GOP "Strategist" Urges Return of Draft, Bombing of Iran

Republican strategist Jack Burkman scared the pants off the American people on MSNBC's Scarborough Country show on Tuesday night, when he was pressed by host Pat Buchanan about his policy of hitting Iran while being bogged down in Iraq. Burkman, said to be "a regular commentator on a variety of nationally recognized news shows such as CNN, MSNBC, FOX and AM talk radio," called for a return to the military draft and suggested that President Bush is going soft on Iran. Here are some excerpts:

Burkman: "Bring back the draft. Bomb Iran."

BURKMAN:  If the Iranians don‘t come to the table soon on the nuclear issue, the United States has no choice but to issue a final warning and then to be prepared to use military force.  We cannot allow a barbarian—we cannot allow a barbarian state to become a nuclear state in the heart of the Middle East. ... The reality is, we‘re probably going to have to draft, because incentives won‘t bring it up.  We‘re heading for a draft in this country.  The choice for the United States is this.  Do we have the guts as a people to lead the world?  World leadership is not easy. 

What we have to do is.  You have to issue a final ultimatum to the Iranians on the nuclear issue.  If they don‘t respond, we need heavy airstrikes.  Now, why won‘t Bush do that? 

(CROSSTALK)

RAGHIDA DERGHAM:  You can‘t even go there.  Look at how tied up we are in Iraq.  How are you going to—it is not feasible.  It is not feasible to do Iran. 

(CROSSTALK)

BUCHANAN:  You start another war right in the middle of the gas station of the world. 

JACK BURKMAN:  You don‘t have a choice, because you‘re going to have a nuclear state in Iran.

BUCHANAN:  We don‘t have a choice?  We have a choice not to. 

(CROSSTALK)

DERGHAM:  You think it‘s OK to just draft our kids and—just because you don‘t have a choice, because you don‘t want to think about it? 

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