Petraeus Urges Diplomacy Towards Iran

Washington Post:

Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, President Bush's nominee to lead U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, supports continued U.S. engagement with international and regional partners to find the right mix of diplomatic, economic and military leverage to address the challenges posed by Iran.

In written answers to questions posed by the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he will testify today, Petraeus said the possibility of military action against Iran should be retained as a "last resort." But he said the United States "should make every effort to engage by use of the whole of government, developing further leverage rather than simply targeting discrete threats."

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Comments

[ajax2]

John McCain can't win for losing. first Gates, then, Baker, then Israel, and now Petraeus calling for diplomacy. John one more flip flop, you're out on the limb with Bush the warmonger.

[littlepuffycloud]

Looks like he finally has seen the writing on the wall....Obama will win by a landslide and Petreaus will lose his big muckety muckness when we get the hell out of Iraq.
I don't trust this man. He just wants to be in the action when corporate generals play with tanks.

[CookieCrunch]

sounds like really smart thinking to me.

[suekzoo]

Well..well..well. The good General is joining the ranks of the rest of the American appeasers... Colin Powell, Brent Scowcroft, Lee Hamilton, Madeleine Albright, Howard Baker, among others. At least he's in good company.

[JadedAggie]

lol General Patraeus is an appeaser I guess.

[filo]

Ya beat me to it ! lmao

[Charmed]

Sounds like Obama isn't as naive as McCain wants to paint him. Obama was right about what would happen if we went to war and he's right about diplomacy.

[axt113]

I just hope the clinton supporters get the message, new polls are out showing that its only because so many are siding with mcSame that he's behind in FL and Ohio

[AnnieinOR]

Ya HEAR that McSame, GWB, Cheney and HILLARY CLINTON ?????

D I P L O M A C Y from a GENERAL!!!!!!! PAY ATTENTION!

[marymansour]

All of these sensible people are falling in line behind Obama's suggestion of holding out carrots rather than sticks to nations that oppose us. I hope the super delegates get this message of hope and roll toward Obama.

[thepoliticalcat]

Well, as anybody who hasn't spent their life sucking off the government teat (Cheney) or living on their daddy's money (Bush) knows, when you need to get things done, you offer people incentive to do them as well as penalties for failing to perform. That's what performance reviews and mission statements and goal setting and career plans are all about.

Of course the pinheads in charge couldn't possibly know that because they've never done an honest day's work in their lives.