Do you think this would have happened without the fear of our pending attack? I think not. Diplomacy only works when both sides want a diplomatic solution, not when a bunch of liberal peaceniks go marching around with silly signs.

Bush may be doing Obama a huge favor by defusing this situation before Obama takes office.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1214726206803&pagename=JPost%2FJPArti cle%2FShowFull

Deane, are you suggesting appeasement? Isn't diplomacy "talking to our enemies?" Have you checked with Kevin James on this?

Andrew

Defusing the situation he allowed to escalate on his watch? Oh goodie!

That's like a CEO patting himself on the back after bringing a company out of a bankruptcy that he took into bankruptcy.

"Defusing the situation he allowed to escalate on his watch?"

Right you are. He should have bombed them right after Iraq while we had the aircraft carreirs parked nearby.

Bombed them for what? Because they're brown skinned?

"Right you are. He should have bombed them right after Iraq while we had the aircraft carreirs parked nearby."

Now there's a statement that shows just what you're all about.
You'd spread the military so thin that the U.S. would be even more vulnerable than we have become under Bush.

Your six guns blazing mentality is typical of midwestern old guys that don't have a clue about living and progressing in the 21st century. The good news is that the number of people that think like you is shrinking.

"Bombed them for what? Because they're brown skinned?"

No Vitalogy, you're back to your fascination with racism. Because they were developing nukes and you lefties didn't want Bush to allow them to escalate on his watch, remember.

"you lefties didn't want Bush to allow them to escalate on his watch"

I'll change my opinion on this if we can bury the waste in your back yard. OK?

That right, attack Iran and watch oil prices jump even further and the dollar sink to new lows. That's what I like about Deane and most conservatives wild west mentality, shot first and ask questions later. They seem to lack the acumen to connect the dots. I guess that explains their unwavering support of the dumbest man to be president of the United States. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

I just don't see Iran as that serious of a threat to the US that would require pre-emptive bombing. That would make the situation worse.

I think you want to exterminate the whole country because they're all nothing but raghead terrorists to you. I think there's a racial element in your hatred of Iran's people.

Vitalogy the racism czar.

No, I just call it like I see it.

On Iran, top military officer sounds like Obama

Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen urges diplomacy, not use of force:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25515357/

Upon his return from a visit to Israel and Europe, the nation’s highest ranking military officer warned Wednesday that a military strike on Iran would be a very bad idea.

“This is a very unstable part of the world, and I don't need it to be more unstable,” said the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen.

He added pointedly, “we haven't had much of a dialogue with the Iranians for a long time,” seeming to imply that the Bush administration should be talking to the Iranian government.