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To: Elroy who wrote (243728)	10/2/2007 4:21:18 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (3) of 281500

If I were in charge of the US I'd rapidly engage Iran with the goal of ending the 28 years of diplomatic silence and changing it toward creating strong positive relationship between the two nations. Like nobody ever thought of this. The US has tried engaging Iran over and over and over for the last 28 years - and yes, that includes this administration too! The mullahs won't have it. There is never a positive repsonse to build on. Nicholas Burns of the US State Dept was on Charlie Rose yesterday talking about it. It is fallacious to conclude that if you don't see positive diplomatic results, nobody ever tried diplomacy. The mullahs have stiffed everybody who has tried to negotiate with them, and that includes the Euros, who have been lied to all the way regarding Iran's nuke program. BTW it is foolish to dismiss Ahmedinijad's ravings on the grounds that his position doesn't have much power. In a dictatorship where power is concentrated in a few hands, things can change fast. Ayatollah Khamenei is ailing. If he dies, and he is replaced by mullahs favoring Ahmedinijad's Mahdist outlook, then the power dynamic could shift rapidly.

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