Richard Shelby actually said...

"But I cannot see the United States succeeding in containing Iran if we are not willing to use force and be credible about it."

"The United States will have greater success, however, in confronting a non-nuclear Iran over the next decade rather than an Iran with nuclear weapons."

"I think ultimately two things would happen: the Iranians would be strengthened and we would be weakened in the long-range struggle that we are in with them."

"The Obama administration could reaffirm our ongoing commitment to Israel's Qualitative Military Edge (QME) over any potential aggressor in the Middle East region."