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The united states stands clearly with israel. there is no doubt for the world that we will stand whined our friends in israel and we cannot and should not allow the iranians to have the nuclear capability that is detrimental to the world and this will be a priority for a president romney. >> shannon: he did say all measures with respect to the iran nuclear program should be on the table. he did emphasize that the hope is -- and he said his fervent hope, during the speech, is that diplomatic and economic measures would be enough to tie the hands of iranians who would seek nuclear weapons, but e...

Region. we ought to be able to protect that. i can't imagine what would happen in the united states if we had thousands of bombings and weapons put into our cities. yet, israel deals with this every single day. i have been there. viseen it. i have felt t. i can't believe what they put up with. the simple idea that they should have a right to exist as a jewish state is something that the other parts of their neighbors that are surrounding them question -- of course, they have the right and should be living there as a jewish state. so there is a deep-seeded connection with us on every level from...

That threat has become worse. now, as then, the regime claims that it seeks to enrich nuclear material for peaceful purposes are belied by years of lies and deception. now as then, the cuiveght iran's leaders gives us no reason to trust them. but today, the regime is 5 years closer to developing nuclear weapons capable. prevents that outcome must be our highest national security priority. i want to pause on that point. it's sometimes said that those who are most committed to stopping the iranian regime from stopping nuclear weapons are reckless. the opposite is true. we are the true peace make...

World. america's support of israel should make every american proud. we should not allow the inevitable complex iters of modern geopolitics to obscure fundamental touchstones, no country or organization or individual should ever doubt this basic truth, a free and strong america will always stand with a free and strong israel. [applause] >> standing by israel does not mean military cooperation alone. we cannot stand silent as those who seek to urnmine israel voice their criticism. we certainly should not join in that criticism. diplomatic distance emboldens

And a trajectory would allow for a containment, an appeasement. that is not the direction we slb going. so mitt romney is making it crystal clear, we cannot allow the iranians to have this capability. containment is not good enough. have you to make sure they don't have the capability. >> shannon: mr. romney talked about the similarities between israel and the u.s. and the fact that we both unbelievable democracy and in freedom, freedom of expression and many things. israel, many times is viewed as being one of the only nations in that region that most closely mirrors the u.s. he says the alli...