Getting It Right

by digby

John Edwards was clear and concise today about Iran on Meet The Press, saying explicitly that a military strike would strengthen Ahmadinejad and would be a mistake. When Russert pressed him about whether we could ultimately “let” Iran get a nuclear weapons, he said it would be a bad thing, but that there were many, many steps to take before we get to that — and that he just didn’t know at this point.

That seems to me to be a decent way of framing it. He’s not “taking any options off the table” but he is saying that a military strike would be counter productive and there’s plenty of time to deal with this problem, which leaves some room to maneuver. (The real problem is rebuilding any trust in the United States’ intentions in the mideast and around the world, and that’s something else entirely.)

I think it’s been hard for Democrats to grasp just how unpopular and discredited George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are with the American people and the world. (It’s understandable since they were inexplicably held up on a pedestal for years by the press.) But they have fallen now and there is no benefit to backing their crazy schemes.

Edwards was good on Iran today and good for him.

(He was not so good on gay marriage, however, for reasons I just can’t fathom. He’s not fooling anyobody on either side of the fence. Might as well take a stand.)

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