Walker: 'Very Possible' war with Iran on Inauguration Day

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Huffington Post



WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said over the weekend that the next president of the United States needed to be prepared to take aggressive military action on their very first day in office, including against Iran.

(...)

“One thing that I won’t do is just say, as a candidate, ‘I’m going to tear up the agreement on the first day,’” Bush said in Nevada on Thursday. First, said Bush, he needs to have his team in place. "That’s great, that sounds great but maybe you ought to check in with your allies first, maybe you ought to appoint a secretary of state, maybe secretary of defense, you might want to have your team in place, before you take an act like that.”

Asked about Bush's remarks on Saturday, Walker argued -- without mentioning Iran directly -- that a president ought to be ready to take action from the moment they step foot into the Oval Office.

"He may have his opinion. I believe that a president shouldn't wait to act until they put a cabinet together or an extended period of time, I believe they should be prepared to act on the very first day they take office," he said. "It's very possible, God forbid that this would happen, but very possible, that the next president could be called to take aggressive actions, including military actions, on their very first day in office."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-walker-iran-deal_55acfd69e4b0d2ded39f57c2

[tomm2thumbs]

1. that face could sink a thousand ships

aim it away from our fleet, please

[roguevalley]

51. someone will walk that back soon enough. College drop out would have consulted

with no one including allies, experts, have no confirmed state or defense person and the like. He hasn't got a clue how things work, the wall eyed git

[Scarsdale]

72. Koch brothers?

Surely little cross eyed Scotty would consult with his owners, first?

[Still In Wisconsin]

78. Hey may have gone off script.

Shit like this tends to come out of his cake hole when he goes off script.

[senz]

100. The Kochs know that flamboyent utterences are what excites the base.

Scotty has to get the nomination first. A few days ago he established his rabid antichoice credentials. Now he's showing the tough guy swagger so beloved of right white males.

[riversedge]

86. Actually, he was asked about this comment and he stuck to it.

Another Republican war jackass!

[geek tragedy]

2. Bush is going to chew this idiot up.

War with Iran on Day 1.

Crikey.

[immoderate]

5. That would require teeth.

--imm

[catbyte]

34. Unfortunately, I think Walker's statement was in response to Jeb saying he'd be ready to go to war

with Iran on Day 2 of his presidency. Just what we need--a Republican chickenhawk pissing contest. OMFG.

[Still In Wisconsin]

62. yeah? YEAH JEBBERS? Well

I'M GONNA INVADE IRAN NEXT WEEK AND USE THE GREEN BAY PACKERS TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!!

-Scott Walker

[Turbineguy]

3. I remember during the 2000 campaign GW Bush said he would attack Iraq

Somebody must have told him to STFU because he did not mention it again.

[DhhD]

111. The afternoon of his morning inaguration, GW went to Treasury Department Officials

to see about the money situation for the Iraqi war that he had planned to start, before Day 1.

[Turbineguy]

112. He probably

got the idea from a Three Stooges film.

[PearliePoo2]

4. This guy is a total moron.

He's so stupid, how does he even know to breathe?
Geeez Wisconsin..what have you done?
Is there ANY voter's remorse going on now that it's apparent what a complete DOLT they elected?

[Still In Wisconsin]

17. There is, yes.

Scott Walker now has a 40% approval rating and falling. He's lost the middle. He's now starting to lose the few moderate Republicans who actually exist. My guess is he will end up in about the 30% range that Bush II did.

[world wide wally]

29. How the hell did he ever get 40% of the people to approve of him?

Is Wisconsin suffering from brain damage?

[Still In Wisconsin]

35. Good question...

There are a lot of racists here- we just don't talk about it because it isn't polite and it offends our Scandinavian sensibilities. Anyway, he and his handlers are very good at dog whistle politics. Scott will keep those brown-skinned takers in Milwaukee from stealing what little is left of our incomes and savings. That and the fact that our last Democratic governor was no great shakes and left the state in a pretty big financial hole. But people are finally waking up- too little, too late I know.

[red dog 1]

48. "Geeez Wisconsin...what have you done?"

"Is there ANY voter's remorse going on now that it's apparent what a complete DOLT they elected?

Who are "they"?

Are you blaming the millions of Democrats & Independents who voted AGAINST Walker?

