Sen. Joe Manchin: ‘If You Screw With America, We’ll Kill You

NEWSMAX: … His concluding comment would appear to apply to any adversary, from the Islamic State (ISIS) to Iran, though he preceded the statement with more measured remarks about the threats facing the world.

“Would you rather negotiate for peace or declare war?” Manchin said, mentioning Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker’s bill to force President Barack Obama to send any agreement with Iran to Congress for approval.

“We’ve been pretty quick on declaring war. We declared on Iraq — that didn’t work real well. They didn’t have the weapons of mass destruction we thought they would have. We took out Moammar Gaddafi — that didn’t work too well. We’ve taken out Saddam Hussein — that sure didn’t work well. They want us to take out (Bashar) al-Assad in Syria. I said, what are you going to leave? … (more)

EDITOR: That is the answer to all those who say that Iran won’t live up to an agreement. Of course “kill” should be interpreted as meaning to take out Iran’s nuclear capacity through sustained bombing.

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