"What I won't do is allow Israel to be threatened with another Holocaust," Gingrich said. "This is a not-very-far-down-the-road decision."
Also, the Republicans in Congress -- as well as the leading presidential hopefuls (with the exception of Rep. Ron Paul) -- have sided with the neocons in sparing the Pentagon from budget cuts -- even as the GOP proposes slashing key social programs, including Medicare.
David Stockman, President Ronald Reagan's first budget director, noted in an op-ed that congressional Republicans and their deficit-hawk budget chairman, Rep. Paul Ryan, backed away from challenging the neocons on military spending. "Ingratiating himself with the neo-cons, Mr. Ryan has put the $700 billion defense and security budget off limits," Stockman wrote.
So, for Americans who say presidential elections don't matter, here is evidence that they do. John McCain has said that as president he would have continued the Iraq War indefinitely, and Newt Gingrich says that if he becomes president, you can expect him to launch a new one against Iran.
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