13 November 2008, 10:37 am
This was going to be my next question and Captainobvious stated it so well in an answer to my last question I just used his answer here. So, in thanks, follow the link to the last question and give him a thumbs up as his will be best answer. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AurDpUBajxWgcLZ6nhDJDszsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081113090320AAdf6YU Iran has spent the last two years demanding unconditional, direct talks between themselves and the US before negotiating on their pursuit of nuclear power/weapons. Now that the US has elected a President who agreed to those terms, Tehran has changed its mind. Now they claim that the differences between the two nations are too great for unconditional talks: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con... Since 2006, Iran’s leaders have called for direct, unconditional talks with the United States to resolve international concerns over their nuclear program. But as an American administration open to such negotiations prepares to take power, Iran’s political and military leaders are sounding suddenly wary of President-elect Barack Obama. “People who put on a mask of friendship, but with the objective of betrayal, and who enter from the angle of negotiations without preconditions, are more dangerous,” Hossein Taeb, deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Wednesday, according to the semiofficial Mehr News Agency. “The power holders in the new American government are trying to regain their lost influence with a tactical change in their foreign diplomacy. They are shifting from a hard conflict to a soft attack,” Taeb said. For Iran’s leaders, the only state of affairs worse than poor relations with the United States may be improved relations. The Shiite Muslim clerics who rule the country came to power after ousting Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a U.S.-backed autocrat, in their 1979 Islamic revolution. Opposition to the United States, long vilified as the “great Satan” here in Friday sermons, remains one of the main pillars of Iranian politics. Thus dies another Bush Derangement Syndrome fallacy. Critics of the current administration here and abroad blamed Bush for not having normal relations with the Iranians. In truth, the Europeans didn’t — and don’t — want the US to have direct negotiations with the Iranians yet, because it would reduce the leverage they have on Iran as trading partners. The Iranians never wanted direct talks; they hate the US and Israel and aren’t interested in being buddies. This is the point that Obama and his allies never seem to understand. Some people just hate us, and not because of our policies on trade and security. Iran is a nation run by radical Islamist mullahs who see secular democracy as the enemy of their religion, and Western values as a temporary heresy which they plan to correct with a global caliphate under Iranian control. Irans’ mullahs see America as the bastion of these values, and Israel as our outpost for them in the region. Europe is mostly irrelevant to them; they can deal with Europe after eliminating the arsenal of democracy, or hobbling it so badly that we no longer make a difference. That’s why Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds symposiums on a world without the US and Israel. No Time... yep... I typed it a little too fast and didn't proof read. I have one of those things called a job. I did however enjoy your well thought out defense of Obama and his naive decissions. It was just riveting! N. Cognito, Yes, the US is the cause of all the worlds ills. The world was such a peaceful state of bliss prior to America's Birth. Shame on us. Their hatred for all non-muslims and their religious belief that all non-believers should be slain has nothing to do with it at all. Perhaps it is you that should dig a little deeper into history and realize this religious based hate came long before the US. Just be thankful a country like the US will oppose their murderous agenda. So go peddle your compassion for radical islam elsewhere. Jake.... your intelligent response really hurt my feelings. N. Cognito, Well written! You should be an Obama speech writer or something. And don't worry about me. Leave it to peolpe like us to protect and take a stand for what is right. It's not a popularity contest. Unfortunately, for people like you who think we bombed our own towers and that "Man Made Global Warming" really exists, your opinions soon fall by the wayside as your theories are never proved or come to light. You are right though. History will show the truth and George Bush will go down as a very good President. Booby, Peace does not come about with appeasement. Take Canada for instance. There is a reason they have such a limited military, they are our allies and they are right next to the guy with the big stick. They enjoy peace due to our presence. Not saying they are less than us as people or anything, but they don't exactly step up as we do. There are in fact evil people in the world. No matter how much you want to be their friend. Name one little runt kid that ever provoked the bully at school... yet, the bully picks because it is in his nature. HOW PITIFUL AND PATHETIC IT IS THAT YOU LIBS REPORTED CAPTIANOBVIOUS'S ANSWER.... Read More »
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