Harry Reid: Clinton's Iran Comment Is "Not The American Way"

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is the latest politician to distance himself from Hillary Clinton's repeated comments about the United States willingness to obliterate Iran. During an interview on NPR today, he said:

TOM ASHBROOK: A surge in diplomacy, you say. Senator Clinton recently used the word "obliterate" in regard to Iran. That it might be obliterated if it moved against Israel. Is that a helpful kind of word? Senator Obama said not.


HARRY REID: Well, I am certainly doing my best not to take sides in this presidential thing. But I think that flexing our muscles, threatening people, threatening countries, is not the American way. We have -- as President Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt said, "speak softly, carry a big stick." Words to that effect. And that's what I think we should do. Speak softly, make sure that people know that we can react if we have to, but let's not go around threatening people.

Reid also took the opportunity to dispel notions about which way he is leaning in the election, despite his comments about foreign policy:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/06/harry-reid-clintons-iran_n_100468.html

Glad someone is saying it.

But you are right, on this one thing.

I like that quote and you are correct, lets get Dodd in as Senate Majority.
Harry has been an enabler to the BCF's war by not making the Republican Senators
to really have to filibuster.