Originally Posted by cmac2012

I was talking about Iraqis in that part. 27 years ago, we got our arrogance thrown in our face. Ought not to be using trickery and deception to mold govts. to our liking. How would we respond to something like that? Is that some of what was going on in the 1770s?

I've said and Bot's said it: the youth of Iran are reachable through soft power (well Bot didn't say it that way). If we start bombing, they're going to rally round the flag and we'll set ourselves back another one or two generations.

Khatami was in the NE recently. The Hannity contingent was fulminating, saying this guy's calling for the destruction of Israel. Yo, Sean baby, that's Ach - mahd - dean - a - jahd. Khatami is a voice of sanity in that nuthouse.