U.S. Democratic presidential front-runners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have sei...
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - U.S. Democratic presidential front-runners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have seized on the killing of an Iranian military commander to tout their own leadership as the best antidote to what they call the reckless actions of President Donald Trump.
“I have no illusions about Iran. The regime has long sponsored terrorism and threatened our interests. They’ve ruthlessly killed hundreds of protesters, and they should be held accountable for their actions,” said Biden, speaking in front of five American flags in New York. Last Friday’s killing of Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike has intensified U.S.-Iran tensions and raised fears of a wider Middle East war. Trump administration officials have said Soleimani was killed because of solid intelligence indicating forces under his command planned further attacks on U.S. targets in the region, although they have provided no evidence.
Reuters/Ipsos polling released on Tuesday found that 53% of U.S. adults disapproved of Trump’s handling of Iran, up 9 percentage points from a similar poll that ran last month.NATIONAL SECURITY TAKES PROMINENCE Biden aides said they saw a political benefit to putting voters’ focus on his foreign policy experience as a longtime former senator and as No. 2 to President Barack Obama.
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