Saturday, February 05, 2005

Biden: Consider Iran's 'emotional needs'

WorldNetDaily.com:
As Tehran raise fears with its increasing nuclear capability, the world must address Iran's emotional needs and agree to a nonagression pact, says Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del. ...

Senator Joseph Biden said that even if Iran was a full democracy like India, it would want nuclear capability, like India. What the world needed to address was Iran's emotional needs, he said, with a nonaggression pact."
The U.S. and Europe might not succeed in preventing an Iranian nuclear bomb "unless they are willing to address Iran's nightmares and guarantee its safety. But that runs contrary to the reigning theology in Washington that divides the world into good and evil, and believes in the benefits of using force." ...

After expressing concern about Tehran's nuclear intentions, the senator told [Iran's] Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi he also is urging his own government to rethink its positions.

"You have to grow up and my administration has to grow up, with all due respect, and find out if there is any common ground," Biden said. "We are on the course of unintended consequences." ...

"I hope we're all smarter about this, smarter than we've been," he said. "I hope our leadership is brighter because if it's not, it's a very dull picture for the region, and for humanity."