Louie Gohmert: 'It's time to bomb Iran'

Rep. Louie Gohmert

Tough-talking Texas lawmaker Louie Gohmert issued some unequivocal advice to President Obama during his recent radio interview on "Washington Watch," telling host Tony Perkins it's time the commander in chief take up bombs and send them Iran's way.

"You know what? We need to encourage this administration to go take out Iran's nuclear capability," Gohmert said. "This is serious stuff, and I don't think we ought to put Israel in position of having to save both themselves and the United States. I think it's time to bomb Iran, anything that resembles a nuclear facility with centrifuges, it's time to bomb."

Gohmert expressed frustration with the White House's watery approach to dealing with a nuclear Iran and suggested the only way Tehran would respect the West would be with a show of force.

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"We need to make clear to Iran: You can play these silly games with our president that buys into them and our secretary of state, but the American people aren't buying it, and you're going to pay a price," Gohmert said, according to audio of the show posted on RightWingWatch.org. "We have got to get that message across or there'll never be a diplomatic solution unless they know we're serious about coming and taking out what they're trying to do."

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Perkins then commented that Iran was probably the only entity "more disappointed [with Israel's election results] than President Obama."

And Gohmert's reply?

"[Yes], they were hoping they would get a weak-kneed leader," he said. "I'm hoping and praying the president will realize, despite the agenda he has that has put Christians in jeopardy around the world, that he will not want to leave the Democratic Party so devastated that they won't recover for many decades, that maybe he'll start being more helpful to Israel instead of slapping them around as an unwelcomed visitor and start treating them like a friend."

Gohmert added: "And maybe once he starts doing that, he'll realize we do need to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities that we know of and anything that they move to fix, we bomb that as well."