Democrats and Iranian Nukes« Thread Started on Feb 14, 2007, 8:39am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats and Iranian NukesPosted Feb 12th 2007 7:57AM by NixGuyFiled under: Dem Agenda, Iran, John Edwardsread at source> http://www.aolelectionsblog.com/2007/02 ... nukes/Saul Singer in today's NRO talks about a potential downfall for Democratic presidential candidates... Iran.We must assume that as the U.S. election nears, Iran will either have been confronted militarily (by the U.S. or Israel) or that the threat from Iran is still on the rise. Even if the regime embarks on a last-minute peace offensive - perhaps offering a suspension of enrichment in exchange for negotiations - the sense of growing threat is unlikely to decrease much, and may even increase in response to Western vacillation.In this context, the Democrats have a basic decision to make: Should they support the administration's approach toward Iran, or should they signal they want to go in a different direction, as they are doing on Iraq?So far, the Democrats' short answer is: Both. Speaking to the Herzliya Conference last month, John Edwards said: "Let me be clear: Under no circumstances can Iran be allowed to have nuclear weapons