Richardson says war with Iran is unwise

[tocqueville]

1 hour, 22 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Sunday it would be "enormously unwise" for the Bush administration to take military action against Iran before it gets out of Iraq.

"I believe it would be enormously unwise for the Bush administration to start another war before ending this tragic war we're in today and it does sound like the administration is ramping up. You can just see it," he said.

Richardson, also the governor New Mexico, pointed to a 76-22 vote in the Senate last week on a resolution urging the State Department to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.

Hillary Rodham Clinton was the only Democratic senator who is running for president to vote for the measure. Richardson criticized her vote.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070930/ap_on_el_pr/richardson

[NC_Nurse]

1. Well, duh.

Why anyone would think otherwise is a mystery to me. :shrug:

[Inspired]

12. My thoughts exactly!!!

[PDJane]

2. HRC would lose my vote for that alone. eom.

[lligrd]

3. Is Unwise Now A Synonym For Insane? nt

[janx]

9. Yes. n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. In Breaking News

Water is wet...

[acmavm]

5. Maybe people aren't looking close enough at what he's saying. He said

it would be unwise "...for the Bush administration to start another war before ending this tragic war we're in today..."

I say it would be more than unwise to start or get involved in another war PERIOD!!!

[polichick]

6. Since it is so obviously unwise/insane/wacko...

What's in it for the Dems who gave Bush the green light, and who now believe we'll be in Iraq for years???

[seasat]

7. He had a very detailed policy speech on dealing with Iran back in June.

Here's a link to the speech. I was particularly impressed that he acknowledged our role in fueling the conflict between the US and Iran by overthrowing their government, supporting the Shah, and supporting Sadaam in the war against Iran.

[ShortnFiery]

8. SnF says "War with Iran is F**king Nuts!!!"

;)

[tocqueville]

10. I don't understand...

here you have a Democrat presidential candidate saying "I am against a war with Iran" (which isn't very usual) , and you guys say "so what ?"

I guess he won't be elected

[janx]

11. More from the article you posted:

"Calling them names, labeling them terrorists, drawing up military options is just making the situation worse and inflaming the Muslim world," he said.

U.S.-Iran tensions are running high over U.S. allegations that Iran is secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons and supplying Iraq's Shiite militias with weapons that have killed U.S. troops. Iran denies both claims.

"Once again the administration seems to be preparing the American people for a ramp-up in action, and it would be, I believe, another disastrous foreign policy decision," Richardson said.

Richardson, a former U.N. ambassador, said that as president he would use his diplomatic experience to engage Muslim clerics, students, university professors and business leaders in Iran. He would leave Iranian President Ahmadinejad out of the loop, calling him "a minor player" in that nation's politics.

I like it!

[seasat]

13. Video is up at CBS

Here's the location.

Richardson refers to a war with Iran as a mistake like Iraq invasion. He said, "It would be a disastrous event that is coming, I unfortunately think, also from faulty intelligence".

[janx]

14. TNX!

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[PDJane]

15. Faulty intelligence?

Is that like "fixed intelligence?"

[Douglas Carpenter]

16. thank God for the non-insane caucus of the Democratic Party

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"I think of war with Iran as the ending of America's present role in the world. Iraq may have been a preview of that, but it's still redeemable if we get out fast. In a war with Iran, we'll get dragged down for 20 or 30 years. The world will condemn us. We will lose our position in the world."

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Vanity Fair, 2006.


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