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TheHeretic -> Iran 2010 (12/31/2009 6:18:13 PM)
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I seem to recall something about President Obama giving Iran a deadline to come to the table about their nuclear program. It runs out right about now. From the same locale, I've also been following the recent protests, and murders in the street as the people of that country try to gain some voice in how they are ruled.
On the first, another crack at diplomacy seemed worth a shot, but the fist has stayed clinched. Where do we go from here? Sanctions? Can we even achieve them? A military strike, either by the US directly, or by turning our backs and whistling a little tune while Israel uses Iraqi airspace to do it themselves? What else is there? Invasion? I doubt that would go over very well. I'm thinking we now have to take a more aggressive/confrontational stance, and that might mean something has to go "boom," in the night.
To the protests of the people, I do think President Obama has taken the right path in saying little in the beginning. We have too much recent history to even seek the appearance of meddling like that. As somebody who appreciates free speech and the idea that government should be of the people, it's not always the most comfortable position. I think we are one big outrage from being able to shift a little bit, and I think it is time to turn up that heat as well. More can be said, without going over the top.
Thoughts?
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