Democrats Support Bush’s Iran Policy Even DNC chair hopeful Howard Dean, allegedly the liberal arm of the Democratic Party, concurs Bush has not been tough enough on Iran. The Forward quotes Dean as saying, “The United States has to ... take a much harder line on Iran and Saudi Arabia because they're funding terrorism.”
I don't think he had in mind using harsh language to persuade the Iranians to bend to the will of the US.
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Democrats criticize Bush's Iran policy, but theirs is almost identical Last month, in a speech at an Israeli conference, Edwards sounded much tougher than he usually is on Iran, saying: "Let me be clear: Under no circumstances can Iran be allowed to have nuclear weapons. … We need to keep all options on the table. Let me reiterate—all options must remain on the table." Three weeks ago, Sen. Hillary Clinton said that "no option can be taken off the table" and that "we cannot, we should not, we must not permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons."
In the current political climate I would suppose these people are couching their rhetoric to convey a message they differ from the administration, but the essence of what they say is clear, military action is an option. Considering that Iran apparently has no plans to end their pursuit of nuclear energy (they have been doing it for over 50 years), diplomacy has not chance of winning any concession from Iran. Why should it if they are pursuing conventional nuclear power?
