John Edwards seeks help from Iran, Syria in stabilizing Iraq

[Flabbergasted]

The Associated PressPublished: July 14, 2007

MAQUOKETA, Iowa: The United States needs help from Syria and Iran in stabilizing Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday.

He also called the Iraqi prime minister a weak leader.

Edwards again said that if he were president today, he would immediately reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq by about 50,000.

"The Iraqis are going to have to take responsibility, and they haven't," he told people at a campaign stop in Iowa.

The former senator told reporters that the U.S. "should be making our own evaluation about the circumstances in Iraq" and that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has not proved effective in stopping violence.

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