Also, you seem to be assuming that it was a "fair" election.

In fact, there is evidence that it was NOT a "fair election"
Forty-six Wisconsin counties and 3,000 voting machines are being controlled by a two-person company operating out of a strip mall in Minnesota
"Meet Command Central, the People in Charge of Wisconsin Voting machines"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002773448

There is evidence that he survived the recall election through voting machine tampering as well
"Recall Election Fraud in Wisconsin? You Betcha!"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125144291

[roguevalley]

52. no, he's blaming the ones who did.

[murielm99]

82. Thanks for this post.

I was getting ready to look for some of this. I don't live there, but I have a lot of family there. They complained about the unfair election, the vote tampering.

Our nominee needs to be ready for this. I am not going to argue about WHO our nominee will be - just that he or she needs to fight this, before and after the vote count. They will try to steal it, whether it is Scottie, or Jebbie, or someone else. We need someone who will show more backbone than Gore did.

[Hepburn]

49. He's knows when to breath because the Crotch Brothers keep his schedule. N/t

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

91. Probably not, their moran-ism doesn't just wash off.

I voted against the bastard 3 times already, so my conscience is clear.

[Hekate]

6. Insane, literally insane.

[stuffmatters]

7. There's beaucoup money for his Koch Masters in Iran war

Think of the toilet paper contract alone, then take it up the supply chain from building materials to fuel sources.

And chickenhawking Iran is essential to get Adelson campaign dough.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

8. Madmen. All they've got are bloodthirsty madmen. (and women)

Well, ok, and Paul, the isolationist madman.

[cosmicone]

9. The clowns are trying to outdo each other

This will be a great election season for late night comedians and watchers of the clown parade.

[midnight]

38. Here is an comical example discussing Walker's

Kohl's dept. store fetish.


http://bloggingblue.com/2015/07/video-jimmy-fallon-points-out-scott-walkers-weird-kohls-fetish/

http://inwisconsin.com/news/kohls-keeps-headquarters-in-wisconsin/

[Herman4747]

45. And I am waiting for The Donald to trump them all! nt

[LynneSin]

10. Good Scott- you have 2 sons. Let them fight it

And leave the rest of our kids at home safe and sound.

[lolly]

41. Amen to that.

I have a 17 1/2 year old son who has to register for the draft in a few months.

To me, Hillary v. Bernie is a sideshow. Whoever wins the Democratic nomination will get my money, my support, whatever I can give to help make sure that whichever Klown Kar passenger wins the nomination does NOT have a chance to send my son to Iraq to protect defense industry profits.

[chapdrum]

56. Does your state have a draft?

Which one?

[Demit]

73. The Selective Service still requires registration, in the event a draft is reinstated.

I didn't know that! But mostly they automatically register 18 year olds now, rather than make them fill out a form (is my understanding).

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

92. His kids might have something to say about that.

Remember, they've known snotty all their lives, so they probably know all about his bullshit.

[xocet]

11. Unreal. n/t

[ck4829]

12. Yes. Create a whole corridor for ISIS, why not just give them caviar and nuclear submarines too?

Can he see past the edge of his nose at all?

[HooptieWagon]

13. Don't laugh.

He'll now shoot up in the GOP polls.

I had a disturbing conversation with my RW sister a few months ago. She thinks the answer to Middle East instability is for the US to engage war with every country (except Israel, of course). I gave her the contact info for the local recruitment office, and suggested she take her teenage sons there. Bad idea, I guess...she's still not talking to me. But that's the mindset of republican voters.

[TexasBushwhacker]

32. Remind her that such a massive undertaking

would require reinstatement of the draft, and this time they will likely draft women too.

[HooptieWagon]

40. She thinks a war budget falls from the heavens...

...and that somebody else's sons and daughters should do the fighting. Serious disconnect.

[Still In Wisconsin]

65. Right, but I'll bet she still "supports the troops."

My in-laws are the same way. They're all for wars being fought by other people's children, for whom they are more than happy to wear yellow ribbons but will do little else to actually support in any meaningful way. For these people "the troops" are an abstract group shown to them on Fox News, but who they never actually have to see or know. Little do these folks know many homeless people were once "the troops."

[HooptieWagon]

66. Yep. Nailed it.

[CrispyQ]

67. They support the troops by voting for republicans who vote to cut funding for veterans.

I have some in my family, too.

