Via Huliq.com : U.S. Policy To Be More Aggressive Against Iranians In Iraq
"Some are trying to say that because we are helping ourselves in Iraq by stopping outside influence from killing our soldiers or hurting Iraqi people, that we want to expand this beyond the borders," he said. "That presumption is simply not accurate. We can solve our problems with Iran diplomatically."
How can you diplomatically solve problems when you are not willing to talk to Iranians? You rebuffed people's advice when they asked you to engage Iran. Your adamantine rigidity has cost America dearly.
What's needed is new thinking. Your belief that America's superior military might could just remake political reality wherever you wanted. That belief is now completely defeated.
You can't bully people when they aren't afraid of you. You have lost your political capital. You have lost your allies. You have lost the street. Now the only thing to do is stop digging an even bigger hole for Americans.
The actions of the present administration shows that they never wanted to solve the Iranian problem.
AFP reported in November , 2006:
" Iran has agreed to hand over records of its uranium enrichment work in a boost to UN efforts to determine whether Tehran seeks nuclear weapons, but diplomats and analysts said that more cooperation is needed."
David Albright, a former nuclear inspector who now heads the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security think tank, said that the new Iranian steps were "a big deal because the Iranians have been so uncooperative."