> gMoney wrote: > If you think diplomacy with "those people" is pointless, that leaves two > options: > > 1) War > 2) Disengagement >
As usual G's got it right. *Functionally* those are our 2 options. To get there (assuming we're rational), you have to assess which type of people you think these are using Batman logic: 1.) Provocative talkers who might do something stupid, or 2.) People who simply want to watch the World burn. In my opinion, talkers talk about fire and pyros light them. Since Iran is talking and not lighting I'd say they're type #1. Type #1 can be available to diplomacy. It's when they transition to type #2 that you need to gun up. SUMMARY: If you think we need to invade Iran today you've allowed yourself to be provoked by them. In MMA it's call "taunting". You insult your opponent in the hopes he gets emotional and makes a stupid mistake. Like invades Iraq and removes a problem for you. So the only question for the US is, who do we want to be? The manipulator or the manipulated? At this point you've been manipulated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:290446 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