[TexasBushwhacker]

88. And they blame it on Obama

They cut funding for food stamps, even though there are plenty of military families that use them.

[raven mad]

83. If (and I hope it never happens) the draft is reinstated -

it's only fair that women be drafted, as well.

[TexasBushwhacker]

87. Oh, I agree

but I think it will cause as uproar.

[MillennialDem]

94. I see this often. "If you vote for war, you should have to sign up. If you're too old, your kids sho

uld have to sign up!"

F that - I know it's just taunting and not something that would ever legally happen, but what about the kids who disagree with their parents? My dad was an ultra ultra con. Probably thinks Scott Walker is too liberal (I have not spoken to my dad since I was 15).

Anyway, my point is the argument should be you want war, you should have to sign up. I don't care if you're 90. We'll put you in the passenger seat of a mine clearing vehicle if need be.

[bobclark86]

14. You're going to make someone defend Walker, aren't you?

As usual, the clickbait headline is misleading -- as misleading as Fox News complaining about Planned Parenthood selling fetus parts? No, but in the same spirit of "Oh, look! It's someone we don't like! Let's make them look like an ass!"

He said, as the OP quoted, "It's very possible, God forbid that this would happen, but very possible, that the next president could be called to take aggressive actions, including military actions, on their very first day in office."

Did he say it's very possible that the U.S. will go to war with Iran on his first day? No, he said the CiC has to be ready at Day 1 if something happens -- a very "duh" statement if I've ever heard one. There's a big difference between the two.

I know Walker is terrible, but one doesn't need to put words in his mouth to do so. He does that just fine all on his own.

[Nailzberg]

114. If it hurts him, lets say it. The other side uses the same tactics.

[bobclark86]

115. I think that's a problem...

Not a solution.

[Nailzberg]

116. In my brain I know you're right. In my heart, I've lost too many elections.

[heaven05]

15. Damn

he really looks challenged in some manner.

[Still In Wisconsin]

21. It's the dead eyes.

Scott probably has average to slightly below average intelligence, but those are the dead eyes of a sociopath.

[stuffmatters]

55. He just regurgitates Koch/ALEC scripts

Anything out of those bounds and he can't even put a sentence together much less a thought.

[Still In Wisconsin]

58. They never, ever let him go off-script or appear before anything other than a hand-picked crowd.

Sound like anyone else we know who also has a DUBYA in his name?

[senz]

101. Agreed on both points.

I see you're in Wisconsin. Hope y'all can recover from this clown.

[TwilightGardener]

16. In all seriousness, how did this guy get to be Governor of a state?

I used to wonder about that with Palin. He's like a male version of her. Dim bulb.

[Still In Wisconsin]

23. He is an absolute master at the politics of personal resentment.

That, and trainloads of cash from the Kochs and Bradley Foundation.

[FlatBaroque]

24. When a couple of billionaire Kock's can buy an election

the candidate simply has to pledge allegiance to a Kock.

[tabasco]

60. It is an indictment of our society that evil idiots like Walker

and Palin can become governors.

[roamer65]

64. Especially Wisconsin.

Has to be two stolen elections. Nothing else explains it.

[raven mad]

84. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

That's all it takes.

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. Picasso couldn't have created a weirder face.

seriously.....

[Sunlei]

19. Grim words to ensure much of that 'war' will happen inside the USA.

[Auggie]

20. That should be the end of Walker. How could any opponent not use that against him?

[TexasBushwhacker]

27. Just keep talkin' Scott

America is sick of war. We're emotionally, physically and financially tapped out.

[Auggie]

53. Yes. And keep talking Donald ...

America is sick of racists.

That's two buffoons down. Three if you count Christie, who will never escape bridgegate.

[TexasBushwhacker]

57. And Cruz, who said the SCOTUS ruling

on marriage equality was our "darkest day ever". Darker than Pearl Harbor, darker than 9/11, DARKEST. Cruz is a smart guy. He should know better than to talk in absolutes.

[FlatBaroque]

22. I recall years ago one of the two

genitalia, Charles or David, ran in the Repiglican primary. He washed out pretty early. Scott Walker is what a Kock presidency would look like.

[jmowreader]

25. "I'm going to start a war during my inaugural address"?

