Candidate Bachmann claims Iran's President made Nuclear Threats against Israel and the U.S.

Speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S. Presidential Candidate Rep. Michelle Bachmann accused the President of Iran of having threatened both Israel and United States with future nuclear attacks. Minnesota's Republican Congresswoman did not give a source or date for these alleged and potentially inflammatory statements, though she did refer to her position on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. As Iran's President has repeatedly denied that Iran seeks to acquire nuclear weapons, it would be in direct contradiction to those claims for the Iranian President to have made extreme threats of this type.

Bachmann also stated that the United States has nothing against the people of Iran.

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"I'm very concerned about the threat from Iran and the Iranian threat in my mind is the premier threat that is dominating the Middle East today. It is the acquisition of a nuclear weapon. I say that because of the statements that have been made by the President of Iran as recently as three weeks prior to entering the United States to speak to the U.N. National Assembly. The statement was simply this: He sought the eradication of Israel from the Earth. That is in parallel and in tandem to statements he gave prior to that saying that once Iran attains a nuclear weapon they would use that nuclear weapon to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth and use a nuclear weapon also against the United States of America. Those are highly destructive statements and ones that I believe should be taken seriously."

"...We need to take the issue of the Iranian threat extremely seriously because of the benefit of time that Iran has had, they have been able to come closer to achieving their goal, and as was stated early, I am privileged to sit on the the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. We deal with the Nation's classified secrets, we deal with the threats to the United States both within the interior of our borders and those that come to us externally. And I will say that while this election is about jobs and the economy, we cannot forget the fact that there are very real national security concerns that we also need to be part of this very important process in the 2012 selection."

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Q: "How would you as President respond to that Iranian threat?"

"I would respond with absolutely everything that the United States can put on the line, because we cannot abide, we must not and we cannot abide an Iran with a nuclear weapon. Because of the stated intentions of Iran, we would be subjecting the American people to the deployment of a nuclear weapon against our own people, and also to the state of Israel. This is something that we need to consider.
I believe when a madman speaks you listen. And the statements of the President of Iran have been those of a genocidal maniac."

"...My statements are about the President of Iran, my statements are not about the Iranian people, I want to make that very clear. Because we know in 2009 there was a yearning for freedom from the Iranian people, and I believe at that point it would have been prudent for the United States to do everything that we could to foster that desire for the Iranian people to be free of oppression. Unfortunately that did not occur."

"Our enemy is not the Iranian people. Our enemy is an Iranian leadership that has the stated intention of using a nuclear weapon against the United States and using a nuclear weapon against our ally Israel."

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[mohamadislam77yaho]

this is a cheap lie, she is first and isreali and second mybe and american. i would not trust a zionist

[RaXzNL]

I am very concerned about the threat of corruption that encompasses the world, I am very concerned about the future of all the children in the world. But then again, adults showing children how to hate and kill each other..

[rhodium1233]

For those who are wondering I'm the one who "liked" this video.......came buckets

[Th3131TCH]

lol one like ?? :) hahaha i bet it was by an yisraeli ?? :D

[belcar5537]

@pooyam3 Iran has confirmed their nuke-enrichment program recently

[Th3131TCH]

i want to see a truck passing over her

[youngbono18]

What an evil woman

[BetyarPali]

Mrs. Bachmann is delusional and dangerous. She is the perfect example of an American who has been brainwashed by the media.

[pooyam3]

Mrs. Bechmann, there was no such claim by Iranian government. They deny having a nuclear bomb program so why the hell should they admit that they are going to use it? where did u get this from Mrs. Bechmann? or maybe made it up yourself?

[MrJebus24]

She is delusional...and dangerous!