You just can’t win with the Democrats.

When President Bush leads the way and refuses to let Europe dawdle with dictators, he’s a war-mongering “cowboy” who “swaggers” too much and doesn’t do enough to allow our coalition partners to do the heavy lifting.

Now, the same bed-wetting Dem Senator–Harry Reid–who accused Bush of swaggering is swaggering about how the President isn’t doing enough to lead the way on Iran – via AP:

The Bush administration is relying too heavily on other countries in the international effort to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, according to Sen. Harry Reid.

Reid, D-Nev., said the administration should be taking the lead, but instead is relying on Germany, France and Great Britain to convince Iran to end its uranium enrichment program.

“It is hard to comprehend,” Reid said Tuesday in Reno. “We should be involved at trying to arrive at a diplomatic solution. … Not just these three countries.”

Reid said the Middle East is a “powder keg” because of U.S. failures in Iraq, the rise of fundamentalism and the recent election of Hamas in Palestine.

“Our not being involved diplomatically in trying to solve the situation in Iran shows the Bush failure in foreign policy there and elsewhere.”

Does Reid actually listen to himself when he talks?

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Reuters: Rice says U.S. will use varied means to stop Iran