Rep. Steve Southerland (R-Fla.) said Iran must be stopped from
obtaining even one nuclear warhead because Israel is a “one-bomb
country.”
Southerland was making the case for why the United States must stand by
Israel amid escalating tensions with Iran and worries about that
country’s nuclear program. Many U.S. lawmakers believe Iran’s nuclear
ambitions are aimed at building a bomb that could be used against
Israel.
“I would have to say to (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad that we
will support our ally,” Southerland said in an interview with Florida
political website The Shark Tank.
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