figures ;) tho I thought the revelation that you had been lied to yet again might have done the trick....
Dana On Dec 7, 2007 6:19 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I posted in response to Gel's post, my position has been basically the > same since their nuclear program came to light. The international > community > should use every available means to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear > weapon. Iran should be rewarded for cooperating and punished for failing > to > cooperate. Rewards could include normalization of relations and economic > incentives. Punishment has included economic sanctions, which could be > increased, and military action, albeit as a last resort if the Iranians > were > in the final stages of weaponizing uranium. > > Diplomatic pressure and the threat of inspectors uncovering the program > appears to have forced them to shut down the weaponization program. > Continued diplomatic pressure, along with the threat of force, has also > apparently prevented them from restarting the weaponization program. So > props to the strategy the international community- including the United > States- has followed for the last four years. > > Furthermore, Iran could have follow the course of Libya and declared their > programs to the IAEA, ditched any weaponization projects, and cooperated > fully with inspectors. Had they done so three years ago, things would be > very different. The Iranians have given no indication that they are > interested in following that course, which is why we have to continue to > exert pressure on them, including sanctions, including the threat of > force. > > It's not like overnight Iran went from being global pariah to liberal > democracy. They still sponsor terrorism, their president still leads mobs > in > chants of "Death to America, death to Israel". > > No, I have not changed my mind. > > > > On Dec 5, 2007 5:00 PM, Dana wrote: > > > > > Incidentally, Robert, have you changed your mind about Iran? > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247939 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
