Diplomacy Anyone?

Iran isn't buying into the proposal offered to them without scrutiny and possible counter offers. Which is exactly what diplomacy is.

Iran said it has started to study the West's offer to resolve the nuclear crisis and could make counter-proposals through shuttle diplomacy, as Iraq mounted a mediation effort.

"We have opened the package, and we are studying it, and afterwards we will officially reply to the Europeans," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was quoted as saying following talks with Palestinian counterpart Mahmud al-Zahar.

"We hope ... a shuttle diplomacy will be started for the Islamic republic's proposals in the form of amendments or counter-proposals to be studied seriously by the Europeans," he added.

"We are in favour of discussions which are fair, unbiased and without preconditions, that will result in an understanding satisfactory for all sides," he said.

Hmmm. Don't think I've taken a stand on all this except to say I think Bush will attack Iran and Iran is continually making it more likely to occurr.

So here goes. If Iran does develop nuclear weapons, which I suspect is inevitable, we'll be able to cope. We've lived with many countries who've nuclear capabilities and survived. It isn't a great world to live in, but it can be managed. Although I doubt Bush could handle it, but he'll be gone.

At this juncture, with Bush in office, if I were a country I'd be afraid to not have nuclear weapons and ICBMs.

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