Tough talk wrong approach to Iran

May 12, 2008

Sen. Hillary Clinton's talk of obliterating Iran should check anti-war Democrats' support for her ("Democrats spar as key votes near," May 5).

Her saber-rattling rhetoric belies her campaign calls for a quick end to the war in Iraq.

The U.S. is now engaged in a proxy war with Iran in Iraq. Mrs. Clinton apparently finds the prospect of a direct war with Iran acceptable.

Apparently she hasn't learned anything over the past five years. But war is the problem in the Middle East, not the solution.

John Bailey

Edgemere

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