We've all heard Kerry/Edwards bloviating about Iran of late. I'd like to offer all of you diplomacy lovers a geography lesson. Look at what we've done to Iran in the last three years. We have nearly surrounded her. Now I already know the tact you fools take-by surrounding Iran we have forced them to develop nuclear weapons. That's not so. The mullahs have been talking about using nuclear weapons against infidels for some time now. They would be developing them whether we surrounded Iran or not. What we have done is put ourselves in the strongest diplomatic position possible. Diplomacy without the threat of a big stick is worthless. The other guy knows that he has nothing to lose. Iran has a lot to lose right now. If Iran is the threat you all have been harping it to be the last few weeks, then the Bush administration has fortified out position against a nation that would have been a nightmare to engage militarily without allies in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Special thank you to Mapzones for the graphic ( http://atlas.mapzones.com/iran/iran.php )
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Surrounded? Wow, so the war-mongering *has* had some effect on some people.
It's a relief maybe, that we have her surrounded. But more importantly, we have to try to ensure that they don't consider us infidels in the first place. But that's not going to happen if we keep surrounding her and threaten to punish her and all that.
Remember, these type of enemies don't fear death and destruction, as long as it is for 'the cause'. The only way we can save the world from a nuclear blowout is by changing the way they think of us.
W is not going to do it, and in fact, if he comes back for another 4 years, he will ensure that no President after him will be able to do it.
Hurt is something that cannot be reversed quickly. In addition to that, if we keep doing it over and over and over, it will become permanent.
4 years will be enough to cement the thought that all Americans and everything American and related to America is 'the enemy'. The world will be such a hostile place to stay. There won't be a safe place to stay for any American, even inside America.
We have to stop the cancer now, or else, it will cause death.
Do not give another 4 years to this Administration.
Ok - realistically, is it possible to 'eliminate' the threat completely?
In this case, offense is *not* the best form of defense. By fighting the muslims in one part of the world, we are encouraging the other muslims to unite (and in some cases, re-unite) and become more opposed to Americans.
As we separate more and more innocent families by killing the fathers, the brothers and oh my goodness, mothers and sisters, we are sowing the seeds of more dissent and more hatred.
We can't let that happen. We need to change courses quickly. And I don't think W will help us in changing courses at all. The cowboy attitude of shooting from the hip works only in Texas, Mr. President, if at all. As a leader of a powerful country, you need something between your two ears, and you seem to be running on empty.
I hope this President does not come back to power.
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