Bush's big stick serves the purpose of keeping oil prices high ;) On Dec 7, 2007 5:52 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Diplomacy is preferable to war, but there has to be a credible threat of > some sort of retaliation for diplomacy to work. Economic sanctions are the > best tool the international community has against a country like Iran, but > our ability to pressure Iran with sanctions is limited by the refusal of > Russia and China to cooperate with more robust sanctions against them. > > Fortunately, we have other credible means of threatening Iran. To > paraphrase > Teddy Rosevelt, Bush is speaking softly and carrying the big stick of the > U.S. military on his shoulder, and the Iranians believe (quite reasonably) > that Bush will take that stick and thump them if need be. Bush's tough > talk > on Iran is part of the diplomatic strategy, not an attempt to subvert > diplomacy. > > > > On Dec 6, 2007 3:13 AM, Vivec wrote: > > > > > Government report released Tuesday says Iran stopped nuke work in 2003" > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/05/bush.iran/index.html > > > > At least this information came out before they dropped a tactical nuke. > > It's amazing the misdirection and the build up over Iran. > > > > > > > Let's hope that diplomacy is continued with Iran to bring them in-line > > with what the world wants. > > Because I don't think anyone wants a Nuclear Strike capable 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:247940 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
