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Public Opinion: Engaging Iran—the Right Move or Should Bush Maintain a Hard Line?

Posted July 17, 2008

President Bush is sending a top diplomat to attend—but not actively participate in—negotiations with Iran over the country's nuclear program. The move is viewed as a major shift for an administration that has been opposed to negotiating with Iran until the country ended its uranium enrichment program. Is this the right move or should the administration have maintained a hard line with Iran? Post your thoughts below.

Previously: Is President Bush out of touch on the economy?

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Iran Invaded

U.S. AND ISRAEL TO BOMB IRAN,

On September 5 2008, CIA operatives and Israeli agents of the Mossad Put into operation

a joint covert operation to send these operatives into into Iran to set the RQ1 Predator

Unmanned missile electronic vector beacons to guide the unmanned drones to their specific

military targets in Iran. But at the last minute the directives were changed to set some

beacons to residential areas in Iran. My name is

David Moscoco I am a Nigerian national working in Orlando Florida for the racetrac

corporation , My intelligence was promised to the CIA and the Mossad as I have

topographical and geographical knowledge of Iran working there in the nineties as a

Geologist. I was betrayed by this last minute decision of the operative command to

put the electronic beacons in the residential areas of several non military cities of Iran.

I assume the purpose of this is to terrorize the Iranian People into submission.

I know it will be explained after the attack that the innocent civilians killed

in Iran is accidental collateral damage. I am openly revealing this operation because

I cannot live with the fact that innocent civilians will purposely be killed for terror

effect. In doing so I have put my life and that of my family in jeopardy as I know the

Bone Men I have Betrayed will come for revenge against me an my family. I reveal this

knowing of the consequences but I cannot live with the decision of innocent people

genocided. I pray my soul will be vindicated and the dead from this purposeful

annihilation will forgive me in the world to come.

David Moscoco

Israel is not the topic

I have heard this over and over, and it's not going to happen. Israel is important to America's positioning in the Middle East. Israel is part of our interest. No, we are not going to "defang" Israel and we shouldn't.

Once The United States and Iran calm down and start talking, everything else in the middle east will fall into place. Just watch. You'd be amazed at what can be accomplished through talks. Iran will agree to assist in Afganistan, and will assist in the fight with Bin Laden. If not physically, they will help in negotiations. Just watch, it'll come to pass.

iran

I completely agree. If the US had the ability, they should have tried to disarm Israeli nukes, then there would be no reason for anyone else to have them

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