Iran as the next front on the "War with Islamic Fascism," saying the country's nuclear-bent leader is attempting to destroy the West in his apocalyptic beliefs over the return of a messiah who will make Islam the global religion.

In a speech before the Pennsylvania Press Club, the two-term Pennsylvania senator offered a broad historical context to "the enemy of our generation" by saying the war against Islamic fascists didn't begin on Sept. 11, 2001.
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"They're in a holy war," said Santorum, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate. "These people are after us not because we oppressed them, not because of the state of Israel. It's because we stand for everything they hate. We stand for modernity; we stand for freedom; we stand for truth. But they don't. They want to destroy everything we have built here in the West."

Santorum, who's running a tough re-election battle against Democrat rival Bob Casey, Jr., said all other issues - from the economy to federal spending and the "direction of our culture" - "pale in comparison" to national security at this time.
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On the subject of energy independence, Santorum called for national attention on the scale of the Manhattan Project, which led to America's develop of the first nuclear weapons in the 1940s......"We can punch holes all over Western Pennsylvania but we can't touch Alaska?" said Santorum.

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[WindRavenX]

1. I stopped reading at "Islamic Facism"

Anyone who uses that term needs to DIAF.

[twiterpatted]

2. CHILD!

[GainesT1958]

3. Sans-scrotum is just rattling for a jihad...

By another name...give it up, Man-on-Dog, it STILL won't help you beat Casey!:eyes:

B-)

[rodeodance]

5. yes, but it is the FEAR that he is instilling that is the problem.

[eallen]

4. LMAO! Santorum is one step removed from Ahmadinejad.

It's really insane if we can't get some leverage from the absolute insanity that the GOP stands for modernity.

[Demeter]

6. Pennsylvania-- Please Un-elect This Excrescence!

The nation is depending on you!

[whistle]

7. Santorum is no Colon Powell, so lying about the Iran threat will...

...be a cakewalk for Rick Santorum

[IndianaGreen]

8. When all else fails, loosen the dogs of war!

Iran is not my enemy, and neither is Iraq.

It's not my war!

[AlamoDemoc]

9. same can be said about Sen. Santorun being Christianfacist...n/t

[Thickasabrick]

10. I wish a reporter would ask these idiots who keep talking about

the threat from Iran, about China. They have bombs and hate our freedoms and they are; for the most part,....godless communists who hate religions.

I am so sick of these stupid people.

[rodeodance]

11. "the return of the Twelfth Imam is driving Islamic radicals "---

Santorum said the U.S. embassy takeover in Iran 27 years was part of this war, as was the Marine killings in Beirut, the bombing of the USS Cole and the 1993 World Trade Center attacks.

Today's aggression by Hezbollah against Israel in Lebanon also is part of the picture, he said, as is Iran's efforts to gain a nuclear bomb. The 1,000-year-old messianic legend of the return of the Twelfth Imam is driving Islamic radicals in their larger mission to destroy the West, Santorum said

[rodeodance]

12. says here he barely mentioned Iraq---instead all of Iran and terror:

...Santorum barely mentioned the war in Iraq, except to link it to his broader picture of the war with Islamic fascism. And he made no mention of Osama bin Laden, the Sept. 11 mastermind and financier.

Casey's spokesman, Larry Smar, ridiculed Santorum's historically tinged speech and the newly introduced term "Islamic fascism," saying what will further make America safe is a doubling of Special Forces units and full implementation of the 9-11 Commission recommendations. In December, the federal panel that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks gave the Bush administration and Congress failing grades in its implementation of the counterterrorism reform measures.

"Rick Santorum lately has been trying out for a job with Webster's Dictionary," said Smar. "He seems to be more worried about renaming the War on Terror and trying to put a new spin on things. It's reminiscent of when he blamed the media for reporting the body county in Iraq."

Political analyst G. Terry Madonna, director of the Keystone Poll, said Santorum, in his stance against Iran's nuclear ambitions is in line with the sympathies of most Pennsylvanians. The most recent poll released last week showed the war in Iraq, the larger war on terror, and the economy to be the top three issues on the minds of Pennsylvania voters. Santorum, who trails Casey by five points in the poll, leads among voters who rank the war on terror as their No. 1 issue.

"I think what's going on to some extent is, there's no easy solution to Iraq," said Madonna. "It's unpopular as an issue for Republicans, so there is now a new threat on the horizon we all realize is important. No doubt Republicans do better when the issue of the war on terror comes up. Even President Bush after the (U.K. plane) bombing scare had his approval ratings jump."

[rodeodance]

13. "Rick Santorum lately has been trying out for a job with Webster's Diction

Casey's spokesman, Larry Smar, ridiculed Santorum's historically tinged speech and the newly introduced term "Islamic fascism," saying what will further make America safe is a doubling of Special Forces units and full implementation of the 9-11 Commission recommendations. In December, the federal panel that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks gave the Bush administration and Congress failing grades in its implementation of the counterterrorism reform measures.

"Rick Santorum lately has been trying out for a job with Webster's Dictionary," said Smar. "He seems to be more worried about renaming the War on Terror and trying to put a new spin on things. It's reminiscent of when he blamed the media for reporting the body county in Iraq."

[Anakin Skywalker]

14. Sanitorium is an American Fascist AND a Liar!

"We stand for modernity"? You rightwingers? Modernity? This about gets you nominated for the Biggest Liar of the Year Award, Sanitorium!

[ShockediSay]

15. and we thought we were short on Iran intelligence

:sarcasm:

[Marblehead]

16. Santorscum

I live in PA and we just got touch screen voting, very worrisome.

[radfringe]

17. when all you have left is fear

you run on fear...

[Sherman A1]

18. Priceless!!!

and so very, very TRUE!