By Tom Ridge, General Hugh Shelton, Patrick Kennedy
Published April 16, 2012
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To believe that the resumption of negotiations in Istanbul could -- or ever will --avert Iranian nuclear breakout and a possible Middle East conflagration, is to believe in the triumph of hope over experience. When it comes to the Mullahs’ intentions, however, we believe that the past is best viewed as prologue. 

TRNS: This is Justin Duckham with the Talk Radio News Service and I am here with former Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani. How are you doing today sir?

Giuliani: I’m doing fine Justin, nice to be with you.

TRNS: We are here at the Willard Hotel for a symposium on Iran and one of the top issues that many people here are buzzing about is Camp Ashraf. What are the major issues related to that right now? What should we be focusing on?

Giuliani: Camp Ashraf is a place that was designated a number of years ago as a place the people from Iran who had been in opposition to the regime in Iran are being kept and they’re being kept there under the protection of the United States government because, at one point they had arms, they gave up their arms, in return for giving up their arms the United States promised them that they would be protected. Now the Iraqi government, under Maliki  wants to move them to another place, Camp Liberty, which is a tiny small portion of a much larger broken down base and Maliki has already on one occasion, actually two occasions, there have been attacks on the people in Camp Ashraf, of which over 40 people have died, 1000 people injured, and Maliki is doing this really at the behest of the Iranian government because the Iranian government is very frightened about this group’s ability to undermine their regime. This is precisely the kind of group we should be supporting. This is exactly what we want. We would like to see a democratic, secular government in Iran, governed by the rule of law, and these people at Camp Ashraf that’s what they’re in favor of, but for that they’re being persecuted. And even though we promised them protection, we’ve now turned our back on them; the United States has turned its back on them.  Forty of these people have already been moved to Camp Liberty. Camp Liberty has no sewage, it has very little water, it has no electricity at night, and it’s more like a prison or concentration camp than it is a relocation camp. So we’re here, Republicans, Democrats, and me, former Mayor Dailey of Chicago, and me, we have people from both sides of the aisle, generals who’ve served in Iraq, diplomatic officials who have served in Iraq are here to say that the United States government has to live up to its promise to these people to protect them.

Saturday, Feb. 25 at 1:45 pm ET

Alex Witt: Iran is showing more signs of becoming a growing threat to Israel and even to the U.S. International inspectors have reported that Iran has been increasing its enrichment of uranium which could be used to build a nuclear weapon. An attack on Iran could lead to the collapse of Israel.

Joining me now from Washington is Tom Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland Security who spoke at a conference today in the nation’s capital about threats from Iran. We are very glad you’re here. Welcome.

Sec. Tom Ridge: Thank you for having me, Alex. Thank you.

AW: Is military action by Israel unavoidable at this point?

Fox News - February 12, 2012

Iran has been a very prominent issue in this republican race with completely contrasting views. On one hand you've got Ron Paul, who says Iran does not threaten American security and he calls claims that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapon "war propaganda". Yet on the other hand, Rick Santorum has praised the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists. He calls it a "wonderful thing". Mitt Romney said Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should be indicted. Ahmadinejad claims he will make a big announcement about Iran’s nuclear program shortly. Can Iran be stopped?

Eric Shawn:

Joining us now is former presidential candidate and mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani. Mr. Mayor Thank you for coming in.

Giuliani: Nice to be with you Shawn. Good Morning.