Bill Richardson posted
this on Huffington Post today:
It is a tragedy that in the midst of one failed war in Iraq, George Bush and Dick Cheney are pushing a second front of failure and gearing up to attack Iran. The "unilateral sanctions" recently imposed will hurt diplomatic progress in the region, and I find it disconcerting that so many Democrats supported President Bush in his saber-rattling.
Senator Clinton voted to enable George Bush when she voted for the Kyl-Lieberman Amendment. Senator Obama, skipped the Iran vote entirely.
Saber-rattling is not a good way to get the Iranians to cooperate and work with us for peace. But it is a tried and true method of laying the groundwork for another war -- a war that would be a disaster for the Middle East, for the United States and for the world. Saying that we're on a "path to diplomacy" while imposing these sanctions and increasing the war rhetoric only strengthens hard-line elements in the Iranian leadership and increases the risk of violence breaking out.
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Now is not the time for a "wait and see" attitude -- not on ending the war in Iraq and not on starting a war in Iran.
I can't figure out why folks think he is running for Hillary's VP because he has spoke out against personal attacks. He's criticized Hillary on policy about 2 to 1 over the other candidates. He's criticizing her again on Kyl-Lieberman and has criticized her vote on it several times. I think he's right on the issue. I'd be really surprised if she made him VP. One of the ways to get the media to write off a candidate is too peg them as running solely for VP or a cabinet slot. That's the reason they keep repeating it.
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