Unfortunately,any diplomatic discussoin will be held with the leaders of Iran (or people apointed by the leaders of Iran) and not with the general population of Iran. So, it doesn't really matter if the views of the leaders reflect the desires and views of the Iranian people, doe it?
Just because I do not think it will work does not mean we shouldn't try. I have been known to be wrong (more often than I care to admit). I just think that those people who think diplomacy is the 'silver bullet' in this case need to rethink who we are dealing with. On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:58 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I never referred to them as "those people". I was not referring to > Iranians > > in general, I was referring to those who run the country specifically. > > > True, sorry. > > > > I am not advocating that we abandon diplomacy, maybe just reset > > expectations > > based on the attitude of the people we would be dealing with. > > > Well, your question was "how can anyone think diplomacy can work with > people > who think this way". > > If you really think diplomacy can't work, then why try it? I think it can > work.....primarily for the reason you stated above...the leaders of Iran > don't necessarily reflect the views and desires of the Iranian population. > > -- > Everybody knows that the war is over > Everybody knows that the good guys lost > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290473 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
