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Sen. Harry Reid: U.S. Has No Military Option in Iran
Newsmax.com ^
| Friday, April 21, 2006 4:51 p.m. EDT
| Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
Posted on 04/21/2006 4:41:46 PM PDT by edpc
The Bush administration is relying too heavily on other countries in the international effort to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, according to Sen. Harry Reid.
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. "We should be involved at trying to arrive at a diplomatic solution. ... Not just these three countries."
Reid said the Middle East is a "powder keg" because of U.S. failures in Iraq, the rise of fundamentalism and the recent election of Hamas in Palestine.
"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.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; iran; reid
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To: edpc
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posted on
04/22/2006 4:13:03 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(There's a dwindling market for Marxist homosexual lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
To: edpc
Reid, Kerry and the other worthless POS rat senators and congressits have a new Rat Motto for the nation:
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posted on
04/22/2006 4:21:18 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(There's a dwindling market for Marxist homosexual lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
To: edpc
Well another back door criticism of the military from a high level RAT, I see.
Hey Reid. Think there's no military option for Iran? Stand back and watch how real men take care of a dangerous situation.
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posted on
04/22/2006 4:26:44 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Leakin' Mary McCarthy needs to be arrested, not just fired.)
To: edpc
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.
What an ignoramus.
Tell that to the Greeks under Alexander....."No option against Iran, Alex....we're fighting elsewhere."
We COULD defeat Iran in short order. However, there's no reason to do so. All we want to accomplish is the destruction of a limited number of sites.
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posted on
04/22/2006 4:35:47 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It. Supporting our Troops Means Praying for them to Win!)
To: edpc
So.....what is it? Are we supposed to build coalitions or go it alone? Bingo.
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posted on
04/22/2006 4:36:50 AM PDT
by
sauropod
("Age is just a number" - Brenda Frese, UMD Women's Basketball Coach, 4/4/06)
To: edpc
We must be getting ready to do something. Reid is trying to turn the country against preventative action already.
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posted on
04/22/2006 4:40:06 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: PhilDragoo; ntnychik; devolve; Smartass
LOL, and you thought it was that plane shooting those lasers Phil!!
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04/22/2006 6:28:33 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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