Comments on: Good News For Obama!

By: Fatty Bolger

Fatty Bolger — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:24:37 +0000

Gotta love the comparisons to Reagan. Hey, if Obama wants to do it the Reagan way, I’m all for it. Denounce Iran and their recent actions in the strongest terms possible. Strengthen America’s military might and leave no doubt about our resolve. Then continue to negotiate with Iran’s leaders, with the threat of what we might do if the negotiations do not go well hanging over their heads. That’s the Reagan way.

By: MikeH

MikeH — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:48:47 +0000

RebeccaH, remember one thing, they love death more than we love life! I’m a caring individual and want to help them.

By: LocalMan

LocalMan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:38:16 +0000

…not talking…
Bush and Clinton both had ambassador level talks with Iran at least a dozen times.

The Bush diplomatic strategy was to let the Euros do the diplomacy since their objectives were the same and the Mullahs were singing “Death to America” all the time and not “Death to Europe”. Plain diplomacy.

The Iranians never complained about this arrangement with the Euros nor did they ask for direct US involvement in the talks.

By: RebeccaH

RebeccaH — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:50:18 +0000

But the analogy overlooks some key facts.

One of which is, the Soviets were pragmatic and largely cynical about their own communist philosophy. Islamists are true believers, who count on an afterlife in paradise, and see jihad as their God-derived duty to convert or kill all nonbelievers. I don’t know why this is so frickin’ hard to understand in light of nineteen Muslims who were willing to kill themselves and 3,000 other people to satisfy this impulse (not to mention the too-many-to-mention suicide bombers, jihadi warriors, sadistic head-loppers, etc. that have acted, and continue to act today).

By: bloc

bloc — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:59:56 +0000

Quoting your quote of McManus:

“We’ve seen what comes from not talking. In 2001, Iran had zero [nuclear enrichment] centrifuges; now they have more than 5,000, and maybe more than 7,000. Not talking wasn’t a particularly useful thing.”

It’s almost as if the Europeans don’t exist and their failed multilateral carrot-flavored negotiations never happened, isn’t it?

You know — the same Europeans who we outsourced official Iranian contact to. The guys who were acting in our behalf . . .

By: The Current Iran Situation « Tai-Chi Policy

The Current Iran Situation « Tai-Chi Policy — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:33:36 +0000

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