Added: Nov 18, 2008
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Duration: 5:2
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/vidLink.php?b=1223432681&e=1223432982&n=001Question: Senator, as a retired Navy chief, my thoughts are oftenwith those who serve our country. I know both candidates -- both ofyou expressed support for Israel. If, despite your best diplomaticefforts, Iran attacks Israel, would you be willing to commit U.S.troops in support and defense of Israel? Or would you wait onapproval from the U.N. Security Council?SEN. MCCAIN: Well, thank you, Terry, and thank you for yourservice to the country.I want to say, everything I ever learned about leadership I learnedfrom a chief petty officer. And I thank you. And I thank you, myfriend. Thanks for serving.Let, let, let me say that we obviously would not wait for theUnited Nations Security Council. I think the realities are that bothRussia and China would probably pose significant obstacles. And ourchallenge right now is, the Iranians continue on the path to acquiringnuclear weapons. And it's a great threat.It's not just a great threat to the state of Israel. It's athreat to the stability of the entire Middle East. If Iran acquiresnuclear weapons, all the other countries will acquire them too. Thetensions will be ratcheted up.What would you do if you were the Israelis, and the president ofa country says that they are, they are determined to wipe you off themap; calls your country a stinking corpse?Now, Senator Obama, without precondition, wants to sit down andnegotiate with them, without preconditions. That's what he stated,again, a matter of record.I want to make sure that the Iranians are put enough -- that weput enough pressure on the Iranians by joi
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