Reid on Iran

Joan McCarter for Daily Kos

Daily Kos Staff

Thursday April 20, 2006 · 2:05 PM PDT

2006/04/20 · 14:05

Harry Reid has stepped up to tell the truth about Bush's foreign policy and Iran.

Reid, D-Nev., said the administration should be taking the lead, but instead is relying on Germany, France and Great Britain to convince Iran to end its uranium enrichment program.
"It is hard to comprehend," Reid said Tuesday in Reno. "We should be involved at trying to arrive at a diplomatic solution. ... Not just these three countries."

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"Our not being involved diplomatically in trying to solve the situation in Iran shows the Bush failure in foreign policy there and elsewhere."

And he said the U.S. has no military option in Iran.

"We don't have the resources to do it" because of the ongoing war in Iraq," he said.

This administration squandered precious lives and military resources in a misguided, unnecessary, poorly-planned war, conducted by an arrogant and incompetent Secretary of Defense. They squandered the goodwill of most of the rest of the world--the world that was proud to stand next to us on September 12, 2001. And they left us, as Senator Reid has unequivocally stated, we have no military option in Iran.

Think Progress has more on this, including the expected foaming-at-the-mouth response of Michelle Malkin. They also are compiling a list of national security officials, Iran experts, and others who argue that no good military options exist in Iran.

Reid on Iran

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