At a campaign stop in Iowa, Rick Santorum questioned whether President Obama “wants to be President of the United States or president of the international community” — and also declared that America must back up Israel in an inevitable military strike against Iran.
The Des Moines Register reports that at an event in Anamosa (one county over from Cedar Rapids), Santorum discussed last week’s report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, saying that there is a “credible case” that Iran is trying to develop a nuclear device.
“They have the capability of doing it. They just haven’t done it yet. This is a very dangerous thing,” Santorum said, explaining that this was more dangerous than nuclear weapons in other countries, because Iran is a “radical Islamist theocracy.”
He continued:
“Israel’s existence is at stake,” Santorum said, adding he has no doubt that “they will at some level engage in a strike” on Iran’s nuclear facilities.”
But he complained that President Barack Obama hasn’t done enough to support Israel. He said he wonders if Obama “wants to be president of the United States or president of the international community.”
When Israel does attack Iran, the U.S. should ensure it is a successful strike, Santorum added.
“If you attack the king you had better kill the king otherwise you will be in big trouble,” he said, acknowledging a military attack on Iran’s nuclear development facilities would be difficult to accomplish.
