Sen. Tom Cotton suggests war with Iran, says bombing would take only 'several days'

According to the Republican senator from Arkansas, "several days of air and naval bombing against Iraq's weapons of mass destruction facilities" would do the trick to halt Iran's nuclear program.

"The president is trying to make you think it would be 150,000 heavy mechanized troops on the ground in the Middle East again as we saw in Iraq, and that's simply not the case," Sen. Cotton said in an interview with the Family Research Council.

U.S. and European allies have until June to work out negotiations that would gradually lift economic sanctions on Iran if the country limits the steps it has been taking to build an atomic bomb.

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Cotton has been outspoken in his viewpoint that the administration's belief that Iran would adhere to a nuclear deal is "wishful thinking" and that it's akin to "a child's wish for pony."