Biden calls Iran tensions 'self-inflicted disaster' after U.S. drone shoot-down

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Former Vice President Joe Biden blasted President Trump’s Iran strategy as a “self-inflicted disaster” on Thursday, just hours after a U.S. Navy drone was shot down by an Iranian missile over the Strait of Hormuz.

Seeking to put the blame on the Trump administration for the risk of "military conflict," the 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful released a statement taking direct aim at the president's decision to abandon the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran.

“President Trump’s Iran strategy is a self-inflicted disaster,” Biden said in a statement. “Two of America’s vital interests in the Middle East are preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and securing a stable energy supply through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump is failing on both counts.”

Biden said Trump’s decision to scrap the Iran nuclear deal has been counterproductive.

“Trump promised that abandoning the deal and imposing sanctions would stop Iran’s aggression in the region. But they’ve only gotten more aggressive,” Biden said. “Trump also promised that walking away would somehow lead to a better deal — instead the predictable has happened: Iran is building back up its nuclear capability.”

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[bronxiteforever]

1. Kick and recommend. Joe is absolutely correct.

[underpants]

2. That's what Sen. Kaine said this morning on NPR.

He followed a former Ambassador who said that the Iranian actions of late are mostly seen as a response American policies that are clearly meant to instigate.

Tim was the next guest. He said Iran does need to knock it off and that the briefing he got yesterday, from the Joint Chair no less, that we are seeing a reaction to Trump provoking the situation.

[peggysue2]

3. This is all about Trump and the war hawks . . .

provoking a very dicey geopolitical crisis. People like Tom Cotton and Bolton are beating the war drums, escalating the tension. War with Iran would be catastrophic. For the Middle East and us.

This is what happens when politicians scoff at diplomacy and deplete our diplomatic missions. Wars are easy to start, not so easy to end.

Joe Biden is absolutely correct: self-inflicted. Like all the other crises that Trump has created through ignorance and spleen.