Did I hear this correctly?

[geardaddy]

26. He looks like he was dropped on his head as a child. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

37. His remarks confirm that,

and it must have continued into his 40's.

[sulphurdunn]

28. This is a man (and I use the word reservedly)

who is perfectly willing to shed the blood and ruin the lives of millions of people to do the bidding of his masters if it means being President of the United States, and he (it) isn't the only one.We have reached a point in our idiocracy where the majority of the chosen corporate presidential puppets of one party are so soulless and psychopathic as to be barely recognizable as human beings.

[Still In Wisconsin]

33. I and many others have said this many places: he's a true sociopath.

Scott Walker knows ONLY personal ambition. There is literally nothing else there, other than maybe a desire for vengeance against those who he perceives as in any way impeding his progress (also a trait of sociopaths).

[Arugula Latte]

30. Mark your calendars!

Weds., 1/18 Oil change, haircut
Thurs. 1/19 Pick up drycleaning
Friday, 1/20 Get inaugurated, launch war on Iran

[catbyte]

31. Christ on a cracker. That statement alone renders Walker utterly unfit to be CIC.

Walker has just enough brains to be dangerous, and he scares the hell out of me. I still can't quite believe that Republicans would nominate that sleepy-eyed dope, but I have absolutely no faith in any of them anymore.

[world wide wally]

36. I still don't really get it

We keep hearing about Koch Bros money and gerrymandering being the reasons any Republican can win an election, but it is ultimately the voters that decide.

Has American gone so totally brain dead that we elect people like this to govern our states?
Other points in question: Jeb in Fl., Sarah at the North Pole, Brownback in the land of Oz, LePage in Maine. The list goes on, but I have to go puke before I finish it.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

44. Republican voters will be told the choice is Walker or Soviet tanks will roll down Main Street, USA.

[world wide wally]

46. What about the rest of the voters?

[Still In Wisconsin]

61. Unfortunately for us in Wisconsin,

the rest of the voters tend to not show up for non-Presidential elections. Our Gubernatorial elections in Wisconsin are always on non-Presidential years, which is a disadvantage we need to figure out how to overcome.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

74. In California they do that with popular propositions like making weed legal.

[Still In Wisconsin]

76. That would be a hell of a good idea!

Surprised nobody has thought of it.

[world wide wally]

80. I honestly wish you the best of luck with that

We all see what it can do to the entire country when people in any state don't vote.

[olddots]

39. this poor , poor man ....

someone continuously hit him with the ugly stick so many times his mind turned to putrid dog shit .

[Spitfire of ATJ]

42. To honor Reagan.

[Herman4747]

43. If he becomes President, Canada, here I come! nt

[Hepburn]

47. Oh, fuck...someone get him a keeper...QUICKLY!

He is dangerous...stupid and dangerous...like a George Bush II.

OMFG........

I cannot believe the bilge that comes out of his mouth!

[Still In Wisconsin]

59. He's the Midwest version of Bush.

Superficially folksy and affable, but without a single original, creative thought in his head. We've taken to calling him Governor Howdy Doody.

[bobthedrummer]

50. OTOH there's a possibility that some candidates for POTUS might be assassinated, right? n/t

[Charles de Gaudless]

54. What a Bibi!

[RiverNoord]

63. F***ing moron son of a bitch wacko!

Why on earth should the United States go to war against Iran? How do they threaten us? They absolutely don't threaten us in any way. They haven't been in a war of aggression against ANYONE for about 275 years. The Iraqi invasion in 1980, with American backing, began one of the most horrible wars between 2 neighboring countries of the 20th century. Neither country got anything out of it except death.

They're not a military threat to anyone in the region - their military is a modest one and is principally formed around defense. They do provide resources to a couple of quasi-government-paramilitary organizations in the region. Well, that's complicated - Saudi Arabia billionaires fund ISIL, we fund just about any paramilitary in the world that generally will further our goals in a particular region, as well as Israel, which engages in terrorism and assassination as a matter of routine.

Flipping nut jobs.

[Jeb Bartlet]

68. Too bad he

didn't finish college, maybe he wouldn't sound like such an idiot.

[Thor_MN]

69. If Snotty were to be inagurated, his first biggest worry would be torches and pitchforks

coming across the Whitehouse lawn. I refuse to believe that squint eyed bastard has a snowball's chance of getting elected.

