Appearing today on public radio's On Point with Tom Asbrook, the majority leader said that the "threatening countries" was "not the American way."
TOM ASHBROOK: A surge in diplomacy, you say. Senator Clinton recently used the word "obliterate" in regard to Iran. That it might be obliterated if it moved against Israel. Is that a helpful kind of word? Senator Obama said not.HARRY REID: Well, I am certainly doing my best not to take sides in this presidential thing. But I think that flexing our muscles, threatening people, threatening countries, is not the American way. We have -- as President Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt said, "speak softly, carry a big stick." Words to that effect. And that's what I think we should do. Speak softly, make sure that people know that we can react if we have to, but let's not go around threatening people.
Later in the show Sen. Reid made sure to emphasize that he hopes superdelegates will decide whom to support within "a few days" of June 2nd.
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