Quote Originally Posted by flyingimam
these are people who are smart enough to make a deal with US if US wants to sit down and talk without preconditions... they are different than al-qaeda's type of extremists... they are opportunists as well and like to hold their power, so im quite certain a deal can force them far better than a war

just look @ what we did with Libya & al-Gaddafi
we turned an enemy into a non-enemy
same can be done with the mullahs, i strongly believe


its time to get them on the table and do some str8 talks and i know for fact these bastards are more than willing to avoid a war and make a deal, but they dont like to look weak accepting preconditioned talks and if they gotta deal with a war they will do it in such a situation, and will portray themselves (also according to international law) that they were attacked pre-emptively and unprovoked and certainly if we use nukes on them, that will only help them and their ideas to survive longer and gain more popularity
in support of this argument, i cite (perhaps) the most hated president in the world

Iranian President Sounds Off On Israel : NPR

Ahmadinejad said that diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States should continue to open up, citing a willingness to cooperate to uphold security in Iraq.

Asked what steps might help ease those relations, Ahmadinejad said, "We've never entered the United States and caused problems for the people here, but the American government has done that to us. So, our first proposal is that the government has to stop doing that."
this is only to show that they rather have their power and relations with US just like many others such s Saudi Arabia and most other arab nations who enjoy the highest level of relationship with the US and yet fail to have much of any kind of freedom.

They are not too eager to have a war that will perhaps be apocalyptic at least for the region.

i still dont know why we refuse to talk to them, thats just stupid. thats asking for trouble for us and for the rest of the world by bullying against a loony but weaker bully

boycotting your enemy will never get u peace, negotiations do, and we as the main objector to Iran's nuclear program have yet to hold 1 direct session of talks with them. only citing invalid excuses that Europeans are talking and getting nowhere, well thats cuz we want the talks to fail by not directly participating and plus, when did iran have any problems with europe? their fear is the US not germany which used to be their largest business partner in europe till a short time ago

if we dont talk it means we dont want to talk and it means we are willing to take the next option which is conflict. thats why i really want OUR diplomats to do something on this issue, not europeans not mediators, we must talk to them directly even if it has to be in secret... this problem has a non-violent solution cuz the military option will only deepen the current crisis and perhaps lengthen it as well