Biden urges U.S. to join negotiations with Iran

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Failure to take part in nuclear talks could lead to need to invade, he says

By Ken Silverstein
Los Angeles Times
Originally published February 14, 2005

WASHINGTON -- A top Democratic senator urged the Bush administration yesterday to join three European allies in negotiating with Iran to get it to abandon its nuclear programs, saying failure to do so could result in the need to invade the country.

"This is a case where we're ... on the sidelines," Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Fox News Sunday. "The three European countries that are negotiating with the Iranians are saying, 'Look, we've got to get in the deal with them. We can't just sit on the sidelines.'"

In Tehran, a government spokesman warned the Bush administration yesterday against attacking Iran's nuclear facilities and said talks with the European countries could resolve the dispute.

Iran rejected a European demand to stop building a heavy-water nuclear reactor in return for a light-water reactor yesterday, hardening Iran's position on a key part of its nuclear facilities that critics contend is part of a weapons program.
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[Voltaire99]

1. Nice to see Biden get one right for a change.

After all his right wing warmongering over the past three years, he was due for a disgust-free deed.

Careful, Joe--decency may become habit forming.