Posted on 10/12/2011 3:10:00 PM PDT by PhilosopherStone1000
retaliation against Iran over an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States.
Asked whether using force was a possibility, the Democratic lawmaker told reporters: "I don't think anything should be taken off the table at this point in time."
"There are a lot of options, they've all got to be discussed very carefully. I think the first thing to do is analyze all of the evidence very carefully," said Kerry, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The senator said key lawmakers on the Senate's Intelligence, Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Foreign Relations Committees were scheduled to receive a briefing from President Barack Obama's administration on the alleged conspiracy.
Kerry said lawmakers would assess "what the layers of knowledge are" in Tehran about the alleged plot.
US officials on Tuesday said they had charged two Iranians, one of them a dual US citizen, with preparing to carry out a bomb attack on the Saudi ambassador under a plan "conceived, sponsored and directed from Iran."
The US Justice Department accused the Quds Force, a special forces unit incorporated in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, of being involved, based on testimony given by one of the Iranians who was in US custody.
The other Iranian, said to be a member of the Quds Force, was at large and believed to have left the United States, according to US authorities.
-AFP/NOW Lebanon
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US Senator John Kerry, who served in Viet Nam..........
“US Senator John Kerry, who served in Viet Nam..........”
Was he in the service? I don’t think he ever mentioned it...oh yeah, there was something seared into his memory, wasn’t there? And his ass...
They say that “nothing’s off the table,” but the Iranians are smarter than that. They know perfectly well just what’s on the table and what’s off it, and what’s more, they aren’t particularly afraid.
These are dangerous times. The Dems will jump at the chance to get us embroiled in another foreign entaglement any time in the next 13 months. It’s one of the only things that they can believe might pull Obama’s fat from the fire. Not good.
Obama coddles Shia. There will be nothing but words.
This is how Obama takes out Israel.
Make no mistake, Obama and the Democrats want a world war more than anything.
assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States , so the Saudi’s should be the ones with all options on the table not the USA
“These are dangerous times. The Dems will jump at the chance to get us embroiled in another foreign entaglement any time in the next 13 months. It’s one of the only things that they can believe might pull Obama’s fat from the fire. Not good.”
Could the “plot” to kill the Saudi ambassador have been a false flag operation to get us into a conflict with Iran, knowing that the country would unite behind a war time POTUS?
Yes, it’s 100% certain that the dems will start a war to try and save Zero.
It will be too little, too late, too obvious and too inept to rescue them from disaster in 2012. It will in fact seal their doom.
Everything is coming together for a Mideast war...it will probably be the biggest one ever. The enemies of Israel know they only have until Zero leaves office to make their move.
Gonna be a bumpy ride.
This is moving a liiiiiiitle bit too fast.
We hit Iran, they shut down the straights; plus, a lot of our guys are within their range over there.
The other thing I am wondering about is how many of those fancy Russian made cargo container missles does Iran have?
If I were a senator, I would NOT be meeting in areas with large numbers of other senators. Just seems like bad tidings right now with the "party first!" crowd running D.C. right now.
on the other hand, maybe he wants to open up another front and cripple the US even further, for gawdonlyknows what reason.
Iran is not the mouse that roared. Dems better not be cutesy about this, because if we go, we need to go full throttle and it will be ugly. Prayers up for our troops.
John “Cut and Run” Kerry.
Take it easy folks, we’re dealing with John Kerry here. Of course he’s for it, but he’ll be against it later.
Kerry has a plan.
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