I agree that the mullahcracy does present a threat and that the current president of Iran is a step backwards in security for the world at large.
However, I believe the current tone of talks coming from the White House, issued independently of the UN Security Council, is not conducive to any sort of progress and only serves to support the message from Iran's president that they must have nuclear weapons to prevent an attack from the Great Satan. Also, by not seeking to work with the other Islamic states in the MIddle East on this problem, we're not winning hearts and minds anywhere.
Finally, I bought into the message that the reason we went to war in Iraq was because they had weapons of mass destruction. To hear the same story with no concrete evidence again, especially when we're overstretched and far from stability in Iraq and Afghanistan, doesn't make me less nervous.
My post wasn't in support of Iran or it's government, and I resent the implication that it was or that I'm ignorant of it. Rather, my post was showing that the White House is continuing it's go it alone strategy and not listening to the information coming out of the Pentagon calling for more diplomacy and less arrogance.
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sarken
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Date: 2006-04-09 06:11 pm (UTC)I agree that the mullahcracy does present a threat and that the current president of Iran is a step backwards in security for the world at large.
However, I believe the current tone of talks coming from the White House, issued independently of the UN Security Council, is not conducive to any sort of progress and only serves to support the message from Iran's president that they must have nuclear weapons to prevent an attack from the Great Satan. Also, by not seeking to work with the other Islamic states in the MIddle East on this problem, we're not winning hearts and minds anywhere.
Finally, I bought into the message that the reason we went to war in Iraq was because they had weapons of mass destruction. To hear the same story with no concrete evidence again, especially when we're overstretched and far from stability in Iraq and Afghanistan, doesn't make me less nervous.
My post wasn't in support of Iran or it's government, and I resent the implication that it was or that I'm ignorant of it. Rather, my post was showing that the White House is continuing it's go it alone strategy and not listening to the information coming out of the Pentagon calling for more diplomacy and less arrogance.