[Cryptoad]

70. U gonna have to talk Crazier than that, Scotty

if you going to get back any of that limelight shining on Donny Boy!

[restorefreedom]

71. they just can't wait

he is one of a group of crazies that will use any excuse to start a war on day 1.

truly frightening.

[greiner3]

75. Not saying this could happen;

But he reminds me of 'The Dead Zone' where a man awakens after 5 years in a coma and can see the future.

During a rally for a presidential candidate, Martin Sheen, Christopher Walken shakes hands with him and sees Martin as President setting off the missiles starting the next world war.

Christopher knows he needs to kill Martin to avert this apocalyptical occurrence and well...

Now I'm not saying there is ESP or anything like that but this asshat is calling for a major war the day he is sworn in as president, if their money can buy it.

[brush]

77. Way to go, idiot.

Vowing to declare war on Inauguration Day is some campaign strategy.

Those Koch brothers bought themselves a real live one here.

[dem in texas]

79. Americans are fed up with war (except for the Neocons)

After the mistakes made in Iraq, Americans will not stand for another war. And in this case, it would be American's money and men fighting a war for Israel

[Kennah]

81. Don't start a war with Iran, dude. Stay home and watch the Democratic Nominee sworn in.

[truthisfreedom]

85. "Der..."

[malthaussen]

89. I'd trust Iran with nuclear weapons before I would trust this fool. n/t

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

90. An unprovoked attack can wait a few days, Snottie.

What a steaming pile...

[Nitram]

93. Walker just proved that he is unfit for the office.

[MissMillie]

95. Translation

"I'm ready to feed the war machine so the big contractor can make a ton of money. I don't care if it means American servicemen will die."

[Blue Owl]

96. The puppet has landed

n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

97. Voter's Motivations

How many will go to the voting booth saying they want to vote
for Walker because they want war?

Trump denounces McCain's service record

What's going on here?

[DonCoquixote]

98. I know the focus is on Jeb

and Jeb is awful enough that he should never be in DC, period,
but
Never forget, this is the Koch Brothers anointed one.

and sadly, Americans often believe that no one would throw a billion dollars at a bad idea, so it must be good.

And if this happens, the Koch will literally undo not just everything FDR did, but might roll us back to the very C.S.A itself.

look here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/10/1291095/-Astounding-Charles-Koch-s-1980-VP-Run-Kill-Medicare-Soc-Sec-Min-Wage-Public-Ed

Now, think of this. The Koches were too right wing for RONALD REAGAN.

say it again:

THE KOCHES WERE TOO RIGHT WING FOR RONALD REAGAN!!

and we have Scott Walker on tape trying to TOADY and KOWTOW to them like he was some INTERN!

and people will give him the button!

THE BUTTON!

and do not think the Koches would not push it, especially as it would reduce all us useless eaters and probably make them a profit!

[senz]

99. Walker is a Koch puppet. He's well-funded and dangerous

and needs to be stopped soon.

[HassleCat]

102. He's ready!

What an enthusiastic patriot! Ready to send other people off to fight and die. We need this man!

[vkkv]

103. Republicans never met a WAR that they didn't like. n/t

[lark]

104. Damn, this just makes it so difficult to say who's #1.....

on the craziness scale, he or Donald or Ted? All are totally certifiable, but who's the very worst? In my mind, they are all so batship RW crazy, it's really hard to pick the winner (loser?).

[jtuck004]

105. Oh, what a good tv ad - encourage kids to sign up so they can die for Scott Walker's war...n/t

[Gothmog]

106. A Vote for Jeb or Walker is a vote for war

[Faux pas]

107. He has the cold

dead reptilian eyes of most of the wingers, candidates, supremes, all the bushes, etc.

[JackInGreen]

108. This man is out of his

Gorram mind...can't he be commited as a threat to public safety or summat?

[dflprincess]

109. Are Halliburtons profits down? nt

[glinda]

110. Oh Gawd, make it stop!!!!!!!!!!!

[Milliesmom]

113. I suggest

That your two sons are the first to go to Iran and then see how you feel you ASS! You want to start a war, then put your kids there not ours!

[olddots]

117. the poster child for X Lax

[roamer65]

118. Walker is mentally ill. N/t