House Republican: 'Only purpose' for US boots on the ground in Iran is 'to get the enriched uranium' Tara Suter Sun, Apr

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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said Sunday that “the only purpose that I could see” for U.S. troops on the ground in Iran “would be to get the enriched uranium.”

“I think the question, moving forward, with respect to any troops on the ground, would be: For what purpose? And I think the only purpose that I could see would be to get the enriched uranium,” Lawler told NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.”

“And I think that is something that does need to be discussed with Congress in a classified setting,” he continued. “And I think Congress would need to be briefed on that particular matter.”

President Trump has mulled the deployment of U.S. troops inside Iran to seize the country’s highly enriched uranium, an operation that could last for days. The operation would put U.S. personnel deep inside Iran, leaving them vulnerable to Iranian short-range missiles and drones.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/house-republican-only-purpose-us-155945918.html

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1. God I hope that asshole Lawler gets voted out of office

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2. Mike....remember when we had a verifiable treaty with Iran that made sure Iran couldn't weaponize Uranium?

Trump destroyed that because......Obama negotiated it.,

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3. Imagine that an energy secretary with a PhD in nuclear physics

Worked with a large team of scientists to develop a system to monitor the uranium and Iran agreed to having it set up. In 2015, diplomacy worked.

Sending US troops into a hostile country to get uranium when they really don't know where it is and it is both well hidden and secured somehow doesn't seem as good as having a President with gravitas and a great team led by an excellent Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy.

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