RENO, Nev. (AP) - 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. I guess we're being too multilateral by working with the EU 3, whereas we are too unilateral when we have a coalition of over 30 nations.
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."
We are. We're the 'bad cop.'
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.
The B-1s, B-2s, F-117s and US Navy must all be in Ramadi.
On Wednesday, Republican National Committee spokesman Tucker Bounds said the president has not ruled out military action in Iran.