Iran

I'd love to know what the US policy towards Iran actually is. On the one hand, the US encourages the mullahs to give up their nuclear capacity. On the other hand, we're working with the EU3, and the UN ... and nothing is being accomplished -- which may be the way the world wants it. Sanctions have been mentioned -- but Russia and China have indicated they'll veto them. Red Hot Cuppa Politics

How likely is it that the U. S. and Israel will allow Iran to achieve a nuclear weapon? I hope not. Do you suppose the Russians and Chinese, both of whom share borders with Iran and depend heavily on her oil, will lift a finger to save Iran if they thought the supply of oil would continue?

Of course, that doesn't’t mean that we aren't’t planning an attack, since it should be pretty damn obvious to anybody with a functioning brain that negotiations aren't’t working one little bit and time is running out — FAST. If we don’t, the Israelis will do it alone, because they have no choice. What it does mean is that we've reached the point where we find it useful to signal our intent to the Turbaned Tumblefucks of Tehran, which again means that the unproductive diplomacy dance is going out of style fast and our leaders are acknowledging that fact at long last. Acknowledging it openly, that is, since I’m sure that they've been aware of it for quite some time. The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler

I predict much to-do over semantics, rhetoric. diplomacy, and a few resounding booms.