Washington Post: Democrats Wage War Over Iran

[Douglas Carpenter]

link to full article:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/10/11/hillarys_iran_vote.html?hpid=news-col-blog

"Two weeks ago, the Senate approved a non-binding resolution urging the Bush administration to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization."

snip:"But the 2002 Iraq authorization still echoes through the Senate chamber, and many Democrats remained wary about opening any more doors for Bush. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), an influential voice on military affairs, warned his colleagues, "This has the danger of becoming a de facto authorization for military force against Iran." Other opponents included GOP Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the senior Republican on the foreign relations committee, and Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.), a leading Democratic war opponent. "

snip:"Further complicating the debate, Obama and Dodd -- along with Clinton -- are among the 68 co-sponsors of a separate bill aimed at curtailing Iran's nuclear ambitions. It also urges that the IRGC be designated a foreign terrorist organization. "

snip:"Obama opened fire in an op-ed Thursday in the Manchester Union-Leader. "On the fifth anniversary of the Senate's vote to authorize an open-ended war in Iraq, we should resolve to never repeat the terrible mistake of launching a misguided war," he wrote. "But unfortunately, the Senate risked doing exactly that when it recently opened the door to an extension and escalation of the ongoing war in Iraq to include military action against Iran."

Clinton spokesman Phil Singer's retort: "If Senator Obama felt so strongly about this resolution, why didn't he speak out against it or vote against it?" "


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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/10/11/hillarys_iran_vote.html?hpid=news-col-blog

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