“Strong countries and strong leaders meet with their adversaries. That’s what Kennedy did with Kruschesev. That’s what Reagan did with Gorbechev. That’s what Nixon did with Mao. I mean, think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela-these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don’t pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a serious threat to us.”
And again, just the day after he made the above statement, he said this:
“Iran is a grave threat, It has an illicit nuclear program. IT supports terrorism across the region and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel;s existence. It denies the Holocaust. The reason Iranis so much more powerful than it was a few years ago is because of the Bush-McCain policy of fighting in Iraq and refusing to pursue direct diplomacy with Iran. They’re the ones who have not dealt with Iran wisely.”
