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Originally Posted by Abraham
Regime change? Fine with me.
With U.S. support? Fine with me.
Through a military attack? No thanks, the initiative must come from the people, support should come when they ask for it...
In the meantime the US should try to win the trust of progressive and reform-minded Iranians.
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I ment with U.S. support the whole scale from information trhough diplomatic action up til undercover or deniable support. I guess something else won't do in Iran.
I did not discuss the problem of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. I feel that the combined carrot and stick approach by the U.S. and E.U. is at leats delaying the devellopment of the Iranian nuclear capacity. Iran will be in big trouble if it faces E.U. sanctions. It was important that the U.S. and the E.U. made up for its differences after the re-election of President Bush. Of course it was only Schroeder who warned the U.S. not to attack Iran without there being the slightest reason for such a warning other than his own re-election campaign retorical demands.
Of course, nobody took him for serious anymore in the international political arena.
I also must say that I find U.S. foreign policy more concise and better directed under Rice than under Powell.