Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said President Bush has lost the credibility to make an effective threat against a nuclear Iran.
Appearing on CBS' "Face The Nation" Sunday, the former presidential candidate and Vermont governor said the president shouldn't make any threats he cannot deliver on.
"The president ... doesn't have the capability to do anything in Iran, nor the international support ... because (of) extraordinary blunders so far in defending the country," he said.
Dean said the Iraq war committed the bulk of our military elsewhere and damaged the international support needed to back up a military threat against Iran.
But Dean also said the president's pledge to keep "all options on the table" regarding Iran is the proper course of action, and that he made similar statements during his 2004 White House run.
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