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ENGAGE IRAN
WASHINGTON POST.COM ^ | NOVEMBER 26, 2004 | DAVID IGNATIUS

Posted on 11/26/2004 8:20:51 PM PST by CHARLITE

It is, as foreign policy expert Yogi Berra would put it, a case of "déjà vu all over again." But this time, the weapons of mass destruction menace is Iran. And the question for the Bush administration, struggling with a difficult and still-unfinished war of preemption against Iraq, is how to get it right the second time around.

The best advice I've heard for dealing with Iran comes from former CIA analyst David Kay. He's the man who finally uncovered the truth about Iraq's weapons program -- namely that, contrary to the expectations of nearly every intelligence service, it had been dismantled. Kay offered his analysis this week at a conference on Iran hosted by the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: chinapolicy70s; iran; kissinger; nuclearbombs; secretdiplomacy; southwestasia; war

1 posted on 11/26/2004 8:20:51 PM PST by CHARLITE
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To: CHARLITE

Use the Freedom Fighter's in Iran to overthrow the Imam's.


2 posted on 11/26/2004 8:59:48 PM PST by 26lemoncharlie (Defending America)
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To: CHARLITE

A large majority of Iranians want the mullahs finger on the nuclear button? I don't think so. Iran is not producing deliverable nuclear warheads not so much for the purposes of nationalism, but to use them against the United States and Isreal. It is their stated desire and intention. We are at war with Iran already, in Iraq if not elsewhere. Kay is deluded and has the old mindset. He just cannot be this naive, ....can he?


If one has any doubt about Iran's intentions click the link at the very bottom of this page.


http://w3.castup.net/mfa/anti_american_incitement.htm


3 posted on 11/26/2004 9:23:56 PM PST by dmeara
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To: CHARLITE
How to engage Iran:


4 posted on 11/26/2004 10:25:35 PM PST by boris (The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a Leftist with a word processor)
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To: CHARLITE

"Engage Iran?"

Yea, right - you mean like Clinton "ENGAGED" North Korea???

Better yet, SQUEEZE Iran - threaten to "IRAQ-IZE" Iran; give them the choice: "have it your way," but they should also expect the inevitable consequences of that choice . . . .

Choice and accountability . . .


5 posted on 11/26/2004 10:46:22 PM PST by JustTheTruth
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To: CHARLITE

Funny how this word means different things to different folks. To the NYT it means talk, vent, negotiate and reconcile. To realists it means select a target and fire at will.

Do these Bozos have any idea what they're saying when they advise the Bush administration to "engage" Iran?


6 posted on 11/26/2004 10:53:32 PM PST by SBprone
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