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telegraph the fact that he will not use force.”
    â€œSpeaker Conner, you are a proponent of pre-emptive strikes. Do you favor striking Iranian nuclear facilities if we had solid intelligence that they were making nuclear weapons or selling weapons-grade fuel to terrorists?” asked O’Reilly.
    â€œBill, Iran is a terrorist state. To answer your question more directly, yes I would.”
    â€œMs. Gomez, what say you?” O’Reilly asked quickly.
    â€œMr. O’Reilly, we must always keep every option on the table. However, we cannot sidestep diplomacy and we must ensure that we have exhausted all attempts at a peaceful solution.”
    â€œSo you would favor a military strike?” O’Reilly asked her directly.
    â€œWhat I am saying is that we should never pigeonhole ourselves into one solution.”
    â€œIt’s a simple yes-or-no question, Ms. Gomez,” O’Reilly shot back.
    â€œMr. O’Reilly, diplomacy is more dynamic than a simple yes-or-no answer,” Gomez challenged, looking agitated.
    â€œI understand that, Ms. Gomez. Let me make the question clearer. If you exhausted all diplomacy and the intelligence stated that Iran would develop a weapon or was prepared to sell weapons-grade fuel to a known terrorist group that would use it as a dirty weapon, or even worse, they were to sell a nuclear weapon, would you support a military strike?”
    â€œI think you have to define ‘exhausted all diplomacy,’” Rep. Gomez answered.
    â€œReally? Really? Ms. Gomez, you can’t answer that question?” O’Reilly pushed further, looking a bit disgusted.
    Speaker Conner interrupted. “I can answer the question, Bill. Yes, I would strike them and strike them hard. Bill, Ms. Gomez is aware of the threats, the real threats that our country faces. She is in the briefings, she knows. But what do she and her colleagues do? They vote every time to weaken our defenses or to not fund projects that can harden our defenses.”
    â€œMr. Speaker, what is one threat that faces our nation that most Americans are not aware of?” O’Reilly asked, looking to wrap things up.
    â€œWhat I fear the most is a rogue nation or terrorist group attacking us with an EMP or an electromagnetic-type weapon. We are not equipped for this; it would destroy our entire power grid. The Iranians, for one, have stated their awareness of this weakness and want to exploit it.”
    â€œThere you go again, Mr. Speaker, spreading fear,” Gomez disdainfully accused.
    â€œFear? Ms. Gomez, you have seen the reports regarding this specific threat. Even some in your own party realize the threat and have courageously put forth bills that never made it out of committee. I am now pressing Congressman Markey to put forth the same bill again. I will work hard to ensure the bill at least gets the up or down vote it deserves,” Conner spat back, obviously irritated.
    â€œMs. Gomez, you have the last word, please respond to what the Speaker just said.”
    â€œMr. O’Reilly, this administration is doing an incredible job at defending our nation. After almost ten years of war, it is time to take care of the homeland by addressing domestic issues. We have everything under control as far as defense. We need to get issues like education and healthcare in the forefront.”
    â€œWell, I have to leave it there. Ms. Gomez, Speaker Conner, I appreciate your time. Next on the lineup we have retired General McCasey here to talk about the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and London.”
    Samantha grabbed the remote and turned the TV off. “Sorry, it’s the only time I can listen to what’s happening. It’s scary out there right now with so many attacks happening overseas, I just feel it’s only a matter of time before it comes here.”
    â€œYeah, maybe so; I wouldn’t focus too much on that; I think we’re pretty safe here. As far as the