Obama's Iran TV Show Tour: More Diplomacy

by The Huffington Post News Team [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

Iran's state-run television reported this morning that the government had tested nine long- and medium-range missiles, including a new version of the Shahab-3 missile that has a range of 1,250 miles and is armed with a 1-ton conventional warhead.

Obama does a morning show tour in response, calling for more diplomacy -- a stance McCain has pounced on before.

On MSNBC's Today, Obama demands the U.S. "precede aggressively with diplomacy" instead of "farming it out to the Europeans." He also called for potential divestment from Iran, pointing out that exports to the country increased under Bush.

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Obama called Iran a "grave threat" on ABC's Good Morning America and suggested sanctions and diplomacy instead of "over the top rhetoric."

On CBS' Early Show he said, "We've been combining bellicose rhetoric with not very effective action. And that's one of the things I'd like to change when I'm president." He also defended himself on Iraq, saying, "I have been entirely consistent that we are going to end this war when I'm president."

During the primary, McCain said Obama's willingness to engage in diplomacy showed his "inexperience and reckless judgment." Bill Kristol recently said on Fox News that Bush might bomb Iran if he "thinks Obama is going to win."