Kevin Sullivan: “Can somebody please tell the blogospheric elites that we do in fact have the groundwork laid out for direct negotiations with Iran regarding Iraqi security?” But Kevin, it’s just so darn convenient to ignore the facts.
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Sure you’ll need to talk to anyone who is ready to listen to you, for their best perception of what you are proposing you’ll have to show and lead by example though. Thats always missing and get lost thanx to well-known red-neck mentality and rhetoric. You wont be heard if you dont stop improving nuclear arsenal, you wont be successful in maintaining world peace if you yourself violate international aggreements from environment to de-"nukulerization ". I hope Obama or whoever is gonna be the next president would not give in to this rhetoric and show signs of leading by example as words may be forgotten so easily when those who say they would, they go with the flow of hard-liners when elected.
I think the sittuation with Iran has been a series of missed opportunities on both sides. If Americans really care about democracy, the quickest way to change the middleast is to negotiate rather than dictate to Iran. Iranian people despite the continued staged images of ‘Death to America’ have much more in common with America than Russia or the Arabs. the problem is that the US would have to recognise Irans regional superiority and talk reasonably, as stated before Iranians of all creeds are deeply proud of their heritage and honour, this means alot more to them than anything else. But in reality the status quo in the region suits the current administration who would rather support dictators and Israel rather than deal with realities on the ground.
If Obama got into power the situation could change dramatically. Here’s an interesting article about it: http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20080409-obama-iran-talk-ahmadinejad-banisadr