▁G ing rich , ▁Jon ▁Hun ts man , ▁Ron ▁Paul , ▁Rick ▁Perry , ▁Mitt ▁Rom ney ▁and ▁Rick ▁Sant orum . ▁New t ▁G ing rich ▁was ▁once ▁again ▁the ▁main ▁focus ▁of ▁his ▁compet itors , ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁receive ▁criticism ▁for ▁his ▁past ▁dealing ▁with ▁Fred die ▁Mac . ▁ ▁Ron ▁Paul ▁was ▁also ▁challeng ed ▁for ▁his ▁st ance ▁on ▁Iran , ▁and ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁M iche le ▁Bach mann , ▁who ▁Paul ▁ref uted ▁by ▁continu ing ▁to ▁state ▁his ▁position ▁that ▁san ctions ▁are ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁war , ▁and ▁the ▁prospect ▁of ▁Iran ▁possibly ▁having ▁a ▁nuclear ▁weapon ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁war ▁propag anda ▁that ▁preced ed ▁the ▁war ▁in ▁Ira q . ▁Paul ▁continued , ▁" I ▁don ' t ▁want ▁Iran ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁nuclear ▁weapon . ▁I ▁would ▁like ▁to ▁reduce ▁them ▁because ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁less ▁chance ▁of ▁war . ▁But ▁to ▁declare ▁war ▁on ▁ 1 . 2 ▁billion ▁Muslim s ▁and ▁say ▁all ▁Muslim s ▁are ▁the ▁same , ▁this ▁is ▁dangerous ▁talk . ▁Yeah , ▁there ▁are ▁some ▁radical s . ▁But ▁they ▁don ' t ▁come ▁here ▁to ▁kill ▁us ▁because ▁we ' re ▁free ▁and ▁prosper ous . ▁Do ▁they ▁go ▁to ▁Switzerland ▁and ▁Sweden ? ▁That ▁is ▁abs urd ." ▁ ▁Paul ▁also ▁stated , ▁" why ▁do ▁we ▁have ▁ 9 0 0 ▁bases ▁in ▁ 1 3 0 ▁countries ▁and ▁we ' re ▁totally ▁bank rupt . ▁How ▁do ▁you