“Putting this in human terms, all of us know that when we stop talking to a parent, or a sibling, or even a friend, it’s impossible to resolve the differences to move that relationship forward.”
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Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told Breitbart.com over the weekend President Obama's Iran deal would lead to a second Holocaust.
"This president's foreign policy is the most feckless in American history," Huckabee said. "It is so naive that he would trust the Iranians. By doing so, he will take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven. This is the most idiotic thing, this Iran deal. It should be rejected by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress and by the American people. I read the whole deal. We gave away the whole store. It's got to be stopped."
The comments, which many noted seem like an attempt to out-Trump Donald Trump, were met by condemnations from Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, and President Obama.
Huckabee, however, once offered a different prescription for dealing with Iran. In a September 2007 speech on foreign policy delivered to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., Huckabee offered a plan seeking engagement with Iran.
In that speech, Huckabee slammed President Bush for including Iran in the Axis of Evil and called for restoring diplomatic relations with the country.
Here are the nine highlights with the audio of the speech below:
"The wisdom of Sun-Tzu, from nearly 2,500 years ago, is relevant today: Keep your friends close; keep your enemies closer. We haven't had diplomatic relationships with Iran in almost 30 years, most of my entire adult life, and a lot of good it's done. Putting this in human terms, all of us know that when we stop talking to a parent, or a sibling, or even a friend, it's impossible to resolve the differences to move that relationship forward. Well, the same is true for countries. Our experience in Iraq should prove a valuable lesson for Iran."
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